Biggest names give support to Aldermanbury Declaration

The Chartered Insurance Institute (CII) has published a list of signatories to the Aldermanbury Declaration, showing 26 insurers and a large group of brokers have signed up.

All the big-name UK insurers have signed up, including AXA, RSA, Aviva and Allianz. Brokers including Towergate, Bluefin, Kwik-Fit and Barnett & Barnett are included, as well as loss adjusters such as GAB Robins, Crawford and Company, and Cunningham Lindsey.

All the companies have promised to stick by a framework of high standards in the workplace.

CII?past president and chairman of the taskforce Barry Smith said: “I’m incredibly encouraged by the take-up; in particular, not the insurers but the number of brokers that have signed up. And obviously, this is over a pretty short period of six months.”

Current CII president Chris Hanks said: “CII research shows that 80% of human resources practitioners in the general insurance sector believe that the demand for professional qualifications will increase over the next five years.

“The declaration is also an opportunity to create a recognised profession that puts insurance on the map for school, college and university leavers. It places aspiration at the heart of how we think and act.”