PIA - Professional Insurance Agents

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CIC Life and Health Institute

In this profession, you must answer tough questions and make hard choices every day—The CIC Life and Health Institute gives you answers. As a professional, you need a proven, reliable source of information to be certain that your clients have access to someone they can trust to insure their lives and businesses. CIC is that resource. Whether you are planning on seeking the prestigious CIC designation or looking for a more advanced learning opportunity, the CIC Life and Health Institute is for you.

Essentials of Life Insurance
Essentials of Health, Disability Income and Group Insurance
Applications of Life and Disability Income Insurance to Personal Needs
Applications of Life and Disability Income Insurance to Business Needs
Annuities

Imagine yourself rounding the curve in a final lap, roaring ahead in the straightaway. With a burst of speed, you cross the finish line. The thundering crowd rises to their feet to cheer from the grandstand as the checkered flag drops, signaling the end of an exciting race.

Do you ever feel like you are in a race against market conditions? Are short-term revenue and long-term survival propelling you into the life and health product sales arena?

Then how would you like to experience your own thrill of victory in the race to fully develop your life and health business, finish in first place …and reach the finish line in just 20 short hours?

Ladies and gentlemen ...start your engines! The CIC Life & Health Institute prepares you to win in the life and health race. The Life & Health Institute begins with a general discussion of Life & Health Insurance contracts, including taxation issues. Personal and business needs analysis, including long-term care, disability income, business continuation, and key person coverage are discussed. Optional topics may include Estate Planning and/or Retirement Planning.

The highly ranked faculty at the CIC Life & Health Institute will deliver the knowledge you need to go faster in the race against market conditions. If you're ready to go farther—at a higher speed—in your career as a full-service agent, you'll want driving tips from these faculty members, who are uniquely qualified through their numerous years of real-world experience.

Get in the driver's seat—attend the CIC Life & Health Institute on [insert date] at [insert location]. Your payoff will be in the future because you'll have the skills and knowledge to deliver and earn more … and to be recognized as a professional in the life and health area.

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

The National Alliance for Insurance Education & Research is registered with the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA) as a sponsor of continuing professional education on the National Registry of CPE Sponsors. State boards of accountancy have final authority on the acceptance of individual courses for CPE credit. Complaints regarding registered sponsors may be addressed to the National Registry of CPE Sponsors, 150 Fourth Avenue North, Suite 700, Nashville, TN, 37219-2417. Web site: www.nasba.org. Advanced Curriculum Rating = 20 CPE Credits in some states (* New York & New Jersey only.)

This is the proof. A CIC is recognized throughout the industry as a true professional, as someone who has achieved. The CIC designation means you have the knowledge, personal dedication, and expertise to succeed in an ever-changing, demanding profession.

Attn. NJ CIC & CISR designees: According to the NJ DOBI, producers who maintain & fulfill the CE requirements for a professional insurance designation approved by the DOBI (CIC, CISR), shall be awarded 12 credit hours for each full year of the four years preceding renewal for which these requirements were fulfilled. Application to obtain such approval shall be made by using the CE1A form. Therefore, CICs and CISRs updating/maintaining their designations AUTOMATICALLY comply with the DOBI’s CE requirements (48 credits that included the 6 credits in fraud/ethics). If you have questions, go to the NJ DOBI's site, here.

CE credit: Learn more about CE credit by visiting the National Alliance's online CE guide.

CIC programs are approved for continuing education credits in all states. Continuing Education Credits and Registration Fee for this CIC program are indicated in the registration box above. Please note, all participants must present photo identification to the registrar when checking-in at the program location.

Student Feedback: CIC Institute participants are encouraged to contact the Glenmont National Alliance Committee with recommendations, comments and concerns about the programs.

About the CIC designation: Geared to experienced insurance producers and company personnel, CIC is a nationally recognized designation program approved for continuing education credits in all states. CIC is one of the most highly recognized professional education designation programs in the insurance industry! The program provides a comprehensive continuing education program to individuals who have made a career commitment to insurance.

To earn the CIC designation, you must complete all five CIC institutes and pass a comprehensive essay exam at the end of each course. You may complete the institutes in any order and need not attain a passing grade on the exam before continuing on to the next institute. You have five calendar years from the time you pass the first exam to complete the program.

Once you have earned the CIC designation, you are required to attend one regularly scheduled institute, a James K. Ruble seminar or an Advanced Coverage Ruble seminar each year to maintain your designation.