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API 320: Evaluating and Underwriting Personal Lines Risks

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Overview

Overview

Better serve your customers by learning how to properly tailor personal lines coverages to each of their unique loss exposures and needs. After completing API 320, you’ll be able to effectively market personal insurance through a variety of strategies, understand how technology is changing the personal lines market, and more.

4-6 WEEKS
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Skills You'll Gain

checkmark Apply various personal lines marketing strategies so you can successfully promote the right products and services to your customers.

checkmark Make informed business decisions that positively impact the bottom line by effectively analyzing the factors that affect pricing and profitability.

checkmark Ensure your organization maintains a competitive edge through an enhanced understanding of how emerging technologies are changing the personal lines market.

checkmark Confidently evaluate personal auto and residential loss exposures to ensure producers and customers are making proper coverage determinations.

Ready-Made Career Skills:

  • Personal Insurance
  • Underwriting
  • Personal Lines Auto
  • Product Marketing
  • Risk Management
  • Competitive Strategies

Assignments

Assignment 1:
Connecting Personal Risk Management and Technology
20 Minutes
Assignment 2:
Marketing Personal Lines Products
30 Minutes
Assignment 3:
Underwriting Personal Lines Products
15 Minutes
Assignment 4:
Analyzing Personal Auto Risks
20 Minutes
Assignment 5:
Assessing Residential Property Risks
30 Minutes
Assignment 6:
Evaluating Unique Personal Exposures
20 Minutes
BONUS CONTENT:
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Study Plan

Exam Prep Tools

This course comes with proven, comprehensive study materials to help you take The Institutes Designations' exam with confidence:

  • Interactive Online Course: Learn at your own pace through a structured learning experience and modules featuring animations, video, question/answer scenarios, and more.
  • Mobile App: A flexible and convenient way for you to assess your understanding anytime, anywhere.
  • Practice Questions: Test your understanding throughout the course with knowledge checks and exam practice questions designed to reinforce key concepts, identify areas for review, and help you prepare with confidence.
  • Simulated Exam: Strengthen your readiness using a timed exam that mirrors the structure and difficulty of the actual exam. Students who complete the simulated exam pass at higher rates than those who don't.
  • Study Outlines: Reinforce your learning with study outlines designed to help you take notes and review the material as you progress through the course, with the option to print.
  • Resources: Take advantage of optional learning resources to reinforce your understanding and support your personal study routine.

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FAQ

FAQs

  1. Does this course give me credit toward The Institutes Designations?
    • Yes! API 320 gives you credit toward the Associate in Personal Insurance (API™) and Associate in Insurance (AINS®) designations.  
  2. How long does the course take?
    • API 320 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, mobile app, practice quizzes, flashcards, discussion boards, 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.