The BIBF and CII collaborate to provide internationally recognised qualifications to insurance professionals

The BIBF and CII collaborate to provide internationally recognised qualifications to insurance professionals

- It marks a significant boost for professional standards in the Kingdom’s insurance & financial planning sectors

Manama: The Bahrain Institute of Banking and Finance (BIBF) recently received agreement from the prestigious Chartered Insurance Institute (CII, UK) to continue receiving recognition of prior learning awards for their students. The renewal was obtained after the CII’s periodic benchmarking of the BIBF’s professional qualifications to ensure the BIBF qualification units continue to match the CII qualification units.

The BIBF currently offers 13 different CII-accredited units in in both English and Arabic languages. These units range from introductory courses in insurance to specialised technical units.

The Chartered Insurance Institute (CII) is the world’s largest professional body in the field of insurance and financial planning and has provided education to over one million students in 150 countries over the past ten years. The BIBF insurance graduates may use their qualifications as exemptions towards the CII’s internationally recognised insurance qualifications.

The BIBF has worked with the CII for many years and is considered the only training provider in the world to offer the CII’s Diploma in Insurance qualification (to achieve Dip CII status) in the Arabic language.

On this occasion, Director of the BIBF, Dr. Ahmed Al Shaikh, expressed his