CPCU Curriculum Gets Major Change

The American Institute for CPCU in Malvern, Pa. said it has completed a big revamping of the 60-year-old Chartered Property Casualty Underwriter professional designation program to add more on financial services. It said starting in the summer of 2002, the program will: • Require students to concentrate in either commercial or personal insurance. • Have an enhanced financial services focus with the introduction of a new Financial Services Institutions course and a new Personal Financial Planning course. • Consist of eight, rather than ten, courses and national examinations. In addition, holders of law degrees will not be required to study the course on the legal environment of risk management and insurance and students with a Masters in Business Administration will get a waiver from the business and financial analysis course.