The CII's president, Ashwin Mistry, calls for the insurance profession to unify to resolve the challenges to come in the new year.

In his New Year's message to CII members, Mistry highlighted that attracting new talent into the sector will continue to be an important issue for 2015. Following the results of the latest CII survey, employers in the insurance sector are becoming increasingly more aware of apprenticeships, and more than four times more likely to take one on. Yet top graduates are still not turning to insurance as their career of choice.

Ashwin Mistry, chairman of Brokerbility and president of the CII, said: "One of the aspects of the ‘One Voice’ message that we will continue to press home in 2015 is best summed up as ‘united we stand, divided we fall’. It is encouraging to see that the profession is coming together to attract new talent and embracing apprentices.

"I’ve said many times we belong to a fantastic industry but one that consistently undersells itself. And now there is growing recognition that we must travel the same path, sing from the same hymn sheet. It is only by uniting that we can begin to promote insurance as the major economic powerhouse it is and feed the stream of new talent."

In addition to the continual efforts to attain future leaders for insurance, the Insurance Mediation Directive 2 and the Insurance Bill will be focal points for this coming year. The CII's 'One Voice' works to bring the profession together in order to help the future development of the sector in tackling these challenges.

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