cpcu 520

CPCU 520

Meeting Challenges Across Insurance Operations

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Topics covered:

Learn about how insurance companies operate.

  • Insurance regulations
  • Marketing insurance
  • How the underwriting department works
  • How the claims department works
  • How the actuarial department works
  • Reinsurance
  • Analyzing financial statements
  • Vertical and trend analysis
  • Underwriting for personal lines

CPCU 520 Study Materials

  • For buyer's personal use only (non-transferrable and not for resale)

  • Based on CPCU 520: Meeting Challenges Across Insurance Operations (1st edition)

  • Delivery for online study program: Instant access provided after purchase

  • Delivery for study guide bundle: PDF instantly sent by email after purchase

Our full program includes:

Online Video Lessons: Our super engaging videos use everyday English and helpful illustrations to explain all of the key concepts. Comes will full captions and searchable transcripts.

Streaming Audio-Only Option: Perfect for learning on the go, while you commute, work out, or otherwise can’t sit down to watch or read your study materials.

Practice Quizzes: Test your understanding with a practice quiz for every chapter. Each question comes with a detailed explanation of the correct answer and tells you which lesson the content comes from.

50-Question Practice Exam: Prepare for your final exam by taking our full-length practice test, which mixes questions from all the course chapters.

Study Guide Outlines: The cornerstone of our review materials is our famous study guide outlines. The study guide condenses each chapter down to several pages, listing out all the key terms, major concepts, and other important lists. The outlines provide the technical explanation for each concept, a simpler version in plain English, and plenty of examples to illustrate the trickier concepts. Includes all bonus printables listed below!

Our study guide bundle includes:

The study guide condenses each chapter down to several pages, listing out all the key terms, major concepts, and other important lists. The outlines provide the technical explanation for each concept, a simpler version in plain English, and plenty of examples to illustrate the trickier concepts. Also includes bonus printables listed below:

Claims Department Structure: See how the typical claims department is structured and who reports to whom.

Income Statement Formulas: Understanding how to apply the formulas from this course is a must if you want to pass your exam. This bonus printable explains exactly what each formula tells you, and uses simple examples to illustrate how to interpret the results you get after applying the formula.

Vertical & Trend Analysis: Doing a proper analysis of financial statements under the pressure of a timed test can be stressful. Our handout breaks down common-size and year-to-year statements so you’ll know exactly how to read them.

Comparison of Insurance Customers: One topic you’ll learn about is the different types of customers that insurance companies sell to and how they differ. We provide a convenient table that shows their main differences side-by-side, so you can easily compare and contrast them at a glance.

Types of Reinsurance: Keeping the various types of reinsurance straight will be critical to passing the exam. Our handy chart provides a visual cheat sheet, making it easy to see the various subcategories of reinsurance.

How Reinsurance Works: The final exam will heavily feature topics from the reinsurance sections of the textbook. Our reference sheet illustrates how different types of reinsurance would apply to scenarios.

Reinsurance layering: Reinsurance can be pretty complicated when multiple reinsurers are involved. We provide detailed examples to show you how this layering works.

Actuarial Practice Problems: One of the trickiest aspects of the course are the actuarial calculations. We provide sample problems and walkthroughs showing you exactly how to do the calculations.

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Comparison of study program features:

 

Insurance Exam Guides The Institutes
Cost $129.99 $365 / $445
(with textbook / without textbook)
How long you will have access to materials No expiration date Expires one year after purchase date
Video lessons X X
Searchable video transcripts
(allows you to read the content
and jump to specific video sections)
X
Audio-only option
(allows you to listen on the go)
X
Practice chapter quizzes X X
Practice exam (not timed) X X
Simulated exam (timed) X
Study guides
(summarizes course content
so you can easily review)
X
(covers all key content)
X
(covers very minimal content)
Textbook X
(can only be purchased as bundle with online course for $80 more)

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Why our study programs work

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See concepts in action

You will be tested on your ability to apply the concepts to different situations, so we provide plenty of examples to show you how things work.

Less is not always more

Some things won't make sense until you have enough background info. We give extra context where you'd need it to fully grasp the material.

Easy to review

Besides learning the content, you have to remember it all. Our paid study programs include our famous study guides that make it super easy to refresh your memory.

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