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The Canadian Accredited Insurance Broker (CAIB) program is a national designation program designed, written, and delivered by brokers, for brokers. Your technical knowledge, general business competency, and professionalism will be enhanced as a result of taking this series of courses. As a result, you will gain the means to develop new sales markets and enhance your opportunities for career advancement. Knowledge and skills learned throughout the program are immediately transferable to daily brokerage operations. This program may be offered in various study formats : self study, discussion groups, evening classes or immersion & is suitable for customer service representatives, producers, and managers.
The program is divided into four parts, covering personal lines, commercial lines, management, and finance from a broker's perspective. The program may be taken purely to increase your knowledge, or you can write each of four national exams, to obtain the CAIB designation. Candidates who successfully complete all of the examinations must meet all the qualifications of the designation in order to be elected by the IBAC Board of Directors to carry the CAIB designation. The designation carries with it the responsibility to continue the process of professional development.
Provinces using this program for step licensing are: British Columbia, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Saskatchewan, Manitoba. CAIB l will soon be a study option for the General Licensing exam in Nova Scotia at the onset of Step Licensing, effective January 01, 2006. Presently in Nova Scotia, the Fundamentals of Insurance is the pre-licensing course required to challenge the General License exam for Property and Casualty insurance. IBANS has presented a Step Licensing Proposal to the Province of Nova Scotia.
The program consists of four volumes, the chapter outlines of which are:
CAIB I [ top ]
- Intro to General Insurance
- Habitational Insurance
- Other Habitational Insurance Forms & Endorsements
- Personal Liability Insurance
- Farm Insurance
- Basics of Auto Insurance
- Building Towards Professionalism
CAIB II
- Intro to Commercial Property Insurance
- Underwriting Commercial Property Insurance
- Commercial Property Insurance - Policy Forms
- Commercial Property Insurance - Additional Coverage Forms
- Commercial Property Insurance - Misc. Property Forms
- Crime Insurance
- Business Interruption Insurance
CAIB III
- Commercial Liability - a Legal Perspective
- The Commercial General Liability Policy
- The Commercial Automobile Exposure
- Ocean Marine & Aviation Insurance
- Surety Bonds
- Risk Management
CAIB IV [ top ]
- Broker Formation & Environment
- Producer - Insurer Relations
- The Function of Management
- Brokerage Financial Management
- Technology & Broker Operations
- Sales Leadership
- Database Management
- Suggested Readings & Case Studies
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