Create a Culture of Innovation in Insurance With Digital Minds
Digital Minds develops insurance professionals into confident, innovative change leaders – able to identify opportunities, prototype solutions, and deliver measurable improvements across all areas of your business.
The Insurance Industry is Constantly Evolving
Insurance organisations are under increasing pressure to adapt. Customer expectations are rising, technology is reshaping underwriting and claims, and regulatory and operational complexity continues to grow.
Without the capability to test ideas, work across functions, and implement change at pace, organisations risk falling behind.
Digital Minds builds the practical skills and behaviours insurance professionals need to respond with confidence – turning uncertainty into structured action.
Leading Insurance Organisations Choose Digital Minds
Digital Minds: Building Practical Innovation Capability
Digital Minds develops insurance professionals who can move from insight to action. Through coached, collaborative learning, delegates build the capability to identify real business problems, explore digital and non-digital solutions, and deliver change that creates value.
Programmes are CII-accredited, cohort-based, and deliberately capped to ensure depth of learning, peer challenge, and individual support.
Digital Minds Embed
Digital Minds Embed is our core programme, designed for insurance professionals who recognise the need to embrace change and want to build practical innovation capability.
Embed is a 9-month programme delivered through a hybrid format, combining virtual learning with in-person workshops. The programme is highly interactive and collaborative, creating a safe, structured environment in which delegates can explore new ways of thinking, challenge assumptions, and learn from peers across the insurance market.
Digital Minds Evolve
Digital Minds Evolve is designed for professionals who want to deepen and apply their innovation capability at a more strategic level. Building on the mindsets and tools developed in Embed, Evolve focuses on translating insight into prioritised action and scalable change.
Evolve is delivered as an intensive, two-day, in-person residential programme. Delegates work through advanced, insurance-specific case studies and apply structured techniques to evaluate opportunities, manage risk, and plan for adoption within complex organisations.
CII Accredited Innovation Education
Both Digital Minds Embed and Evolve are accredited for CPD by the Chartered Insurance Institute, and uniquely benchmarked in supporting delegates to achieve Levels 2 and 3 of the CII Professional Map behaviours and competencies.
Embed accounts for up to 36 hours of structured CPD learning, and Evolve accounts for up to 12 hours.
Digital Minds Delivers Value for Your People and Your Business
Build innovation capability
Delegates develop structured approaches to curiosity, critical thinking, and problem-solving that improve everyday decision-making.
Learn with a cross-market peer cohort
Delegates collaborate with professionals from across the insurance market, gaining fresh perspectives and building lasting professional networks.
Address real insurance challenges
Programme themes reflect current industry priorities, including emerging technology, customer centricity, ESG, data, and future skills.
Build confidence with emerging technology
Delegates explore relevant use cases for AI, automation, and digital tools in a supportive, non-technical environment.
Strengthen influence and collaboration
Delegates develop the skills to work across functions, engage stakeholders, and contribute effectively to change initiatives.
Learn from experienced practitioners
Programmes are led by industry specialists and supported by Coaching Directors with deep insurance expertise.
Develop skills that last
Digital Minds builds transferable capability that supports long-term professional growth and organisational value.
Join an established alumni network
Delegates become part of a growing community of insurance professionals committed to driving progress across the market.
Digital Minds FAQs
How are the programmes taught?
Programmes are deliberately interactive and collaborative. Delegates learn through facilitated sessions, peer discussion, and practical exercises rather than traditional lectures.
Are sessions delivered in person or virtually?
Digital Minds Embed uses a hybrid approach, combining 4 half-day virtual sessions with 4 full-day, in-person workshops and in-person showcase finale.
Digital Minds Evolve is delivered in an in-person, residential format over two days.
Do delegates need to work for an insurance company?
Delegates come from across the insurance industry, including insurers, brokers, and market participants. We also accept applications from insurance-adjacent organisations, such as technology partners and associations.
Do I need to complete Embed before Evolve?
The recommended pathway is to complete Embed first, as Evolve builds on the tools and mindsets developed in Embed. In some cases, direct entry to Evolve may be appropriate following a conversation with the programme team. Please get in touch to enquire.
Do the programmes count towards CPD?
Yes. Embed accounts for up to 36 hours and Evolve up to 12 hours of structured CII-accredited continuing professional development.
How large are the cohorts?
Cohorts are capped at 25 delegates to ensure quality of learning and individual support.
Can Digital Minds be tailored for organisations?
Yes. EDII also delivers corporate innovation education and can work with organisations to design bespoke programmes aligned to specific objectives. Please get in touch to discuss what you’re looking for.
Digital Minds Programme Dates
Embed
Cohort 11: May 2026 – February 2027
Cohort 12: October 2026 – June 2027
Evolve
Cohort 3: 2026, dates TBC