Designation Curriculum

Accredited Insurance Examiner (AIE)
Certified Insurance Examiner (CIE)
Course Waivers
Certified Insurance Consumer Service Representative
Market Conduct Management (MCM)
Course Contact Information
Course Discount Information

Accredited Insurance Examiner (AIE)

An AIE is awarded to insurance regulatory professionals who have been extensively trained in one of two primary fields of insurance regulation, Property and Casualty or Life and Health. To earn an AIE, an applicant must successfully complete the required course work under a single education path, be an IRES General member in good standing, and meet the following employment and experience requirements:

Experience Requirements:

AIE applicants must have two years of fulltime regulatory work experience.

Employment Requirements:

AIE applicants spend 75% or more of his/her time working for an insurance regulatory agency (whether as an employee or a contractor).

Property-Casualty Educational Path

To earn an AIE via the Property-Casualty Educational Path, an applicant must successfully pass eight (8) of the ten (10) courses listed in the AIE/CIE Application and meet the employment and experience requirements listed above.

Life-Health Educational Path

To earn an AIE via the Life-Health Educational Path, an applicant must 1) meet the employment and experience requirements listed above, 2) successfully pass four (4) required core courses, and 3) complete four (4) additional courses from any one of the following three options.

• Life Option
• Health Option
• Information Systems Option

Courses from one option cannot be mixed with another option to complete the required course work to earn an AIE under the Life-Health Educational Path.

The list of core and additional courses can be found in the AIE/CIE Application.

Required and optional courses may be taken in any order. Regulators having a minimum of two years of fulltime regulatory experience and who have obtained a CLU or FLMI designation will be granted the AIE designation without the need for further course work.

Certified Insurance Examiner (CIE)

A CIE is awarded to insurance regulatory professionals who have attained the AIE in one field and cross-trained in the other field. In order to earn a CIE, applicants must have previously earned (or meet the educational requirements to earn an AIE) under either the Property-Casualty Educational Path or a Life-Health Educational Path, complete the required course work following the same path taken to earn the AIE, be an IRES General member in good standing and meet the following employment and experience requirements:

Experience Requirements:

CIE applicants must have three years of fulltime regulatory work experience.

Employment Requirements:

CIE applicants spend 75% or more of his/her time working for an insurance regulatory agency (whether as an employee or a contractor).

Applicants that earned an AIE under the Property-Casualty Educational Path must successfully complete four (4) of the approved Life-Health courses. Applicants that earned an AIE under the Life-Health Educational Path must successfully complete four (4) of the approved Property-Casualty courses. A list of approved courses can be found in the AIE/CIE Application.

Course Waivers

Students who have obtained a law degree (JD) may obtain a written waiver for a course required to attain a CLU, FLMI or CPCU from the American College, the Life Office Management Association or the American Institute for CPCU (Chartered Property Casualty Underwriter). Where such a course waived by one of these organizations is in the curriculum required for the AIE or for the CIE designation, IRES will recognize such a waiver and grant credit for completion of that course. The waiver must be in writing on the letterhead of the organization granting the waiver. It should be attached to the AIE application with a cover letter requesting to waiver.

In the event that a student obtains such a waiver, IRES will grant no more than one course waiver to a student working toward the AIE or CIE designation. Such a waiver may apply only to attaining an AIE or a CIE, but not for both.

Certified Insurance Consumer Service Representative (CICSR)

The Certified Insurance Consumer Service Representative (CICSR) designation has been designed for both regulators and industry. It builds on an educational commitment for insurance consumer/customer service and market regulation. An applicant for a CICSR designation must have two years of full time experience with an insurance regulatory agency (includes regulatory contractors), or in the insurance industry. The applicant is required to have earned one of the ACS designations offered by LOMA or AICPCU, and then must pass four optional courses from a list of approved courses.

A list of approved courses can be found in the CICSR Application.

Market Conduct Management

The Market Conduct Management (MCM) designation program is designed to provide hands-on-training for regulators and insurance industry professionals on how to efficiently and effectively manage market conduct examinations and to promote the interests of insurance regulators. It is a unique and practical program designed both for the experienced professional and those wishing to enhance their regulatory and compliance career.

Unlike the other IRES designations, the MCM program does not rely on self-study courses. Rather to earn the MCM designation, individuals are required to read the MCM textbook, attend and 2 ½ day in person program and pass a certification examination.

Click here for additional information about the MCM designation and a list of upcoming programs.

Course Contact Information

For more information on the courses above referenced courses, contact the following:

Course Discount Information

IRES recognizes that not all employers pay for the courses necessary earn an AIE, CIE, or CICSR designation. To assist our members in pursuing these designations, IRES has arranged for discounts with several of the organizations that offer the course work required to earn these IRES designations. Click here for additional information.