“The real value of Institute courses is in the terrific base they provide for insurance professionals to build on. The Institutes’ courses teach you how to apply fundamentals to everyday situations, giving you the foundation you need to be able to learn on the job.”

Richard A. Riley, CPCU, ARM, AIM
Vice Chairman and CEO, Retired
WNC First Insurance Services
Member, AICPCU Board of Trustees

Associate in Insurance Services (AIS)

The Associate in Insurance Services program is a nationally recognized educational program designed specifically for insurance personnel. By completing the AIS program, you´ll gain a basic understanding of continuous improvement principles that will help you attract new clients while retaining current customers. Plus, the AIS program provides you with several completion options so that you can customize the program to meet your specific technical insurance knowledge needs.

Earn a Certificate of Completion by passing the AIS 25 course exam, or choose to earn the AIS designation by completing one of the options listed below in addition to passing the AIS 25 exam.

Earn a Designation or Certificate. The Choice is Yours. You can earn a Certificate of Completion just for passing the AIS 25 course exam. Or you may choose to earn the AIS designation by completing one of the following options in addition to passing the AIS 25 exam.

AIS 25—Delivering Insurance Services: Continuous Improvement and Insurance, Customer Identification, Customers and Quality, Benefits of Customer Orientation, Process Management, Process Improvement Model and Tools, Leadership, Teamwork, Organizational Structures, Monitoring Progress

Elective Options
Accredited Adviser in Insurance (AAI®) Program
Associate in Reinsurance (ARe) Program
Associate in Claims (AIC) Program
Associate in Risk Management (ARM) Program
Associate in Commercial Underwriting (AU) Program
Associate in Surplus Lines Insurance (ASLI) Program
Associate in Fidelity and Surety Bonding (AFSB) Program
CPCU 510, 520, 551, 552, and 553
CPCU 510, 520, 555, 556, and 557
Associate in Marine Insurance Management (AMIM) Program
Associate in Personal Insurance (API) Program
The Program in General Insurance (INS)
Associate in Premium Auditing (APA®) Program

Program Options: The Associate in Insurance Services (AIS 25) course is available as a self-study program via printed textbooks and course guides.

Public classes held by third-party providers may be available for AIS 25.

We Recommend AIS for: Administrative and support staff, agents/brokers, agency principals, claim adjusters, call center personnel, customer service representatives, line of business managers, and underwriters

Exam Information: The Delivering Insurance Services (AIS 25) exam is an exam-on-request (EOR) and can be administered in two ways. You can take the multiple-choice exam:

  1. By computer at an Institutes-approved on-site testing location or at a Prometric Testing Center during one of the Institutes’ four testing windows.
  2. As a pen-and-paper exam at your workplace at any time.

The AIS 25 exam consists of 60 objective questions and examinees have two hours to complete the exam. Read more about EOR exams.

Bottom-Line Benefits

  • Improve service quality by gaining an understanding of customer needs and motivations
  • Increase productivity and efficiency by learning to identify and improve key business processes
  • Ensure consistency by learning how to effectively monitor and adjust to change

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