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Associate In Claims (AIC)

Searching for AIC training? Then you've come to the right place!

ABTrainingCenter.com offers AIC training and AIC certification courses for those individuals interested in earning the prestigious Associate In Claims designation.

Earn an Associate In Claims (AIC) designation to improve your technical claim handling ability!

Claim professionals handle a wide variety of claims, including property, auto, workers comp, and bodily injury. Earning the AIC designation can improve your technical claim handling abilities as well as your communication/negotiation skills.

You can take the standard multiline approach, which covers personal lines as well as commercial lines property and liability, or you can choose among four specialty paths if one of them would better suit your career needs.

The AIC program was developed with the technical and financial assistance of the National Association of Independent Insurance Adjusters. Many companies use it as an official part of their claims training programs.

Curriculum

Candidates may select from one of the following five paths to earn the AIC designation:

Multiline: AIC 33, 34, 35, and 36
Personal Lines Auto and Liability: AIC 33, 34, and 36, plus either CPCU 553, 555 or INS 22
Personal Lines Homeowners: AIC 33, 35, and 36, plus either CPCU 553, 555 or INS 22
Commercial Lines Liability: AIC 33, 34, 36, and CPCU 552
Commercial Lines Property: AIC 33, 35, 36, and CPCU 551

Course Descriptions

AIC 33: The Claims Environment
AIC 34: Workers' Compensation and Managing Bodily Injury Claims
AIC 35: Property Loss Adjusting
AIC 36: Casualty Claim Practice
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
CPCU 555: Personal Risk Management and Property-Liability Insurance
INS 22: Personal Insurance

Examination Requirements

Each AIC (and INS) exam is a two-hour, 85 question, objective (multiple choice), computer-administered exam
The exams for the CPCU courses are each a three-hour, computer-administered essay 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

Ethics Requirement

Those pursuing the AIC 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.

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