Pass W01 with 500 exam-realistic questions and feedback that tells you exactly what to fix.

About the W01 exam

W01 is the CII's Award in General Insurance, the entry qualification for insurance professionals outside the UK and the foundation for the Certificate in Insurance. The exam is 100 multiple-choice questions in two hours, with four options per question and no negative marking for wrong answers. The nominal pass mark is 70%, though the CII standard-sets each sitting, so the exact threshold moves slightly from one paper to the next.

The CII fixes how many questions come from each learning outcome, and generally stays within plus or minus two of the published figure. Every mock in this bank is assembled to that weighting, so each practice paper puts the marks where the real exam puts them.

What each learning outcome covers

Risk and insurance. What risk is and how people perceive it; how risks are categorised as fundamental or particular and pure or speculative; the risk management process; perils and hazards; why insurance exists; co-insurance, dual insurance and self-insurance; and the main classes of insurance in outline.

The insurance market. How the market is structured and the different types of insurer within it; Lloyd's and its main features; the distribution channels through which insurance reaches customers; and the key professional roles across the market.

Legal principles. The largest outcome by a wide margin and the one that decides most results. It covers the essentials of a valid insurance contract and how contracts terminate; the creation of agency and the duties of agent and principal; insurable interest; disclosure and representation; proximate cause; indemnity and how it is modified; underinsurance and average; contribution; and subrogation.

Regulation and financial crime. Why insurance is regulated; capital adequacy; combating financial crime; and fraud and its impact on the profession.

Ethics and internal control. The smallest outcome, but every mark counts: the functions of the CII, treating customers fairly and delivering positive outcomes, "fit and proper" requirements, and why internal control systems matter.

How to use this bank

Legal principles carry more weight than any other outcome, so treat your score there as the single best predictor of whether you are ready. If your overall result looks comfortable but your legal-principles percentage does not, you are not ready — the real paper will find that gap.

Sit your first mock under proper exam conditions: two hours, no notes, no pausing. It is uncomfortable, and that is the point. Work through every explanation afterwards, including the questions you answered correctly, because a lucky guess and a confident answer look identical on a score line. Your outcome-by-outcome breakdown tells you where the next study session should go.