Overview
Gain essential skills to navigate insurer finances with confidence. By completing this course, you will explore today’s insurer financial and regulatory environment, apply key financial measures, and interpret financial statements so you are better prepared to understand and make strategic decisions.
Skills You’ll Gain
Understand the unique regulatory and financial constraints under which insurers operate to drive strategic decision making.
Analyze the key financial measures insurers use most often so you can better determine the overall health and long-term viability of your organization.
Unlock the crucial data within an insurer’s financial statement to effectively assess capital allocation and optimize investment strategies.
Ready-Made Career Skills:
- Financial Analysis
- Regulatory Compliance
- Financial Statements
- Strategic Thinking
- Data-driven Decision-Making
Assignments
Exam Prep Tools
CIIM 501 comes with proven, comprehensive study materials to help you take The Institutes Designations’ exam with confidence:
- 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.
- Mobile App: A flexible and convenient way for you to assess your understanding anytime, anywhere.
- 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.
- 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.
FAQs
- Does this course give me credit toward The Institutes Designations?
- Yes! CIIM 501 gives you credit toward the Chartered Insurance Investment Manager™ (CIIM™) designation.
- How long does the course take?
- CIIM 501 typically takes students 4-6 weeks to complete.
- How is The Institutes Designations' exam structured?
- Virtual exams are timed. You will have 65 minutes to complete 50 questions.
- What’s included in my course materials?
- Course materials include the online course, printable study outline, interactive practice questions, mobile app, and the simulated credentialing exam.
- 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
- 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.
*Exam windows that close on a weekend will be extended to the following business day.