How Do I Qualify?
The qualification process is laid out in The Route to CILA Professional Qualification.
To progress to Associate it is necessary to pass the Institute’s examinations, gain five years' experience as an independent loss adjuster, and be over the age of 25 years. To read the 2007 ACILA Examination Handbook (which supersedes all previous editions) please click here.
To progress to Licentiate it is necessary to pass the Institute’s examinations, and be over the age of 25 years. To read the 2007 LCILA Examination Handbook (which supersedes all previous editions) please click here.
To be elected as a Fellow it is necessary to have a further five years' continuous experience as an independent loss adjuster and comply with the Institute’s Continuing Professional Development requirements.
CILA Ordinary Members and CILA Students
If you are an Ordinary Member or Student preparing for the CILA examinations you will find the information on this page of assistance to you in your studies.
There is a syllabus for each subject of the examinations and this should be your guide on the areas you need to study. All syllabuses can be found in the Examination Handbook.
A Recommended Reading List has been prepared listing books and other publications which it is considered cover the syllabus. However students should appreciate that it is not necessary to read all the contents of every book on the list. You may also be able to identify other material which covers aspects of the syllabus.
Technical Bulletins are issued periodically to all members. Whilst these are not related directly to the examinations they often contain information that may be relevant to a subject you are studying.
Examinations
The Institute’s examinations are held once a year. Below are details of the 2007 examination programme.
ACILA Exams
Monday 06 October 2008 - C1 and C2
Tuesday 07 October 2008 - C3
Download October 2008 Exam Entry Form
Examination Closing Date
Entries for the October examinations must be received by 31 July 2008
Accreditation for Chartered Status
See Examination Handbook for information. The ACS Entry form can be found here (pdf format)
All those taking our exams should carefully read the regulations in the Examination Handbook and the syllabus for each subject you are taking.
The 2007 Examination Handbooks (which supersede all previous editions) are available for download. For the ACILA Examination Handbook please click here. For the LCILA Examination Handbook please click here.
Past Papers and Examination Statistics
2007
C1 2007 questions
C2 2007 questions
C3 2007 questions
2006
C1 2006 questions
C2 2006 questions
C3 2006 questions
2005
C1 2005 questions
C2 2005 questions
C3 2005 questions
2004
C1 2004 questions
Examiner's comments
C2 2004 questions
Examiner's comments to follow.
C3 2004 questions
Examiner's comments
Further past examination papers are available from the Institute.
2007 Examination Statistics
2006 Examination Statistics
Education
The Institute’s policy is not to produce self-contained study material for the CILA examinations. However Study Guides, which will direct you to various publications containing information on the syllabus areas, are available below for Subjects C1 and C2 with C3, which is currently being developed, being available soon.
Reading List
The Recommended Reading List contains a list of books and publications for all subjects. To download the Reading List for CILA Associateship Exams 2008 please click here (Word document).
C1 Study Guides
Below are links to download the Study Guide for C1. The Guide is in three parts:
C1 Study Guide - (47k/doc)
Case Law front - (22k/doc)
Case Law contents - (94k/doc)
C2 Study Guides
Below are links to download the Study Guide for C2. The Guide is in two parts:
C2 Study Guide - (91k/PDF)
Case Law Compendium - (138k/PDF)