Continuing Professional Development Accreditation

CPD points may be requested by providers who are planning on providing a CPD activity that has clear learning objectives relevant to the industry.

To be eligible for NIBA CPD accreditation, your program will be measured on:

1. Content Standards

• The content is relevant to insurance advisers
• The quality of content and volume of learning, and if it is based on recognised or evidence-based practice and/or theory

2. Educational & training standards

• Learning outcomes which must impart information over and above the basic day-to-day processes and knowledge required for the participant to perform their job role
• Facilitation of activity by external or internal persons with relevant experience and/or qualifications that exceed the content level of the activity
• Learners’ opportunity to engage in active learning
• The monitoring of learning to determine identified learning objectives are achieved
• Attendees’ ability to participate in evaluation and feedback of the activity
• Impart knowledge of an educational or technical nature

The following programs are not eligible for accreditation:

• Product launches or demonstrations;
• Business planning, review or strategy sessions;
• Motivational presentations;
• Internal workplace, health and safety programs; and
• Company policy training and performance reviews.
• Desktop or internal database/system training.

To apply for NIBA CPD Accreditation, you must complete the accreditation form.

Please note: Applications must be completed by the training provider, not by attendees. The form can be lodged on the register up to 3 months after the session date, if it is a series, the application must be made within 3 months of the first session. After this time NIBA will not consider a session for accreditation.

Once your session has been accredited, you will receive notification via email with a link to your session on the register and a CPD code.

In addition the organisation conducting the training must:

• Apply for accreditation on their own behalf;
• Be able to verify who has attended and/or completed the training via;
  • A formal assessment process; or
  • A signed attendance list.
• Provide participants/attendees with a record of their attendance/completion in the form of a certificate or an entry onto a training database, outlining;
  • Name of attendee;
  • Title of training;
  • Date of attendance/completion;
  • CPD points gained; and
  • NIBA CPD rating number

CPD Accreditation is free for NIBA Members. For private providers if you are holding a session once and once only the fee is $125. Please note that your session will be removed from the register once it has been held.

If you are holding the session more than once you can purchase a 12-month subscription at a cost of $250. This means you can run the session as many times as you like for 12 months from the date of payment, as long as the duration and content does not change. The renewal cost after 12 months is $125.

If you have any queries, please contact Audi Witsen awitsen@niba.com.au