Three graduate trainees from GAB Robins have become the first people to pass the new CILA Certificate (CILA Cert) qualification.
Niall Metcalfe, Ashley Marsland and James Grima are the first intake to join GAB Robins’s graduate programme which launched last year in collaboration with the Financial Skills Partnership.
A core element of the graduate programme focuses on developing technical knowledge and claims handling capability. This is achieved by combining work placements with relevant professional qualifications. The new CILA Cert provides graduates with a strong grounding in the key principles and their application in the claims industry.
All three graduates successfully completed the final examination and have had the results validated by CILA. They will receive their certificates from the CILA President at the Institute’s AGM meeting on 14th September.
Mike Odell, Head of Training and Development at GAB Robins said: “We are extremely proud of Niall’s, Ashley’s and James’s achievement, their commitment has been rewarded with a very worthy success in the new CILA Cert. The company makes a significant investment in identifying and developing new talent and this group’s success is further evidence of the impact of that approach.”
Odell continued: “The changes in the CILA qualification provide a progressive route through the CILA examinations creating an ideal pathway to encourage people into the Loss Adjusting profession.”
All three graduates are now continuing with their studies commencing with the ACILA examinations later this year.
Malcolm Hyde, Executive Director of CILA, said: “We would like to extend our warmest congratulations to the three graduates on their success. These graduates will no doubt be the first of many candidates from GAB Robins and other firms to complete the CILA Cert qualification as an important part of launching their career in the profession.”
“The new examinations, launched earlier this year, are a key part of our continuing commitment to developing professional excellence and improving accessibility to the profession. GAB Robins is a strong supporter of this drive and has helped in ensuring the successful delivery of the examination framework.”
The CILA Cert qualification comprises three examinations primarily focused upon the principles of insurance, policy cover and the application to the management of insurance claims.
Source : GAB Robin’s
