Underwriting
You want to fast-track your career, become a leader, and distinguish yourself from your peers. Get the skills you need to add value to your current role and prepare you for future career success.
Elevate your knowledge
Whatever your professional goals, respected credentials and education from The Institutes can help get you there.
10K unique students take underwriting courses every year with The Institutes
84% attributed faster career progression to having earned the Associate in Commercial Underwriting (AU) designation.
2/3 of Institutes designees said earning a designation increased their overall job opportunities.
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CPCU
Gain confidence and make better business decisions through a broad understanding of the relevant and emerging concepts in risk management and today’s insurance landscape. Drive results and enhance your credibility through strong knowledge of coverage applications, various risk transfer tools, data analysis, and more.
Associate in Commercial Underwriting
Gain a broadened understanding of advanced underwriting techniques and develop a disciplined approach to underwriting commercial property and liability exposures.
Introduction to Risk Management and Insurance
Confidently serve your customers with an understanding of basic risk management and insurance principles. Build a foundation in insurance functions and regulation, the risk management process, and the claims and underwriting decision processes.
Introduction to Risk Management and Insurance
Confidently serve your customers with an understanding of basic risk management and insurance principles. Build a foundation in insurance functions and regulation, the risk management process, and the claims and underwriting decision processes.
Associate in General Insurance
Select the program path that matches your career goals and gain foundational knowledge in risk management and insurance.
CPCU
Gain confidence and make better business decisions through a broad understanding of the relevant and emerging concepts in risk management and today’s insurance landscape. Drive results and enhance your credibility through strong knowledge of coverage applications, various risk transfer tools, data analysis, and more.
Associate in Commercial Underwriting
Gain a broadened understanding of advanced underwriting techniques and develop a disciplined approach to underwriting commercial property and liability exposures.
Business Strategy for Emerging Leaders
Gain organizational leadership training tailored to risk management and insurance through The Institutes’ Business Strategy for Emerging Leaders.
CPCU
Gain confidence and make better business decisions through a broad understanding of the relevant and emerging concepts in risk management and today’s insurance landscape. Drive results and enhance your credibility through strong knowledge of coverage applications, various risk transfer tools, data analysis, and more.
Associate in Insurance Data Analytics
Enhance your ability to serve and retain customers by gaining knowledge of predictive risk modeling and big data applications for risk management and insurance.
Executive Education
Stimulate strategic leadership thinking focused on risk management and insurance with The Institutes’ Executive Education at the University of Virginia Darden School of Business.
“There's no better feeling to have than the feeling that you can dictate your own career moves. Having a professional designation like a CPCU, in my opinion, gives you that much needed advantage.”

Terrance Harvey, CPCU Underwriter

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