The GII Management Development programme is designed to provide advanced knowledge and understanding of the subject to prepare the candidate for progression to management level in various areas of the insurance market. The programme consists of a series of Certificates each of which develop in the student a particular competency in insurance management.

The programme is modular in that it provides thirteen modules each consisting of 24 hours of structured learning and focusing on a specific aspect of insurance management. To obtain a Management Development Certificate, the student must complete three compulsory modules and complete a practical assignment in each of them. In addition the student must pass one examination covering the syllabus of all three modules.

The practical assignment is given at the end of each module and carry, in total, 60 marks out of 200 required for the award of the certificate. The examination carries the balance of the 140 marks. The student must achieve a minimum of 15 marks from each practical assignment and a total score of 100 and above for the award of the certificate.

Credits obtained at the end of each module may be used for more than one Management Development Certificate. For example, MD 1.2 – Regulation and Supervision features in 3 certificates. Therefore once a student has completed it for the first certificate he need not repeat it and his credits are also valid for the next certificate.

The credits obtained for each module are only valid for 2 years. Effectively this means that all four modules and the examination must be completed within 2 years. Courses and examinations are held bi-annually.

The modular structure of the management development programme is also designed to accommodate professionals in the industry who wish to attend particular courses of interest to them but who have no intention to complete a full management development certificate and thus only receive an attendance certificate to the particular course. Attendance to the courses also confers CPD points to Members.