Preparing
for CIC
The Certified Insurance Counselor (CIC) program was created in 1969
as a way of providing high-quality continuing education to independent
agents and other insurance professionals. CIC has become the nation's
premier insurance professional designation program because of its high
standards. Top quality instructors cover a great deal of material in
each of the five CIC institutes, and each course is followed by a rigorous
two-hour essay examination.
Depending on your level of experience and expertise, it may be beneficial
to prepare in advance, if you are planning to take the exams and work
toward the CIC designation. We recommend that all attendees take the
exams, whether their primary interest is earning the designation or
just meeting their state continuing education requirements. CIC focuses
on practical training that you can use in your office, and taking the
exams will help reinforce what you have learned. Also, in case you start
out just trying to meet your CE requirement and subsequently decide
to go for the designation, you will not want to have missed the opportunity
to get one under your belt.
The CIC program consists of five separate twenty-hour courses--Commercial
Property (CP), Agency Management (AM), Commercial Casualty (CC), Life
& Health (LH) and Personal Lines (PL)--which can be taken in any
order.
