State insurance departments, as well as the National Association of Insurance Commissioners, formally recognize the two professional designations developed and awarded by the Insurance Regulatory Examiners Society – AIE and CIE. This program demonstrates the Society's belief that insurance regulators, like other professionals, must continually commit themselves to education and training in order to keep them abreast of the complex issues with which they deal every day.

Note: Before seeking accreditation as an AIE, a regulator must have completed at least two years of verifiable fulltime regulatory work. However, STARTING AUG. 1, 2002, the CIE designation will require THREE YEARS of regulatory experience.

AIE™ (Accredited Insurance Examiner) represents an individual who has been extensively trained in either of the two primary fields of insurance regulation, property & casualty or life & health. Preliminary certification requires completion of at least eight professional development courses in the selected curriculum.

CIE™ (Certified Insurance Examiner) is presented to an insurance regulatory professional who has attained the AIE in one field and then cross-trains in the other field by taking four additional courses.

If you're an insurance regulator and would like to apply for AIE or CIE accreditation, there are a couple of things you can do about it right now, while you're on the Web:
  • Click here for additional information about the curriculum requirements for initial certification as an AIE or a CIE.
  • Or you can click here for a copy of the accreditation form that you can print and mail in.
 
 
 
IRES members who have earned the right to put AIE or CIE after their names also must take part in an ongoing program of continuing education, assuring the continuing integrity of the two designations.

Click here if you have additional questions about the Society's accreditation program.