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Public Courses

Our public courses run throughout the year and provide a great opportunity to learn and network with peers from across the industry. These sessions are ideal for individuals investing in their own development and for organisations looking for a flexible alternative to in-house training.

Expert-led and highly experiential, each course is designed to help participants turn classroom learning into real-world performance. See below for a schedule of courses for 2026 and follow the links to book your place today.

Discounts are available for bulk-bookings, please get in touch with us today to discuss options for you or your team.

Public Course Schedule 2026 ~ 2027

Follow the links to reserve your space today. For any courses without active links, please contact us for bookings.
All courses take place in a Central London location.

Course titleDate(s)TimingsBooking
Virtual - Your CII Journey: Introduction to the CII FREE 4 November 202613:00–14:00 Book
Project Management Fundamentals 4 November 202610:00–13:00 Book
Supporting Your Dip CII Studies FREE 12 November 202610:00–11:00 Book
Supporting Your ACII Coursework FREE 12 November 202611:30–12:30 Book
Study Smarter: Top Tips for CII Exam Success FREE 12 November 202613:00–14:00 Book
Negotiation and Influence Essentials 17 November 202610:00–16:00 Book
Study Smarter: Top Tips for CII Exam Success FREE 19 November 202613:00–14:00 Book
Women with Presence 24–25 November 202610:00–16:30 Book
Manager Essentials 2 December 202610:00–16:00 Book
Building Business Relationships 8 December 202610:00–13:00 Book
Farmageddon: Insurance simulation 14 January 202710:00–16:00 Book
Farmageddon: Insurance simulation 20 January 202710:00–16:00 Full
Your CII Journey: Introduction to the CII FREE 25 January 202710:00–11:00 Book
Your CII Journey: Introduction to the CII FREE 25 January 202712:00–13:00 Book
Morotania: Insurance Simulation 10 February 202710:00–16:30 Book
Underwriting DNA 18 February 202710:00–16:30 Book
Building your Insurance Network 25 February 202714:00–17:00 Book
Morotania: Insurance Simulation 27 May 202710:00–16:30 Book

In-house delivery: All courses can be delivered in-house and tailored to your organisation’s needs.

Our Public Courses

Follow the links below to learn more about each course and reserve your place today: 

Women with Presence

  • Building influence
  • Active career management
  • Meaningful career conversations
  • Overcoming common career barriers
  • Obtaining meaningful work

Building your Insurance Network

  • Strategic networking approaches
  • What stops you networking and what you can do about it
  • Develop and leverage your network
  • Making the most of in-person networking opportunities
  • Using networking tools to greatest effect

Negotiation & Influence Essentials

  • Principled negotiation
  • Achieving Win/Win outcomes
  • Influence techniques
  • Market considerations

Farmageddon: Insurance simulation

  • Make decisions in a live simulation
  • Balance risk, insurance and investment
  • Respond to market shocks and events
  • Build commercial awareness through gameplay

Introduction to Insurance: The role of insurance and how it works

  • The purpose and fundamentals of insurance
  • The History of Lloyd’s, understanding the London market
  • Principles of Insurance
  • The Insurance market cycle

Inside the Insurance Market: Roles, products and reinsurance

  • Core insurance concepts and terminology
  • Classes of business and key roles
  • Insurance in the news
  • Reinsurance purpose and structures

Building your brand

  • Three key factors for career success
  • Understanding brand perceptions vs reality
  • Define your brand through values and strengths
  • How behaviour and communication shape your brand
  • Mobilise and grow your brand

Morotania: Insurance Simulation

  • Make data-driven insurance decisions
  • Run a digital insurance company
  • See decisions impact results instantly
  • Develop technical and commercial judgement
  • Compete and collaborate in teams

Time Smart: Steps to time efficiency

  • Effective planning to make the most of your day and your energy
  • Prioritisation
  • Time Bandits and how to deal with them
  • Conquering procrastination
  • Finding more time for what’s important

On the Right Foot

  • Setting yourself up for success in your first few months
  • Making the right impression, first time & every time
  • Top tips for succeeding in the corporate world
  • Navigating the office environment
  • Working effectively in multigenerational teams

Building Business Relationships

  • Analysing and prioritising business relationships
  • The role of trust in relationships and how to build this at pace
  • Strategies for managing tricky business relationships
  • Building influence in business relationship

Reinsurance Simulation

  • Explore the purpose and types of reinsurance
  • Demystify reinsurance terminology and jargon
  • Assess reinsurance needs and build broker submissions
  • Negotiate terms and balance commercial considerations
  • Build effective reinsurance programmes through team-based simulation

Manager Essentials

  • Manager expectations
  • The art of delegating
  • Setting smart objectives
  • Delivering effective feedback

Your CII Journey

FREE SESSION

  • CII qualification structure and credits
  • Choosing the right modules and pathway
  • Enrolment, exams and study materials
  • Study planning and exam preparation

Underwriting DNA

  • Experience realistic underwriting in a risk-free simulation
  • Underwrite classes including Property, PI, Cyber and Healthcare
  • Balance profitable GWP growth with capacity limits
  • Build commercial judgement and customer service skills

Fast Start

  • 10-month blended learning programme
  • 30 hours of technical insurance training
  • Practical case studies and immersive simulations
  • Build skills, confidence and your insurance network

Project Management Fundamentals

  • Practical project management fundamentals
  • Roles, resources and responsibilities
  • Effective stakeholder communication
  • Project and change communication planning

Study Smarter: Top Tips for CII Exam Success

FREE SESSION

  • Effective study and revision planning
  • Techniques to understand and retain information
  • Making the most of CII study materials
  • Avoiding common mistakes and preparing for exam day

Supporting Your Dip CII Studies

FREE SESSION

  • Understanding the Dip CII coursework process
  • Interpreting questions and structuring responses
  • Effective research and referencing techniques
  • Managing your time and avoiding common pitfalls

Supporting Your ACII Coursework

FREE SESSION

  • Understanding the step up to ACII coursework
  • Analysing complex questions and structuring responses
  • Effective research, referencing and applying industry knowledge
  • Managing your workload and avoiding common pitfalls

Our public course schedule is demand-led so please let us know if there are any topics you would like to see added in future.

Course titleDate(s)TimingsBooking
Introduction to Insurance: The role of insurance and how it works 12 October 202610:00–16:00 Book
Fast Start (10 month course) 13 October 202610:00 Book
Inside the insurance market: Roles, products and reinsurance 14 October 202610:00–16:00 Book
Farmageddon: Insurance simulation 22 October 202610:00–16:00 Full
Virtual - Your CII Journey: Introduction to the CII FREE 4 November 202613:00–14:00 Book
Project Management Fundamentals 4 November 202610:00–13:00 Book
Supporting Your Dip CII Studiess FREE 12 November 202610:00–11:00 Book
Supporting Your ACII Coursework FREE 12 November 202611:30–12:30 Book
Negotiation and Influence Essentials 17 November 202610:00–16:00 Book
Study Smarter: Top Tips for CII Exam Success FREE 19 November 202611:30–12:30 Book
Study Smarter: Top Tips for CII Exam Success FREE 19 November 202613:00–14:00 Book
Women with Presence 24–25 November 202610:00–16:30 Book
Manager Essentials 2 December 202610:00–16:00 Book
Building Business Relationships 9 December 202610:00–13:00 Book
Farmageddon: Insurance simulation 14 January 202710:00–16:00 Book
Farmageddon: Insurance simulation 20 January 202710:00–16:00 Full
Your CII Journey: Introduction to the CII FREE 25 January 202710:00–11:00 Book
Your CII Journey: Introduction to the CII FREE 25 January 202712:00–13:00 Book
Morotania: Insurance Simulation 10 February 202710:00–16:30 Book
Underwriting DNA 18 February 202710:00–16:30 Book
Building your Insurance Network 25 February 202714:00–17:00 Book
Morotania: Insurance Simulation 27 May 202710:00–16:30 Book

In-house delivery: All courses can be delivered in-house and tailored to your organisation’s needs.