CIC Requirements

The content of CIC institutes is advanced and the examinations challenging, so you should have a good, fundamental understanding of the subject matter before attending.

Qualifications

Any one of the following qualifications makes you eligible to attend CIC institutes:

• Be a licensed agent, broker, adjuster, or solicitor; or
• Have at least two years of full-time experience in the insurance industry or as a risk management practitioner; or
• Have served as a full-time insurance faculty member at an accredited college or university.

To Earn the Designation, You Must:

• Take all five CIC institutes or four institutes and one Certified Risk Manager (CRM) course, and
• Pass all five CIC exams within five calendar years after you complete your first CIC exam, or
• Pass any four CIC exams plus any one of the five CRM exams within five calendar years after you complete your first CIC or CRM exam.  

After receiving the CIC designation, no further examinations are required. To retain it, you must attend at least one of the following programs in its entirety annually:

• Any one of the five CIC institutes
• A James K. Ruble Seminar*
• A Dynamics of Selling program**
• A Dynamics of Sales Management program**
• A Certified Risk Manager course**

*To attend a Ruble Seminar you must be a dues-paid member of CIC or CRM.

**To receive update credit, you must be a dues-paid member of CIC or CRM.