Not all programs of IIST are certification programs. Check the list here to know which are the certification programs. The total duration of each of the certification program can range from 6 to 12 days in the classroom, depending on the program you are attending. Since the coaching programs of IIST are practical programs, they involve a lot of field work. The classroom activity may be for 2 or 3 days at a stretch after which the trainees practice the coaching inputs in practice. After the field work, the trainees come back to the classroom again for 2 or 3 days for further coaching. A different pattern of staggering the program dates can also be considered for homogenous groups coming from one company or one sales team of a development officer or unit manager.

IIST offers two types of online coaching. The first is through live video, using Zoom or Microsoft Teams. The other is through online Learning Management System (LMS).

Zoom or Teams coaching will require your presence during the live online sessions. While the LMS coaching can be taken by you at your convenient timings, though this too is time bound. LMS coaching will require a minimal classroom attendance.

Currently, LMS coaching is available for agency recruitment. The Course is a\called Recruitment Ki SHAKTI. Click here to know more about Recruitment Ki SHAKTI.

During the conduct of the Certification Programs for a limited period of time IIST will monitor the progress of the participant with respect to the extent of implementation of the tools and techniques taught. Since the Programs have a process orientation, special emphasis will place on process implementation during the monitoring period.

For classroom coaching you will need to get a group of 25 participants and all 25 will have to enrol at the same time.
For online video coaching, you will need to get a group of 25 participants and all 25 will have to enrol at the same time.
For online LMS coaching, you can join at any time, by registering on our portal www.iistonline.in.

On discontinuation from the program, you are required to intimate to IIST your intentions of doing so. You have two options. You can either chose to sever the relationship altogether or defer your program.

In the event of severance all fees that you have paid for the program till date shall be forfeited and you cannot claim any refund. If you wish to re-join the course at any point in time in future, you shall have to pay the full fee as applicable at that point in time and start the course afresh.

If you wish to defer your study, you should inform IIST before the next fee due date of your desire to defer. Such participants can enrol in a subsequent batch in the town as and when it takes place.

This is a practical, job-oriented and result-oriented coaching program. It is designed to help you earn more money than you have been so far as a life insurance salesperson. You will see that at the end of every module your income earning capacity going up. All that IIST seeks from you is that you sincerely and meticulously apply in practice all that is taught to you, and practice, practice, practice the skills and techniques you have been taught.

This will be taken up on a case-to-case basis. Essentially this will depend on the assessment of IIST of your learning abilities, your time availability and the commitment you show to apply the skills taught in practice. You have to specifically ask for the fast-track option either at the time of entry to a program or after entry and convince the Institute on these points. The fast-track option however does not entitle you to any relaxation on the performance indicators prescribed for any of the programs.

For fresh graduates we offer a Foundation Course, before offering any of our certification programs. Contact us for more information.

Yes. Not only will you get assistance for your placement, IIST will make efforts to place you in your hometown, so that you have a better chance of success in the field of life insurance sales.

• If you undertake CLISP, the kind of jobs that the industry will consider giving you will be as a direct marketing executive. You can also work independently as a commission agent for a reputed company or development officer.

• If you undertake FLISP, the same opening as in CLISP are available. However, FLISP equips you with the knowledge of financial planning of individuals which CLISP does not.

•  If on the other hand you undertake CLISM, you can try for a unit manager’s position. However, IIST would like to advice inexperienced persons not to take up CLISM, since employers seek considerable work experience. Also, those with no selling work experience will find it very difficult to lead a team of sales persons.