The Certified Insurance Counselor program is nationally recognized and highly respected insurance professional designation for agency owners, producers, agents, CSR’s, brokers, and insurance company personnel.
Discover the foundations of strategic planning inside an organization and the steps required to attain growth. You will learn how to apply the management ideas, methods, and practices required to run a profitable insurance agency in the CIC Agency Management course. Leave the session prepared to put profit-boosting techniques into practice.
Learn about current, useful policy concepts, how to apply insurance limits, and how to suggest the right endorsements. You will obtain a thorough understanding of the coverage, limitations, and Workers’ Compensation and Employers’ Liability Insurance Policies in the CIC Commercial Casualty course (WC & EL Policy).
Learn how to guide business clients through complex situations like cyberthreats and criminality from both the property and casualty standpoints. This course helps you learn how to recognize exposures to Commercial Inland Marine, Crime, Cyber, and Employment Practices in the CIC Commercial Multiline course. As you create insurance strategies for your clients, the course will also assist you in learning about the different types of coverage available to handle these exposures.
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Discover the most recent developments in commercial property insurance and creative strategies to increase coverages with the most recent forms. You will learn how to maximize coverage and defend your property accounts in the CIC Commercial Property course, as well as how to understand Commercial Property coverages and endorsements in great depth.
With a focus on the Property and Casualty insurance sector, you will learn about topics including Personal Residential, Personal Auto, and Personal Umbrella or Excess Policies in this CIC Personal Lines course. You will be able to identify risks and coverage gaps of personal lines clients, suggest coverage alternatives, and understand how to react in the event of a loss by exploring the nuances of policy coverages, limitations, and exclusions.
What fundamental traits, clauses, and riders are present in most life, health, and retirement contracts? Discover how to tailor these financial products to the demands of your clients’ businesses and personal lives. You will discover useful knowledge on Life and Annuity Policies, Business Life Concepts, Health Insurance, and Employee Benefits in the CIC Life and Health course. You’ll leave the seminar with knowledge you can utilize right now.
What function(s) do you perform inside a company, and how are these functions related? Find out more about how to use cutting-edge executive tactics to improve company operations and foster business success. You will discover strategic decision-making techniques in the Insurance Company Operations course for meeting compliance standards, satisfying regulatory requirements, developing products, underwriting them, distributing and promoting them, and performing other crucial business operations.
Take the five CIC courses of your choice and pass the corresponding exams
within five calendar years after you pass your first CIC exam, or
Take
four CIC courses and one CRM or one CPRM course and pass all corresponding
exams within five calendar years.
Should you select a CRM or CPRM option in earning your CIC designation, you
can choose to complete the remaining four courses in CRM or
CPRM and earn
that designation as well.
After receiving the CIC designation, no further examinations are required.
To keep your designation current, you will need to complete any
one of
these yearly update options.
A status available to CICs who are ready to retire, but not ready to give up the designation for which they worked so diligently and maintained for so many years. CIC Emeritus status is maintained with annual dues payment and no annual update is required. The CIC Emeritus status guidelines are:
Those are the technical requirements; however, it means much more than that to be an Emeritus CIC. These professionals are committed to continuing education and to the community they have helped to build and foster. They continue to support our efforts to broaden the opportunities to learn and to succeed.
If you have any questions about the Tenured and Emeritus status or how to apply, please call Program Services at 800-633-2165 for assistance.
In recognition of the many milestones and achievements CICs have made in their successful careers, the CIC Board of Governors initiated the Tenured CIC status in 2011. Significant educational achievements and a record of maintaining your designation have broadened each individual’s substantial base of knowledge. Therefore, this special recognition of tenure has been granted to CICs who have met the following criteria
These CICs will be eligible for tenured status and may maintain their designation by paying CIC dues every year and attending a qualified program every other year.
Best of all, tenured CICs retain all of the rights and privileges of the designation and of their membership in the Society.
A status available to CICs who are ready to retire, but not ready to give up the designation for which they worked so diligently and maintained for so many years. CIC Emeritus status is maintained with annual dues payment and no annual update is required. The CIC Emeritus status guidelines are:
Those are the technical requirements; however, it means much more than that to be an Emeritus CIC. These professionals are committed to continuing education and to the community they have helped to build and foster. They continue to support our efforts to broaden the opportunities to learn and to succeed.
If you have any questions about the Tenured and Emeritus status or how to apply, please call Program Services at 800-633-2165 for assistance.
In recognition of the many milestones and achievements CICs have made in their successful careers, the CIC Board of Governors initiated the Tenured CIC status in 2011. Significant educational achievements and a record of maintaining your designation have broadened each individual’s substantial base of knowledge. Therefore, this special recognition of tenure has been granted to CICs who have met the following criteria
These CICs will be eligible for tenured status and may maintain their designation by paying CIC dues every year and attending a qualified program every other year.
Best of all, tenured CICs retain all of the rights and privileges of the designation and of their membership in the Society.
The Certified Insurance Counselor (CIC) designation is the nationally recognized and highly respected insurance professional designation. The CIC designation demonstrates the insurance professional’s expertise and commitment to continuing education and their career industry.
While there are no prerequisites to earn the CIC, the program is recommended for insurance professionals with at least two years of full-time insurance or risk management experience. To earn the CIC, participants must successfully complete five CIC courses and pass five exams within five calendar years. Participants also must score 70% or better on a two-hour, essay-style exam.
The CIC designation must be updated every year to remain current. CIC designees can choose from a number of course options to fulfill their annual update requirements. Update courses must be completed by the end of the participant’s birth month each year.
While there are no prerequisites to earn the CIC, the program is recommended for insurance professionals with at least two years of full-time insurance or risk management experience. To earn the CIC, participants must successfully complete five CIC courses and pass five exams within five calendar years. Participants also must score 70% or better on a two-hour, essay-style exam.
The CIC courses include Agency Management, Commercial Casualty, Commercial Multiline, Commercial Property, Personal Lines, Life & Health, and Insurance Company Operations. The CIC designation must be updated every year to remain current. CIC designees can choose from a number of course options to fulfill their annual update requirements. Update courses must be completed by the end of the participant’s birth month each year.
Additional CIC courses aimed at insurance companies or agency managers include Agency Management and Insurance Company Operations. Agency Management covers what it takes to operate an agency and includes key topics such as strategic planning, talent management, technology, client acquisition and retention, and ethics. The Insurance Company Operations course covers vital topics including strategic planning, product development, underwriting, meeting compliance standards and regulatory requirements, marketing, and policyholder services.
A CIC designation shows that you are one of the best educated insurance professionals serving your clients and the industry. Earning a CIC benefits your career in many ways. Your knowledge and expertise about the industry, including changes and current risk management issues will be constantly up to date. The CIC designation is a sign of credibility and expertise that sets you apart from others in the industry. The skills and knowledge that you gain from any of the CIC courses can be used immediately in your insurance practice to benefit your organization and your clients.
The CIC designation is recommended for insurance industry professionals including agency owners, producers, brokers, agents, adjusters, and insurance company personnel such as marketing professionals, underwriters, HR directors, or agency operations professionals. Insurance professionals who want to build or enhance their insurance career can benefit from the CIC designation whether they have a few or many years of industry experience.
There are currently over 30,000 CIC designees nationwide.
The CIC dates back to 1969, when a group of independent insurance agents met with University of Texas insurance professor Dr. William T. Hold to develop a program to help agents better understand Texas policies and increase professionalism through education. Eventually the CIC Program was made available to agents and other insurance professionals nationwide. The CIC Program remains the cornerstone of Risk & Insurance Education Alliance designation programs.
All CIC courses are available in two formats: a live classroom format and online webinars with a live instructor-led format. Insurance professionals can choose the format that works best for them. Each course consists of 16 hours of classroom instruction.
All CIC courses are taught by active insurance practitioners with expertise in the field. Courses are taught with the latest industry information including forms and policies used by insurance professionals every day.
Risk & Insurance Education Alliance CIC courses are continuously reviewed, updated, and expanded in order to meet the needs of the industry and its professionals.