The CPCU is the macdaddy, end all and be all of insurance designations. The big one. The great one. You can have a bunch of designations but if you don’t have CPCU you haven’t arrived yet! (We might be a little bit biased on this one.)
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Studying Tip 1 Look at the “Education Objectives “. You find them at the start of each assignment and they are your secret weapon. When they make the questions, you can be sure that almost all of them fit neatly in this list. Right out of the gate you know what they intend to ask … Read more
When I first started studying for the CPCU Designation, I really didn’t think that obtaining my CPCU would do anything except provide a free trip to Hawaii, potentially advance my career, and let me learn more about the insurance industry. Those three motivators were enough to entice me to go for the designation. What I … Read more
Like a lot of students in college, I didn’t really know what I wanted to do when I graduated. I liked marketing, but I did not want to go into sales directly out of school. I had tons of student loans and I needed a steady income to pay them back. One day, I decided … Read more
Obtaining my CPCU designation in 5 months is, I can say, one of the biggest accomplishments I have, and this is why: Last year around June, I started thinking about how to expand my knowledge of the insurance industry, risk management in particular. After thinking about it for some time, I decided I was going … Read more
This article originally published in InsNerds.com Back in 2011 when I started working on my CPCU I didn’t know a single person who had their CPCU. I was going on blind faith and what I thought was good advice. I hadn’t discovered the CPCU Candidates Group on Facebook, the InsurancePros subreddit and InsNerds was just … Read more