CII CPD accreditation Diploma
دبلومه اعاده التامين
دبلومة إعادة التأمين المتقدمة
A specialist professional diploma within the two programmes holding CII CPD Accreditation at the Insurance Institute of Egypt.
CII CPD AccreditedDELEGATE GUIDE
Joining & Study Instructions
Advanced Reinsurance Diploma · 2026 cohort
These instructions are the general approved guide for joining and studying and apply to all cohorts unless formally updated by the Insurance Institute of Egypt. The start date and timetable below are specific to the 2026 cohort.
80%Minimum attendance
70%Overall pass mark
1Examination resit
01
Joining and timetable
Delivery Mode and Session Access
The diploma is delivered in hybrid mode. Delegates may attend in person or online in accordance with the arrangements announced by IIE.
A dedicated WhatsApp group is created for the diploma and includes the Diploma Manager, all instructors, delegates, and an IIE administration representative.
The group is used to circulate access links, announcements, lecture recordings, academic and administrative instructions, and to resolve matters related to the diploma.
The venue and online access details will be communicated through IIE official channels and the dedicated diploma WhatsApp group.
02
Attendance and Punctuality
The minimum required attendance is 80% of the scheduled sessions.
Delegates should arrive at the training venue or log in to the online session at least 15 minutes before the scheduled start time.
Any late arrival exceeding 15 minutes is recorded as lateness. Every three such late arrivals are counted as one day of absence.
For online attendance, delegates must use the access link issued by IIE and display their full registered name. Access details must not be shared with any unregistered person.
Attendance and active participation form part of the final assessment in accordance with the weighting shown in these instructions.
Three arrivals more than 15 minutes late count as one day of absence.
03
Pre-work, Learning Materials and Recordings
The complete learning materials are provided to the delegate upon joining/attendance. Materials are for delegates’ learning use and must not be redistributed without permission.
Lecture recordings remain available throughout the diploma period, and the recording of each lecture is sent to delegates after the session.
A recording after every lecture, available throughout the diploma.
Preparation and assignments
No pre-work is required before the diploma starts unless delegates are specifically notified of a requirement for a particular session or assignment.
Delegates are expected to review the materials provided and complete periodic assessments, research, and any assignments required under the approved diploma plan.
04
Assessment and certificate
The learning objectives are introduced at the start of the learning activity and revisited at the end, in line with the objectives published in the diploma brochure and official programme page.
Learning objectives and diploma details| Assessment component | Weighting |
|---|---|
| Final examination | 70% |
| Periodic assessments | 10% |
| Research | 10% |
| Attendance and discussion | 10% |
70%
The required overall pass mark for the completion certificate is 70%, subject to meeting the approved attendance, completion, and assessment requirements.
In the event of failure or absence from the examination, one re-examination is permitted only once, subject to a fee of EGP 1,000.
Up to 192 CPD hours — within the approved scope, excluding breaks where applicable.
Completion certificate and CPD hours
The completion certificate is issued subject to the diploma’s attendance, completion, and assessment requirements.
Learning objectives and feedback
Delegates will be asked to complete the programme feedback form, including evaluation of content, instructors, materials, and whether the learning objectives have been met. Results are used for quality monitoring and continuous improvement.
05
Cancellation, Withdrawal, Substitution and Deferral
All cancellation charges are calculated on the total diploma fee and are borne by the delegate or the nominating/sponsoring entity, depending on who is responsible for payment.
50%
Cancellation before the diploma starts
If cancellation is requested before the diploma starts, the paying party is responsible for 50% of the total diploma fee.
100%
Cancellation after three lectures without notice of absence
After the diploma has started and three lectures have passed without written notice or supporting information regarding absence, cancellation or withdrawal results in the paying party being responsible for 100% of the total diploma fee.
Requests and refund timing
A cancellation request from the delegate or nominating entity must be sent to: education@iiegypt.com.
Where a refund is due, the refundable amount will be processed within one month from the cancellation date.
Replacement delegates or deferred registration
The nominating entity may substitute the nominated delegate or defer the registration to a later cohort, provided the request is submitted at least 15 days before the diploma start date.
06
Contact and acknowledgement
Support and Communication
The dedicated diploma WhatsApp group is the primary day-to-day communication channel connecting delegates, the Diploma Manager, instructors, and the IIE administration representative.
Academic and administrative enquiries, session-access issues, instructions, and diploma-related updates are handled through the group and IIE official communications.
IIE can also be contacted by telephone: +202 333 51 413 · +202 333 51 417 · +202 333 51 424.
Email: education@iiegypt.com - customer.serv@iiegypt.com.
Formal cancellation requests must be sent to: education@iiegypt.com.
education@iiegypt.comDelegate Acknowledgement
Participation in the diploma, use of the issued access details, and completion of registration constitute the delegate’s acknowledgement that these study, attendance, assessment, and cancellation instructions have been read, accepted, and will be followed.
Keep your study guideAdvanced Reinsurance Diploma · English edition
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Everything you need to know
An advanced diploma providing integrated technical and applied coverage of reinsurance, including programme design, treaties, pricing, claims, accounts and portfolio control.
Who should attend?
- Reinsurance, underwriting and claims professionals
- Insurance and reinsurance brokers
- Risk, finance and control teams
- Professionals seeking advanced reinsurance specialisation
Learning objectives
- Identify the parties, roles and objectives of reinsurance contracts; distinguish treaty types and retrocession.
- Compare facultative, proportional and non-proportional reinsurance; calculate premiums and claims recoveries.
- Interpret treaty technical accounts, commissions, premium reserves and claims reserves.
- Analyse information needed to price non-proportional treaties and the importance of loss reporting.
Scientific content
- Reinsurance principles, functions and markets
- Facultative and treaty reinsurance
- Proportional and non-proportional treaties
- Programme design, retentions and capacity
- Pricing, commissions and treaty clauses
- Claims, recoveries and accumulations
- Technical accounts, controls and performance management
Study and assessment
- Technical instruction supported by numerical examples and cases
- Applied workshops on programme design and result analysis
- Continuous and final assessment
Certificate and accreditation
This diploma is one of the two programmes holding CII CPD Accreditation. Learners meeting attendance and assessment requirements receive an Insurance Institute of Egypt completion certificate.
Upcoming 8th round
Updates being introduced to the course contents for the upcoming 8th round
Regulatory updates
Main regulatory issues related to reinsurance issued by FRA over the past 12 months, namely:
- Registration requirements for Managing General Agents.
- Registration requirements for foreign reinsurance brokers.
- Registration requirements for reinsurance companies.
Global reinsurance market
Current global reinsurance market dynamics and the expectations for 2027.
2027Approved learning framework
Scientific Content and Detailed Learning Objectives
The following sections present the curriculum structure, detailed learning objectives and intended outcomes for each part of the diploma. The complete original remains available in the brochure below.
Unit 01
Functions and Parties Involved in Reinsurance
Learning objectives
- Identify the history of reinsurance in Egypt.
- Explain the functions of reinsurance.
- Describe the parties involved in a reinsurance contract, the nature of their involvement and their contractual relationships.
- Identify the objectives of the contracting parties.
- Explain the role of reinsurance brokers and identify the parties for whom they act as agents.
Unit 02
Types of Reinsurance
Learning objectives
- Describe the different types of reinsurance, both proportional and non-proportional, and their main features and characteristics.
- Explain the differences between the various methods of reinsurance.
- Identify the main features of retrocession and the objectives of the contracting parties.
- Describe alternative risk-transfer mechanisms.
Unit 03
Facultative Reinsurance
Learning objectives
- Describe the features of facultative reinsurance, both proportional and non-proportional.
- Distinguish between proportional and non-proportional facultative reinsurance and explain how each operates.
- Calculate reinsurance premiums and claims recoveries.
- Apply underwriting on an Estimated Maximum Loss (EML) basis and explain how it works.
Unit 04
Proportional Reinsurance Treaties
Learning objectives
- Explain how the main types of proportional treaties operate.
- Discuss the differences between clean-cut and underwriting-year bases.
- Describe facultative-obligatory treaties.
- Explain the use of cession and event limits.
Unit 05
Proportional Treaty Technical Accounts
Learning objectives
- Explain the different methods used to calculate earned and unearned premiums.
- Explain the main methods of accounting.
- Describe the various commission arrangements, including loss-participation clauses.
- Distinguish between premium and claims reserves and portfolios.
Unit 06
Non-Proportional Treaties
Learning objectives
- Discuss the basic types of non-proportional reinsurance treaties and their uses.
- Understand the advanced types of non-proportional treaties.
- Describe the information needed to price non-proportional reinsurance treaties.
- Explain how comprehensive data can improve pricing accuracy by reducing assumptions made by reinsurers.
- Explain the importance of reporting excess-of-loss claims.
Unit 07
Arranging Reinsurance Programmes
Learning objectives
- Explain an insurer's objectives when considering a reinsurance programme.
- Describe how the price of a reinsurance programme is determined.
- Describe the factors that influence the determination of retention.
- Discuss how a reinsurance programme is designed to meet the insurer's requirements.
- Discuss how solvency-margin and security considerations affect reinsurance programmes.
Unit 08
Legal Issues Related to Reinsurance
Learning objectives
- Describe the general legal principles related to reinsurance contracts.
- Explain the rules of construction used to interpret reinsurance contracts.
- Describe the hierarchy of terms in reinsurance contracts.
- Describe the legal issues often associated with incorporation, aggregation and loss-settlement provisions in reinsurance contracts.
- Explain what a limitation period is and how it may relate to reinsurance contracts.
Unit 09
Reinsurance Contract Wording
Learning objectives
- Describe the main features of facultative and treaty wordings.
- Summarise the clauses common to proportional and non-proportional wordings.
- Outline the clauses used in proportional wordings.
- Outline the clauses used in non-proportional wordings.
- Identify both general and market-specific exclusion clauses.
Unit 10
The Reinsurance Market
Learning objectives
- Discuss the structure, operation and regulation of reinsurance markets.
- Describe the composition, size and capacity of major global reinsurance markets.
- Identify the factors required for a successful global reinsurance hub.
- Understand the factors that affect continuity or change in market cycles.
- Discuss the importance of financial-strength ratings in reinsurance placement.
Unit 11
Property Reinsurance
Learning objectives
- Identify the concept of COPE in property underwriting.
- Describe the ceding insurer's needs for different types of property reinsurance.
- Discuss the significance of accumulation control in a property portfolio.
- Explain the difference between a franchise and a deductible.
Unit 12
Casualty Reinsurance
Learning objectives
- List the main categories of casualty business and their characteristics.
- Discuss the underwriting considerations for each category of business.
- Describe the use of different reinsurance methods for each sub-class.
- Explain how risk accumulations can arise from combining more than one casualty sub-class and the measures that can be taken.
- Discuss the problems and solutions surrounding the operation of casualty claims.
Unit 13
Marine, Energy and Aviation Reinsurance
Learning objectives
- State the risks associated with the main classes of marine, energy and aviation reinsurance.
- Discuss the underwriting considerations for each class of business.
- Explain the significant features of marine, energy and aviation accounts.
- Understand how accumulation can arise in an energy account and how it may accumulate with other classes of business.
CII-approved document
Full official diploma brochure
The complete approved programme document is displayed below and can also be opened or downloaded.
Programme forms
Admission and compliance form
IIE learner admission details, declarations and compliance policies.
Programme forms
Delegate feedback form
The end-of-programme form for evaluating the programme, trainer, content and services.
Registration enquiry
Contact IIE to register
Contact the Institute for current registration information and assistance with the application process.