Associate in Reinsurance (ARe)

The following courses (plus one elective) are required to earn the ARe designation:

ARe 143—Primary Insurance Coverages: Overview of Personal Insurance, Personal Auto, Homeowners Insurance, Miscellaneous Personal Insurance Coverages, Commercial Property Insurance, Business Income Insurance, Inland and Ocean Marine, Commercial General Liability, Commercial Auto, and Workers Compensation and Employers Liability Insurance.

ARe 144—Reinsurance Principles and Practices: Introduction to Reinsurance, Types of Reinsurance and Reinsurance Program Design, The Reinsurance Placement Process, Common Reinsurance Treaty Clauses, Quota Share Treaties, Surplus Share Treaties, Property Per Risk Excess of Loss Treaties, Casualty Excess of Loss Treaties, Catastrophe Reinsurance, Aggregate Excess of Loss Treaties, Reinsurance Audits, Reinsurance Regulation, Reinsurance Aspects of the NAIC Annual Statement, and Reserves.
Now available: ARe 144 Online Exam Review.

ARe 145—Readings in Reinsurance Issues and Developments: Students examine reinsurance topics from contemporary journals and periodicals. Students will read articles online and answer objective questions on each article. The course must be completed in 12 months.

There are no textbooks or course guides for ARe 145. Students access the articles online through the Institutes’ Web site and pay a course administration fee. Contact Customer Service for details.

CPCU 520—Insurance Operations, Regulation, and Statutory Accounting

Plus, choose one elective course from the following:
CPCU 540—Finance for Risk Management and Insurance Professionals
ARM 56—Risk Financing
AIAF 111—Statutory Accounting for Property-Casualty Insurers

Program Options: The Associate in Reinsurance designation program is available as a self-study program via printed textbooks and course guides.

Public classes at third-party providers may be available for ARe courses.

We Recommend ARe for: Claim adjusters, finance and accounting personnel, reinsurance professionals, and underwriters.

Course Sequence: It is better to take ARe 143 before ARe 144.

Exam Information: ARe exams are offered at Institute-approved on-site testing locations and Prometric Testing Centers. Contact your education coordinator for further information about on-site testing availability.

ARe exams consist of 85 objective questions and examinees have two hours to complete each exam.

The Associate in Reinsurance designation program consists of the following required courses:

ARe 143—Primary Insurance Coverages
ARe 144—Reinsurance Principles and Practices
ARe 145—Readings in Reinsurance Issues and Developments
CPCU 520—Insurance Operations, Regulation, and Statutory Accounting

Plus, one elective course from the following options:
CPCU 540—Finance for Risk Management and Insurance Professionals
ARM 56—Risk Financing
AIAF 111—Statutory Accounting for Property-Casualty Insurers

Bottom-Line Benefits

• Enhance your ability to build a better book of business through an expanded knowledge of commercial coverage forms and endorsements as well as of auto insurance and homeowners contracts and endorsements
• Be able to design a reinsurance program by gaining advance coverage knowledge and financial risk management skills

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