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. The following changes ensure that the CPCU program continues to provide you with practical, technical, property-casualty knowledge that meets your needs:
CPCU Electives
Effective immediately, the CPCU program will include an elective component as a part of its Education requirement. Individuals pursuing the CPCU designation will select one elective course from among ten options in seven functional areas. Courses in the 8-part CPCU designation program now include four foundation courses, one elective course, and three concentration courses (personal or commercial). Click the course tab above for a listing of electives and all other CPCU courses.
Learn more about this and other CPCU program changes.
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 submitting a matriculation form and fee. You should submit the matriculation form and fee with the registration for your first CPCU exam. You must sign a statement on the matriculation form agreeing to abide by the CPCU Code of Professional Ethics.
Ethics Requirement: The CPCU Code of Professional Ethics is the standard by which your ethical behavior as a candidate or CPCU designee is measured. You are subject to the Code once you sign the 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 matriculation form for specific requirements. If you meet all requirements except the experience requirement, the designation will be conferred when you meet it.
When you have completed a substantial portion of the educational requirements for the CPCU designation, we will send you forms to document that you have met the ethics and experience requirements. If you do not receive these forms, contact Customer Service or download them here. After grades are released, we will notify you that you have met all CPCU designation requirements.
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.
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