Overview
Gain the skills you need to clearly explain and recommend personal insurance options to customers. By completing CPCU 555, you’ll gain skills in personal auto coverage customization, residential property protection, homeowners’ liability, how to maximize personal lines profitability, and more.
Skills You’ll Gain
Analyze personal auto and homeowners’ loss exposures so you can choose the best risk management techniques for your customers
Help homeowners know what their liabilities are and choose coverage that helps best manage them
Confidently explain auto and residential property coverage benefits so customers feel taken care of by the coverage you recommended
Ready-Made Career Skills:
- Personal Insurance
- Personal Lines Auto
- Homeowners Insurance
- Risk Management
- Risk Analysis
- Claims Resolution
Assignments

Exam Prep Tools
CPCU 555 comes with proven, comprehensive study materials to help you pass The Institutes Designations' exam with confidence:
- Online Course and Printed Course Book: Learn in the format that works best for you, depending on the course package you choose.
- Practice Quizzes: Quickly see where your knowledge gaps are with online practice quizzes for each assignment and for the full course. 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.
- Discussion Boards: Better understand how concepts you’re learning apply to real-life, professional experiences by connecting, gaining tips, and sharing best practices with other individuals in your field.
- Flashcards: Test yourself on key terms with flashcards that help you fit studying into your busy schedule.

FAQs
- Does this course give me credit toward The Institutes Designations?
- Yes! CPCU 555 gives you credit toward the CPCU and Associate in Personal Insurance (API) designations.
- How long does the course take?
- CPCU 555 typically takes students 6-8 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?
- In addition to the online course, you have access to assignment quizzes, practice exams, discussion boards, and a simulated credentialing exam. Depending on the package you choose, you may receive a printed course book as well.
- 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.