CPD Accreditation
The NIBA CPD Course Register has a wide range of approved Continuing Professional Development (CPD) activities designed to help brokers, insurance advisers, and responsible managers meet their professional obligations and stay ahead of industry change.
Apply for CPD Accreditation
To submit a course for CPD accreditation, you’ll need to provide the following:
- Duration (number of hours/days the course runs)
- Daily agenda if the course runs over multiple days
- Learning outcomes
- Supporting materials (e.g. presentation slides, information packs).
Once you have this ready, complete the submission form and attach your documents.
Capped Programs and Eligible Activities
The following programs and activities can be CPD accredited, subject to meeting NIBA’s standards and relevance to the insurance broking profession:
Qualifications related to insurance broking or core business competencies (e.g. Certificate-level, Diploma, Graduate Diploma, or tertiary study):
- 10 points per module
- Maximum 20 points per 12 months.
Majority of sessions must be industry-specific:
- 1 point per hour
- 3 points for a half day (up to 4 hours)
- 6 points for a full day (up to 8 hours)
- 10 points for two days
- 12 points for three days.
- 1 point per hour
- 3 points for a half day (up to 4 hours).
Must feature a speaker presenting on an industry-relevant or skills-based topic:
- 1 point.
e.g. product training, Microsoft Office training, system inductions, company documentation training:
- 0.5 point per hour
- Maximum 1 point per 12 months.
Research undertaken to prepare a presentation or to expand personal professional knowledge:
- Maximum 3 points per year.
For each industry or professional committee the individual actively participates in:
- 3 points per committee, per year.
To submit a course for CPD accreditation, you’ll need to provide the following:
- Duration (number of hours/days the course runs)
- Daily agenda if the course runs over multiple days
- Learning outcomes
- Supporting materials (e.g. presentation slides, information packs).
Once you have this ready, complete the submission form via the link above and attach your documents.
CPD Accreditation FAQs
Courses and activities may be considered for CPD accreditation if they:
- Have clearly defined and measurable learning objectives
- Are relevant to the insurance broking profession
- Offer structured delivery (online, in-person, or blended).
The following activities are not eligible for CPD accreditation:
- Networking sessions
- Motivational talks or keynotes
- Product launches and demonstrations
- Internal workplace health and safety training
- First aid or CPR courses
- Company policy training and performance reviews
- Internal systems or database training.
- NIBA Member Organisations: Free
- Non-Member Organisations: A fee applies (contact us for details).
The training provider is responsible for issuing CPD certificates or communication to attendees. If a course is not delivered by NIBA, we do not issue certificates on the provider’s behalf.
To be valid for CPD recognition, the certificate or communication must include:
- Full name of the attendee
- Name of the course
- Date of attendance or completion
- Number of CPD points earned
- NIBA CPD Accreditation Number.