News and Press Release Library

CII and SEARCHLIGHT OFFER NEW BROKER TRAINING (July 2008)
CII and Searchlight Insurance Training have signed an agreement to join forces in providing online and face-to-face training for the general insurance market to offer a complete one-stop service for all broker training needs... [See full text]

SEARCHLIGHT APPOINTS NEW ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR (January 2008)
Leading insurance training provider Searchlight has appointed Sue Buck in the role of associate director with immediate effect... [See full text]

TRAINING AWARD WINNER ANNOUNCED (September 2007)
The first winner of the twice-yearly Searchlight sponsored Brokers’ Monthly training award was announced in the October edition of Broker’s Monthly... [See full text]

FM GLOBAL TEAM EFFORT CARRIES THE DAY IN SEARCHLIGHT'S BIBA CONFERENCE ONLINE QUIZ (June 2007)
Nina Pendzialek and Bryony Emster of FM Global were joint winners of insurance training provider Searchlight’s online general knowledge quiz at this years BIBA Conference. With a score of 24 out of a possible 25, they comfortably beat off the challenge of second placed David Harrison of Franklands, who came in with a very respectable 21... [See full text]

SEARCHLIGHT LAUNCHES CheckPOINT ONLINE ASSESSMENT SYSTEM (April 2007)
Searchlight has launched a new online insurance assessment system. CheckPOINT is an advanced and user-friendly product specifically designed for insurance firms who want an assessment-only system – or who want to add a wider range of assessments to their existing e-learning facilities... [See full text]

BIBA & SEARCHLIGHT LAUNCH CD-BASED LEARNING TOOL FOR MANAGEMENT (January 2007)
BIBA and Searchlight have launched a CD course that provides a thorough grounding in essential management skills for insurance staff. The CD is designed for inexperienced managers and allows them to study for a certificate in management skills... [See full text]

SEARCHLIGHT REACHES 200th COURSE LANDMARK ON TICK E-LEARNING SYSTEM (January 2007)
Searchlight has introduced the 200th insurance specific training e-learning course on its market-leading Tick platform... [See full text]

SEARCHLIGHT INTRODUCES KENT STUDENTS TO INSURANCE LEARNING (November 2006)
Searchlight has signed a deal with North West Kent College to deliver a series of specialist training courses on insurance and general business management topics to students at the college’s business school... [See full text]

SEARCHLIGHT TO OFFER NEW SERIES OF INSURANCE TRAINING MASTERCLASSES OPEN TO INDIVIDUAL DELEGATES (November 2006)
Having made its face-to-face training available on a single-delegate basis for the first time earlier this year, the UK’s leading insurance training specialist Searchlight has announced a programme of 65 one-day Masterclass workshops to take place early next year... [See full text]

SEARCHLIGHT BROKER EXPO QUIZ ENDS IN PLAY-OFF (November 2006)
An online electronic general knowledge quiz hosted by leading UK insurance training and competence services provider Searchlight Solutions at the Insurance Age Expo 2007 in Birmingham last week produced a neck-and-neck finish. David Ingham, managing director of Ingham Underwriting, narrowly beat off Mandy Bush, marketing manager of Centurion Claims, who matched David’s score at the end of the competition but came off worse in a final play-off round... [See full text]

UK FIRST AS SEARCHLIGHT INTRODUCES NORTH AMERICAN E-LEARNING COURSES (October 2006)
Searchlight Solutions is to offer a library of e-learning modules dealing with subjects relevant to the North American insurance and reinsurance market via the UK’s leading online insurance learning resource, Tick... [See full text]

TICK E-LEARNING SYSTEM OFFERS ONE-STOP COMPETENCY ASSESSMENT SOLUTION (June 2006)
Searchlight Solutions has added an innovative new online competency assessment tool to its market leading e-learning system Tick... [See full text]

SEARCHLIGHT OFFERS FIRST TRAINING WORKSHOPS OPEN TO INDIVIDUAL DELEGATES (May 2006)
Searchlight Solutions is offering face to face training on a delegate-by-delegate basis for the first time with a series of one-day open training workshops sponsored by AXA Insurance on FSA-related topics in London during June and July. Previously Searchlight’s workshops were available only on a single-company basis or through insurer-backed broker club arrangements... [See full text]

LOCAL KNOWLEDGE CARRIES THE DAY IN SEARCHLIGHT'S ONLINE QUIZ AT BIBA CONFERENCE (May 2006)
Ian Mantel, founder and director of Hastings-based brokers Manor Insurance Services, walked away with the top prize in a challenging competition run by leading UK insurance training and competence services provider Searchlight at this year’s BIBA Conference in Brighton. Visitors to the show were invited to take part in an online general knowledge quiz based on the end-of-course tests and assessment modules on Searchlight’s market-leading e-learning system Tick... [See full text]

SEARCHLIGHT BECOMES FIRST TRAINING PROVIDER TO ACHIEVE FSSC ACCREDITATION (February 2006)
The FSSC has awarded its Accreditation of Training Excellence for Training Providers to leading insurance training services provider Searchlight. Searchlight is the first training provider to achieve FSSC accreditation since the launch of the scheme in May 2005... [See full text]

ifs TO OFFER BASIC INSURANCE QUALIFICATION COURSE VIA TICK (February 2006)
Leading provider of financial education the Institute of Financial Services (ifs) has teamed up with the UK’s number one insurance training specialist Searchlight Solutions to allow insurance professionals to study online for its foundation general insurance qualification, the Certificate of Regulated General Insurance (CeRGI)®... [See full text]

SEARCHLIGHT LAUNCHES NEW VERSION OF TICK E-LEARNING SYSTEM (January 2006)
Searchlight has launched a radically overhauled new version of its market leading e-learning system Tick. The overhaul brings in new courses and assessment modules, a more user-friendly interface, and substantially expanded functionality.
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SEARCHLIGHT INTRODUCES INTERACTIVE ECDL COURSES ONLINE (July 2005)
Searchlight has expanded the content of its e-learning system Tick with the launch of a series of online learning courses based on the world's leading end-user computing skills standard, the European Computer Driving License (ECDL) qualification... [See full text]

SEARCHLIGHT UNVEILS EXTENSIONS TO TICK E-LEARNING SYSTEM AT BIBA (April 2005)
Searchlight launches two significant extensions to its market-leading e-learning system Tick... [See full text]

SEARCHLIGHT WINS IiP ACCREDITATION (February 2005)
Searchlight, has become the first company in its sector to qualify for Investors in People (IiP) accreditation. IIP is awarded to companies who recognise the value of employees, provide effective training and support for their staff, and have a culture that actively engages and motivates personnel at all levels... [See full text]

AXA RENEWS PARTNERSHIP WITH SEARCHLIGHT AS LOCAL TRAINING CLUBS PASS 200 BROKER MARK (December 2004)
AXA has formally retained leading insurance training specialist Searchlight for a third year to provide training to its Partner brokers through its Local Training Clubs initiative... [See full text]

PETER FARMER JOINS SEARCHLIGHT (October 2004)
Peter Farmer has joined Searchlight, the UK’s leading insurance training provider, as a director. In so doing, he rejoins the company of which he was originally a founder director in September 1999 before leaving to join Deloitte Consulting as a senior consultant – during which time he remained a non-executive director of Searchlight... [See full text]

JERRUM TO HEAD SEARCHLIGHT (March 2004)
Ian Jerrum has joined the UK’s leading insurance training provider Searchlight Solutions as managing director with immediate effect... [See full text]