It’s without doubt one of the best training tools I’ve come across for studying. I’m a visual learner and the study material was easy to understand and complimented my research and reading of the learning material, perfectly.
FAST START: Insurance Training Course
Fast Start is the only technical training course combining hands-on learning and self-directed study to teach technical skills to new insurance professionals.
With remote and hybrid working now commonplace across the insurance industry, many early-career professionals have fewer opportunities to learn through day-to-day interaction with experienced colleagues. The informal guidance, practical insights and confidence that come from working alongside others can be harder to access when teams are spread across different locations.
While virtual working offers many benefits, new entrants to the profession can miss out on valuable early career development opportunities, including collaborative learning, exposure to different areas of the business, and the chance to build relationships with peers across the market.
New to both their careers and the world of insurance, these professionals need structured support to help them develop the knowledge, skills and networks that will set them up for success. Fast Start is designed to provide exactly that.
Insurance training benefits
- Build your technical insurance skills and knowledge in a supportive and engaging environment
- Connect with like-minded people at the same stage of their career
- Pace your learning over weeks and months, covering what you need to know, when you need to know it
- Regularly connect with professionals who can answer your questions and support your learning
- Build confidence in your role as you undergo a variety of exercises designed to test your knowledge via simulations and team building activities
- Make new friends and build your network!
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What’s involved?
This programme consists of 30 hours of technical skills training, following a tailored industry syllabus delivered over 10 months. There are an additional 18 hours of on-demand study, to complete at your own pace, and a further 5 hours of collaboration workshops.
Our blended learning approach makes the work enjoyable and easy to fit around your existing commitments. No gruelling schedule or difficult tests – just fun, practical activities that help build the foundation of a successful career in insurance.
Programme Outline
Month 1 *INTRODUCTION TO INSURANCE: The role of insurance and how it works
Cohort Welcome Meeting & Cohort Collab 1
Month 2 *INSIDE THE INSURANCE MARKET: Roles, Products & Reinsurance
Month 3 Cohort Collab 2
Month 4 WORDINGS CASE STUDY, Policy Wordings
Month 5 *FARMAGEDDON, Immersive Insurance Simulation
Month 6 CLAIMS CASE STUDY, Practical Handling of a Claim
Month 7 Cohort Collab 3
Month 8 PRICING CASE STUDY, Pricing of a Risk, Loss Forecasting and Triangles
Month 9 *MOROTANIA SIMULATION, Running an Insurance Company
Month 10 VIRTUAL ESCAPE ROOM, Putting it all Together & Cohort wrap-up
*All training is delivered virtually, apart from courses with * which are delivered in person. This content is supplemented with an additional 18 hours of on-demand study.
FAQs
If you have a question that has not been answered below, please feel free to contact us.
FAST START has been designed to support those at the beginning of their insurance careers, either brand new in their first role or within the first few years of their career, moving into a technical role. The programme includes core skills for technical roles across the market to support those in claims, underwriting, broking and technical support functions.
This is a hybrid or blended programme of learning, with online content drip-fed over the 12 months via our online learning platform, monthly workshops for Q&A and progress check-ins, and experiential learning exercises conducted in the virtual classroom.
Absolutely! This programme helps fill the gap in technical skills development, allowing organisations to better support new professionals through the first years of their career.
Testimonials
Empower development provides our members with great virtual sessions, accompanied with useful resources, to get individuals thinking about their career progression and the steps they can take personally to achieve what they want.
I left with a much better understanding about creating a brand for myself, how to carry myself in meetings and tough situations and many useful tips on how to engage in meaningful career related conversations
Empower Development are not only knowledgeable in the professional and development field but their knowledge of the insurance market is what really makes them stand out from other training providers.
I used Empower Development’s online revision course before my M92 Business and Finance exam. The website includes videos with many tips and tricks that make the material much easier to digest and remember. Sam and Grace are excellent at making material understandable and summarising the textbooks. The website includes chapter summaries and questions to assist with revision and is great for ensuring you have a full understanding of the module. I would highly recommend to anyone who is sitting their CII exams and needs help bringing the textbook to life. This is exactly what is missing in the CII revision process and very useful to have an app as well.
I passed my M92 MCQ exam on Monday this week which is also thanks to the M92 revision cards I so kindly received from you via your LinkedIn daily Christmas gifts. The cards were fantastic and have really helped me to reinforce the M92 content and get prepared for the exam. Completing the mock exams alone can provide false security as after completing them more than once you may remember the questions and answers. However, in your own words you might not be able to explain certain terms and principles which the revision cards definitely help with. So a big thank you again for helping me to pass this exam.
…I am really happy the way you have designed the course for M05 very helpful and easy to remember, at first I was just thinking of passing the exam but now I will achieve a distinction thanks a lot.
The best part of the M05 resource is visualising the important precedent cases, as we tend to memorise things better with animation and pictures. The videos that summarise all important concepts in short clips really save us time. I recommend this platform to all my friends who plan to study CII
I would like to start by thanking you and the whole team at Empower Development for the On Demand Courses. It was of great help because I am currently located in India and was preparing for the M05 alone. I have successfully completed the M05 module ( both course work and assignment). The on-demand module helped me study at work or while traveling and was of great help and I truly appreciate that.
I found it really beneficial, it was easy to use and great to have the chapter explained in a simplified way, far less daunting than the book and the CII website which can be overwhelming! The posters and quick tests all really helped! You have done a fantastic job and I will be definitely recommending to my colleagues, thank you so much again.
Fast Start 2026
Course starts
12 October 2026 10:00 am
£1,675.00
Plus VAT
40 in stock