Why earn the Chartered Property Casualty Underwriter designation?

• CPCUs earn 29 percent more than their peer group (same functional area and time in the industry).

• 91 percent of CPCU designees saw an increase in job opportunities.

• 85 percent of program completers said earning the designation fast-tracked their career progression.

• 74 percent believed earning the designation helped them gain a promotion.

• 75 percent felt it helped them gain a salary increase.

• More than 1,100 CPCU designees serve as president or chief executive officer of insurance companies, according to a membership profile compiled by the CPCU Society.

“ The CPCU designation is not just for underwriters. It provides all insurance professionals an immediate means of determining the level of commitment, competency, and knowledge of those with whom you associate, compete, and negotiate.”

David S. Hershey, CPCU, ARM Risk Manager Sprague Energy/Lexa International

Chartered Property Casualty Underwriter (CPCU®)

Built on a foundation of broad technical knowledge, high ethical standards, and demonstrated industry experience, the Chartered Property Casualty Underwriter designation program prepares you to meet the changes and challenges of a demanding risk management and insurance marketplace with confidence and professionalism.

Passing the required CPCU exams and meeting the ethics, experience, and matriculation requirements earns the Chartered Property Casualty Underwriter designation.

We’ve made some exciting changes to enhance your CPCU experience!
With the industry’s help, we have made the CPCU designation even more relevant to today’s property-casualty insurance professional. These changes ensure that the CPCU program continues to provide you with practical, technical, property-casualty knowledge that meets your needs.

Learn more about the latest CPCU program changes.

Read more information about CPCU content revisions and the CPCU product release schedule.

Program Options: CPCU courses are available as self-study programs via printed textbooks and course guides. The Institutes´ instructor-led online classes and public classes at third-party providers are also available to CPCU students.

We Recommend CPCU for: Agents/brokers, agency principals, claim representatives, line of business managers and executives, insurance litigators, risk managers, and underwriters

Course Sequence: You can take courses in any sequence according to your background, needs, and interests.

Matriculation Requirement: You must matriculate (register as a candidate) with The Institutes by paying the matriculation fee and completing the online matriculation form. You will receive a link to the matriculation form when you register for your first CPCU exam. We recommend that you matriculate as early as possible in your CPCU Experience. When you matriculate you must also agree to abide by the CPCU Code of Professional Conduct.

Ethics Requirement: Those pursuing the CPCU designation must do one of the following to satisfy, in part, the CPCU Ethics Requirement:

Pass the essay exam for CPCU 510—Foundations of Risk Management, Insurance, and Professionalism by March 15, 2011.

or

Pass the 50-question exam in the free Ethics and the CPCU Code of Professional Conduct online module. We recommend taking and passing the Ethics and the CPCU Code of Professional Development exam early in your CPCU Experience, as this provides a valuable ethical framework for the rest of your CPCU studies. You have a 90-day access to Ethics and the CPCU Code of Professional Conduct when you register.

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

Experience Requirement: 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 online matriculation form for specific requirements. If you meet all requirements except the experience requirement, the designation will be conferred when you meet it.

In order to attend a specific conferment ceremony, you must ensure that your ethics and experience form is be received and approved before June 30 of the conferment year.

Bottom-Line Benefits

  • Improve effectiveness by learning to apply property-casualty insurance theory to everyday practice
  • Handle complex commercial property and personal loss exposures with advanced technical knowledge
  • Increase effectiveness and positively affect overall operations with increased understanding of how different functional areas interact with and relate to each other

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