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ABTrainingCenter.com offers AINS training and certification courses for those individuals interested in earning the prestigious Associate in General Insurance designation.
Built upon the proven INS certificate program, the new Associate in General Insurance (AINS) designation provides a solid foundation to help you accelerate your career in insurance. The INS courses provide you with a comprehensive knowledge of insurance principle, practices, policies, and coverages, while the optional electives allow you to focus on areas relevant to your professional goals.
The AINS is recommended for people in all functional areas of property-casualty insurance, managers or supervisors, customer service representatives, call center staff, and administrative and support staff.
Curriculum
To earn the designation, candidates must follow one of the required paths below, successfully passing an examination for each of the courses therein.
Required Courses
INS 21, INS 22, and INS 23 (no electives required)
INS 21 and INS 22 + Pass the exam for any elective course listed below except CPCU 555
INS 21 and INS 23 + Pass the exam for any elective course listed below except AAI 82, APA 92, CPCU 551 or CPCU 552
Note: It is best to take INS 21 prior to taking INS 22 or INS 23. The required Ethics course can be taken at anytime.
Course Descriptions
INS 21: Property and Liability Insurance Principles
CPCU 500 Foundations of Risk Management and Insurance
CPCU 520 Insurance Operations, Regulation, and Statutory Accounting
CPCU 530 The Legal Environment of Risk Management and Insurance
CPCU 540 Business and Financial Analysis for Risk Management and Insurance Professionals
CPCU 551 Commercial Property Risk Management and Insurance
CPCU 552 Commercial Liability Risk Management and Insurance
CPCU 555 Personal Risk Management and Property-Liability Insurance
CPCU 556 Personal Financial Planning
CPCU 560 Financial Services Institutions
AIM 40 Contemporary Management
AIM 44 Human Resource Management
AIT 131 Essentials of Information Technology
AIT 132 Insurance Uses of Technology
AIT 134 The Strategic Management of Information
AIAF 111 Statutory Accounting for Property-Casualty Insurers
AIAF 112 Insurance Information Systems
Agent/Broker, Customer Service, Call Center:
API 28 Personal Insurance: Underwriting and Marketing Practice
API 29 Personal Insurance: Portfolio Management and Issues
AU 65 Commercial Underwriting: Principles and Property
AU 66 Commercial Underwriting: Liability and Advanced Techniques
AAI 82 Multiple-Lines Insurance Production
AAI 83 Agency Operations and Sales Management
ANFI 205 National Flood Insurance: Fundamentals
ANFI 206 National Flood Insurance: Advanced Studies
Claims:
AIC 33 Claim Handling Principles and Practices
AIC 34 Workers´ Compensation and Managing Bodily Injury Claims
AIC 35 Property Loss Adjusting
AIC 36 Liability Claim Practices
Reinsurance:
ARe 144 Reinsurance Principles and Practices
Risk Management:
ARM 54 Risk Assessment
ARM 55 Risk Control
ARM 56 Risk Financing
ERM 57 Enterprise-Wide Risk Management
Underwriting:
API 28 Personal Insurance: Underwriting and Marketing Practices
API 29 Personal Insurance: Portfolio Management and Issues
AU 65 Commercial Underwriting: Principles and Property
AU 66 Commercial Underwriting: Liability and Advanced Techniques
Other Specialty:
APA 91 Principles of Premium Auditing
APA 92 Premium Auditing Applications
AMIM 121 Ocean Marine Insurance
AMIM 122 Inland Marine Insurance
AFSB 151 Principles of Suretyship
AFSB 152 Contract Surety
AFSB 153 Crime Insurance and Noncontract Surety
ASLI 163 Surplus Lines Insurance Operations
ASLI 164 Surplus Lines Insurance Products
IR 201 Insurance Regulation
Examination Requirements
Each AINS exam is a two-hour, 85 objective question, computer-administered exam (exams for elective courses vary)
Your results will be provided immediately upon the completion of your exam.
National exams are given at local testing centers during the following two-month windows:
January 15 - March 15
April 15 - June 15
July 15 - September 15
October 15 - December 15
Exam fees will apply
Contact Prometric testing centers at 800-266-3232 for more info or to schedule your exam
Ethics Requirement
Those pursuing the AINS designation must pass a 50-question exam in the Ethical Guidelines For Insurance Professionals online module. This module is offered by the Institutes at no charge. If you wish to earn CE credits for passing the 50-question, objective, online exam included with it, there is a nominal $5 administrative fee.
Additional Requirements
Candidates are not required to meet experience or education requirements to attain this designation.
Continuing Education Requirements
A designee is not required to fulfill any annual continuing education requirements, nor are there any annual fees for a designee to maintain the designation.
Recommended Courses & Available Training Options
ABTrainingCenter.com offers multiple courses and training formats for earning the AINS designation.
Simply select any of the recommended courses below, or search under "Licensing/Designations" in the search box thereafter for "AINS - Associate in General Insurance".
This information provided is based on state laws and regulations, and is subject to change. While TrainingCenter makes every effort to make sure this information is current and accurate, it is not engaged in rendering legal or professional advice, and shall not be held responsible for inaccuracies contained herein.