Requirements to Earn your CPCU

There are three requirements for becoming a CPCU:

One, to earn the prestigious CPCU designation, you must successfully pass 8 courses. These courses include 5 required core courses, plus three selected from an area of concentration in Commercial Insurance or Personal Insurance. Any questions regarding the courses best for you should be referred to the American Institute, Malvern, PA at 800-644-2101 or their web site at www.aicpcu.org.

Two, all CPCU designees promise to be bound by the American Institute's Code of Professional Ethics.

Three, you must fulfill an experience requirement. Within the five year period immediately prior to the conferment, you must have been actively involved in insurance activities approved by the Institute for a period of 36 months. The work must have required at least 17 1/2 hours of approved work per week.

Foundation Courses

• CPCU 510 Foundations of Risk Management, Insurance and Professionalism
• CPCU 520 Insurance Operations, Regulations and Statutory Accounting
• CPCU 530 The Legal Environment of Risk Management and Insurance
• CPCU 560 Financial Services

Commercial Concentration

• 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

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