Semester Courses

Chartered Property Casualty Underwriter (CPCU)

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New CPCU Program!
The Insurance Institute of America/American Institute for CPCU has announced its new eight exam CPCU Program available from IEA in classroom as well as online format.

A Distinguished Designation for Property Casualty Professionals
The courses in the program cover a broad range of insurance, risk management, and general business topics, building on a foundation of ethical principles and systematic analysis of insurance contracts.

 

Commercial or Personal Concentration
In addition to Five foundation courses which are common to all candidates, students will have the option to concentrate on Commercial or on Personal topics as appropriate.

Foundation Courses
These courses are required for all candidates

CPCU 510 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 Fundamentals of Corporate Finance
CPCU 560 Financial Services Institutions

Commercial Concentration (with Personal Survey)

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 Concentration (with Commercial Survey)

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


Who will benefit?
The CPCU curriculum is designed for experienced industry personnel who have a strong knowledge of insurance practices and some formal study of the principles that underlie these practices. By taking these programs through the IEA you can benefit from the best of two worlds - approved AICPCU curriculum and the real world experience of IEA instructors.

What you will learn

  • Essential principles and currrent practices in property casualty insurance and risk management
  • In-depth knowledge of property-liability insurance policies and life and health policies.
  • Insurance coverages and non-insurance techniques to manage loss exposures
  • How to Interpret the financial results of insurance operations
  • Organizational and financial structure of the insurance business
  • Functional roles of the various segments of the insurance business
  • How insurance interacts with the regulatory, legal, financial, economic and social environments
  • Understand and apply ethical and professional standards
  • A broad understanding of the current business environment

Available in Classroom as well as Online Format
IEA offers CPCU programs in traditional as well as instructor led online formats. To view locations offered and to learn if your course is offered online, click on the course number listed above, and then look to the location box on the right side of your screen.

Earning your designation with IEA
Benefit from the best of two worlds - approved AICPCU curriculum, and the real world experience of IEA instructors.

Work with a professional organization that has extensive experience in preparing students to become qualified participants in their areas of interest, and helping them to pass national exams.

Earn College Credit Toward Your Degree
Take any of the IIA Programs offered by IEA and earn college credits toward your degree. Pass the National Exam at the end of your course and receive vocational certificate, lower division baccalaureate/associate degree, upper division baccalaureate or graduate level credits. To learn more, call (800) 644-2101.

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