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Chartered P&C Underwriter (CPCU)

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Chartered Property Casualty Underwriter (CPCU�) designation

ABTrainingCenter.com offers CPCU training and CPCU certification courses for those individuals interested in earning the prestigious Chartered Property Casualty Underwriter (CPCU�) designation.

CPCU designees gain a broad understanding of property-casualty insurance, plus they have the option to choose either a commercial or personal risk management insurance concentration during their pursuit of the designation.

Curriculum

To earn the CPCU designation, an individual must pass a minimum of eight of the eleven courses listed below (the four foundation courses, one elective course, plus three courses from either the Personal or the Commercial concentration).

Foundation Courses

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

Commercial Lines Concentration

CPCU 551 Commercial Property Risk Management and Insurance
CPCU 552 Commercial Liability Risk Management and Insurance
CPCU 553 Survey of Personal Risk Management, Insurance, and Financial Planning

Personal Lines Concentration

CPCU 555 Personal Risk Management and Property-Liability Insurance
CPCU 556 Personal Financial Planning
CPCU 557 Survey of Commercial Risk Management and Insurance

Elective Courses

AAI 83 Agency Operations and Sales Management
AIC 34 Workers Compensation and Managing Bodily Injury Claims
AIC 35 Property Loss Adjusting
AIC 36 Liability Claims Practice
ARe 144 Reinsurance Principles and Practices
ARM 56 Risk Financing
AU 65 Commercial Underwriting:Principles and Property
AU 66 Commercial Underwriting: Liability and Advanced Techniques
CPCU 560 Financial Services Institutions
ERM 57 Enterprise-Wide Risk Management:Developing and Implementing

Examination Requirements

Each exam is a two-hour, 85 objective question, computer-administered exam
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

Matriculation Requirement

You must matriculate (register as a candidate) with The Institutes by submitting a matriculation form and fee. You should submit the matriculation form and fee with the registration for your first CPCU exam. You must sign a statement on the matriculation form agreeing to abide by the CPCU Code of Professional Ethics.

Ethics Requirement

Those pursuing the CPCU designation must pass the 50-question exam in the free Ethics and the CPCU Code of Professional Conduct online module (Ethics 312). You have a 90-day access to Ethics and the CPCU Code of Professional Conduct when you register.

Additionally, the CPCU Code of Professional Ethics is the standard by which your ethical behavior as a candidate or CPCU designee is measured. You are subject to the Code once you sign the matriculation form, and you continue to be subject to it throughout your candidacy and after receiving the CPCU designation.

Experience Requirements

You must submit a resume showing that you were engaged in acceptable insurance activities for any 24 months (minimum of 17� hours per week) during the five-year period immediately preceding the conferment of the CPCU designation. See the matriculation form for specific requirements. If you meet all requirements except the experience requirement, the designation will be conferred when you meet it.

Continuing Education Requirements

Designees are not required to meet continuing education requirements to retain this designation.

Recommended Courses & Available Training Options

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