Course offered by
The Institutes Knowledge Group
CPCU 530: Applying Legal Concepts to Insurance
Overview
Develop skills to minimize your organization’s legal risks and successfully navigate the ever-changing insurance landscape while familiarizing yourself with United States property-casualty law. After you complete CPCU 530, you’ll gain skills to help you decode insurance policies, determine property ownership and responsibility, resolve disputes, and more.
Skills You’ll Gain
Confidently answer internal and external stakeholder questions with a legal understanding of insurance policies
Solve business problems by fine-tuning your perspective on commercial and property law
Apply liability concepts to relevant tort laws to solve problems related to the associated coverages
Develop solutions that address exposures created by the legal system
Ready-Made Career Skills:
- Contract Law
- Insurance Policies
- Commercial Litigation
- Property Law
- Agency Law
- Labor and Employment Law
Assignments
Exam Prep Tools
CPCU 530 comes with proven, comprehensive study materials to help you take 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Discussion Boards: 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 printable flashcards to help you fit studying into your busy schedule.
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CPCU 530 Sample Course: Legal Fundamentals
- Topics
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- Understanding Legal Fundamentals in Insurance
- Basics of Contract Law
- Basics of Commercial Law
- Basics of Employment Law
- Average Completion Time
- 30-60 Minutes
FAQs
- Does this course give me credit toward The Institutes Designations? Yes! CPCU 530 gives you credit toward the CPCU, Associate in Fidelity and Surety Bonding (AFSB), and the Associate in Claims (AIC) designations.
- How long does the course take? CPCU 530 typically takes students 6-8 weeks to complete.
- How is The Institutes Designations' exam structured? You will have 65 minutes to complete 50 questions, and your exam will be virtually proctored. Visit the Virtual Exam Proctoring page to learn how it works, common FAQs, technical requirements, and more.
- What’s included in my course materials? The recommended course package includes the online course, a printed course book, a printable study outline, as well as assignment quizzes, QuizMe app, practice exams, a simulated credentialing exam, flashcards, and discussion boards. The online only package contains all of the same study tools except the printed course book.
- 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.