The Insurance Professional School is a comprehensive, five-month program designed to provide early-career professionals with the knowledge and skills they need to excel within your firm.
PROGRAM OVERVIEW
In partnership with The Institutes and the University of Georgia, this program combines online, self-paced learning with activities and live virtual sessions that reinforce understanding and application of the material to real-world scenarios. Upon completion of the program, participants will receive a professional designation from The Council and The Institutes.WHY THE INSURANCE PROFESSIONAL SCHOOL?
The Insurance Professional School:
- Accelerates the learning curve, performance and impact of your early-career talent
- Creates a customer-centric, advisory mindset
- Emphasizes industry expertise and business acumen
This program focuses, not just on coverage application, but on comprehensive coverage knowledge. The interactive format brings the role of risk mitigation to life, and assignments push participants to seek out expertise within their firm.
HOW IT WORKS
The Insurance Professional School is intentionally designed to allow participants the time they need to do their job while simultaneously building their skills.
- Self-paced learning/activities and live virtual sessions reinforce understanding and provide opportunities to apply the material on the job.
- This approach requires less of the manager’s time for training and development.
- The Council’s partnerships with industry experts allow us to offer your employees in-depth knowledge, facilitated discussions, growth-oriented assignments and accountability checkpoints to ensure maximum retention of the curriculum.
Upon completion of the program, participants will receive a professional designation from The Council and The Institutes.
Participant time commitment: approximately 4 hours per week
Council Members Tuition (individual): $1,800
Non-Council Members Tuition (individual): $3,000
WHO SHOULD ENROLL
The Insurance Professional School is the perfect opportunity for firms to attract and retain young employees with the motivation and drive to become seasoned industry champions.
The expert instruction offered by The Insurance Professional School is best paired with participants who are licensed, and in whom you see high potential for growth. Roles that will find the most value in the program include:
- Producers
- Account executives
- Account managers
- Claims professionals
- Other business development associates
Not sure who to send? If there is someone that you are uncertain about enrolling in The Insurance Professional School, we have developed a screening test which will determine coverage proficiency.
For questions or to set up a call with The Council Academy to learn more, contact insuranceprofessionalschool@ciab.com.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Core Commercial Coverage & Contracts, Exposures, & Risk Management Concepts
The Insurance Professional School provides commercial insurance professionals with the solid foundation essential to their success. Participants will receive in-depth core commercial coverage training from industry leaders, with a strong focus on application.
Participants will:
- Learn risk management concepts, be able to identify exposures and understand risk management from the client’s perspective
- Understand insurance policies and be able to analyze them for coverage and gaps
- Attain a deep knowledge of core commercial coverages and know how to apply them to real world situations
- Know how to identify exposures and matching coverage to the needs of a client or prospect
- Assimilate learnings with an understanding of their firm’s unique culture
- Begin to develop a consultant/advisor mindset and practice
- Engage and interact with faculty and industry peers
PROGRAM PARTNERS & CONTRIBUTORS
University of Georgia Terry College of Business
- The University of Georgia partnership with The Insurance Professional School provides industry-leading expertise, high-level instruction, and hands-on application of the technical skills participants need to excel at their firm. The Risk Management and Insurance Program at UGA’s Terry College of Business is home to the largest undergraduate program of its kind in the U.S. and has again been ranked #1 by US News and World Report.
The Institutes
- The Institutes are a trusted knowledge partner for The Insurance Professional School, providing proven online content as a foundational component of the commercial property-casualty insurance curriculum. The Institutes are the leader in delivering knowledge solutions that empower risk management and insurance professionals to help those in need.
Jennifer Atkinson is Lecturer of Risk Management and Insurance in UGA’s Terry College. She is a highly rated instructor and has taught 70 sections of upper-level courses in class sizes ranging from 14 to 125. She also serves as Faculty Advisor to the Insurance Society and Gamma Iota Sigma and has been successful in increasing the number and quality of activities offered to resulting in participation in both clubs having increased significantly. Under Jennifer’s guidance, the UGA chapter of Gamma Iota Sigma has consistently earned the “Well-rounded Chapter” award from the national organization. Previously Atkinson was Vice President of Bowring March and was Risk Management Consultant at PricewaterhouseCoopers.
Education
BBA, Risk Management and Insurance, University of Georgia
Daniel J. Brown is Lecturer of Risk Management and Insurance in UGA’s Terry College. Prior to joining the college, Brown was Senior Manager of Competitive and Product Analysis at Georgia Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Company where his work focused on predictive analytics and modeling, competitive analysis, product development and reinsurance.
Daniel is a member of the Society of Chartered Property and Casualty Underwriters and the Association of Insurance Compliance Professionals among other affiliations.
Education
MBA, Business Administration, Georgia College and State University
B.B.A., Finance, University of Georgia
Rob Hoyt is the Dudley L. Moore Jr. Chair and Professor and Department Head in Terry’s Risk Management and Insurance Program. He teaches corporate risk management and enterprise risk management and has served as the Department Head for Insurance, Legal Studies, and Real Estate for 16 years. He was Interim Dean of the Terry College in 2007 and has been on the UGA faculty since 1988.
Education
Ph.D., Risk and Insurance, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
M.A., Risk and Insurance, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
B.S., Math, Economics, Actuarial Science, and German
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APRI®
The Council, alongside The Institutes and the University of Georgia, introduces the Accredited Professional in Risk and Insurance (APRI®) for commercial insurance brokerage. Earnable after fulfilling requirements, including completing The Council Academy’s seven-month Insurance Professional School – Property/Casualty, it equips professionals with essential skills, credibility, and confidence to excel in the field.