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AIT 401: Understanding the Insurance Landscape

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Overview

Improve your ability to support critical insurance operations and functions across the enterprise. Through this course, you’ll gain a fundamental understanding of insurance so you can collaborate effectively with colleagues, contribute to business objectives, and leverage your technical expertise to make the biggest impact.

4-6 WEEKS
Experienced

Skills You’ll Gain:

checkmarkAnalyze common loss exposures so you can determine an appropriate coverage approach. 

checkmarkDistinguish between property and liability loss exposures to gain awareness of an organization’s risk.

checkmarkRecognize different insurance distribution systems to better understand the relationships between the various parties involved in insurance transactions.

checkmarkHelp ensure the members of your organization practice legal and ethical conduct through your knowledge of insurance regulation and good-faith requirements.

Ready-Made Career Skills:

  • Insurance Operations
  • Risk Assessment
  • Loss Control
  • Insurance Regulation
  • Liability Analysis

Assignments

Assignment 1:
Maximizing the Insurance Value Chain
35 Minutes
Assignment 2:
Claims Essentials
20 Minutes
Assignment 3:
Underwriting Essentials
20 Minutes
Assignment 4:
Insurer Sales and Marketing Essentials
20 Minutes
Assignment 5:
Essentials of Commercial Insurance Products
25 Minutes
Assignment 6:
Essentials of Personal Insurance Products
30 Minutes
Study Plan

Exam Prep Tools

AIT 401 comes with proven, comprehensive study materials to help you pass The Institutes Designations' exam with confidence: 

  1. Printable Study Outline: Perfect for taking notes, the printable study outline has key points for each assignment and review questions (and answers!) to help you test your knowledge as you move through the course.
  2. QuizMe App: A flexible and convenient way for you to assess your understanding anytime, anywhere.
  3. Practice Quizzes: Quickly see where your knowledge gaps are with online practice quizzes for each assignment and for the full course. Plus, you can take them as many times as you want.
  4. Simulated Exam: Designed to give you the full experience of your final exam, the simulated exam is a timed exam that you can take only once. It mimics the exam structure and level of questions you’ll find on the actual exam. Students who take their Institutes simulated exam pass their exams at higher rates than students who don’t.
  5. Flashcards: Test yourself on key terms with printable flashcards to help you fit studying into your busy schedule.
FAQ

FAQs

  1. Does this course give me credit toward The Institutes Designations? Yes! AIT 401 gives you credit toward the Associate in Information Technology (AIT™) designation. 
  2. How long does the course take? AIT 401 typically takes students 4-6 weeks to complete. 
  3. How is The Institutes Designations' exam structured? Virtual exams are timed. You will have 65 minutes to complete 50 questions.
  4. What’s included in my course materials? Course materials include the online course, printable study outline, QuizMe app, practice quizzes, flashcards, and a simulated exam.
  5. How do testing windows work? We offer The Institutes Designations' exams in 4 testing windows throughout the year.* You can complete your exam at any time in the testing window that you registered for. Access your exam from your account when the window opens and complete any time until 11:59 p.m. ET on the final day of the window.
    • Quarter 1: January 15 – March 15
    • Quarter 2: April 15 – June 15
    • Quarter 3: July 15 – September 15
    • Quarter 4: October 15 – December 15

*Exam windows that close on a weekend will be extended to the following business day.