Chartered Property Casualty Underwriter (CPCU) is considered to be the premier professional designation in property-casualty insurance and risk management. The curriculum includes eight (8) post-secondary undergraduate, or graduate-level courses covering topics such as insurance law, history, contracts, ratemaking, and risk management, as well as business courses in finance, corporate structure, and ethics.
Designees must pass exams in five (5) core courses and three (3) courses in either a personal or commercial insurance concentration. These exams are standardized, proctored three-and-a-half hour essay-type exams in two sections. Part "A" is tested to determine understanding of the course's terminology, concepts, and content. Part "B" is tested to determine the ability of the candidate to apply the information to "real world" applications and situations.
CPCU designees are also bound by a Code of Ethics, and must pass an experience requirement as well. The CPCU designation is administered by the American Institute of Chartered Property Casualty Underwriters
Taken from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CPCU
The Certified Insurance Counselors (CIC) Program has been the insurance industry's premier, proven source for practical, real-world education since 1969.
More than 300 CIC institutes are conducted each year in major cities throughout the U.S. and Puerto Rico. Designed to cover important aspects of the insurance field, each institute is 20 hours of instruction, followed by an examination.
Taken from http://www.scic.com/CIC/CICinstitutes/CICinstitutes.htm
The Certified Risk Managers International (CRM) designation demonstrates knowledge in all areas of managing risks, hazards, and exposures.
The five courses give an in-depth understanding about today's highest priorities – identifying, analyzing, controlling, financing, and administering operational risks – as well as political risks, catastrophic loss exposures, third-party exposures, fiduciary exposures, employee injury exposures, juridical risks, legal risks, and more – whether insurable or not. The skills learned make a designee more proactive and valuable to an organization in discovering how risks can interrupt the flow of earnings and how to protect against it.
Taken from http://www.scic.com/CRM/CRMcourses/CRMcourses.htm
Certified in Long-Term Care (CLTC) is a designation granted by the Corporation For Long-Term Care Certification. CLTC graduates have completed a rigorous multidisciplinary course that focuses on the profession of long-term care. The program is recognized by state regulators, through the granting of continuing education credits, as having provided essential information necessary to the appropriate sale of long-term care insurance.
Long-term care insurance is a complex product. It offers many forms of protection and pricing structures. A CLTC professional is highly trained in the field of long-term care and knows the right questions to ask. Their goal, like all professionals, is to help you solve your needs.
He or she also works closely with other professionals including elder law attorneys. Together they can establish a plan that takes into consideration your circumstances and ability to pay.