AILP Designation
FAIA has adopted the Massachusetts Association of Insurance Agents (MAIA) Accredited Insurance Lines Professional (AILP) program to provide Florida insurance professionals with a high-caliber educational curriculum for serious insurance agency professionals seeking to pursue a premier designation: Accredited Insurance Lines Professional (AILP). AILP courses are appropriate for Agency Producers, Account Managers, CSRs, Underwriters, Adjusters, or any insurance agency employee who wants to build a solid practical knowledge base to facilitate their career performance and advancement.
MAIA has developed a high-caliber educational curriculum for serious insurance agency professionals seeking to pursue a premier designation: Accredited Insurance Lines Professional (AILP).
Everyone is eligible to earn the AILP designation. Approved for FL CE.
AILP designations are available at three levels – the complete designation, which covers both Personal and Commercial Lines, and two monoline options:
- AILP – Accredited Insurance Lines Professional (Complete designation including PL & CL)
- AILP/PL – Accredited Insurance Lines Professional / Personal Lines only
- AILP/CL – Accredited Insurance Lines Professional / Commercial Lines
Program Highlights
- There are two levels of AILP classes - Personal or Commercial
- Coverage classes offer intermediate content
- Issues classes dive deeper into the more complicated scenarios.
- Choose webinars or live classroom learning
- A wide variety of classes can fulfill the yearly renewal requirement
- Class exemptions if you already have certain designations
Course Requirements:
AILP/Personal Lines
Anyone pursuing the AILP or AILP/PL designation must complete these courses (unless exempt). Each course has a one-hour essay exam at the end of the day, centered on the material presented that day.
Learn more about the courses here.
- AILP Coverage: Homeowners
- AILP Coverage: National Personal Auto
- AILP Issues: Personal Residential Part 1
- AILP Issues: Personal Residential Issues Part 2
- AILP Issues: Miscellaneous Personal
- AILP Issues: Personal Auto Part 1
- AILP Issues: Personal Auto/Umbrella Part 2
AILP/Commercial Lines
Anyone pursuing the AILP or AILP/CL designation must complete these courses (unless exempt). Each course has a one-hour essay exam at the end of the day, centered on the material presented that day.
- AILP Coverage: Commercial Auto
- AILP Coverage: Commercial General Liability
- AILP Coverage: Workers' Compensation
- AILP Coverage: Commercial Property
- AILP Issues: Commercial Liability Part 1
- AILP Issues: Commercial Liability Part 2
- AILP Issues: Commercial Property
- AILP Issues: MLIS EPL Understanding the Exposures and Insurance (IRMI course)
- AILP Issues: MLIS Cyber and Privacy Liability Exposures and How to Insure Them (IRMI course)
SHOULD I GET MY DESIGNATION?
AILP courses are appropriate for Agency Producers, Account Managers, CSRs, Underwriters, Adjusters, or any insurance agency employee who wants to build a solid practical knowledge base to facilitate their career performance and advancement. Participants should have at least two years of experience in insurance and have completed beginners' insurance courses in the coverage topics (or have a producer license).
The AILP curriculum includes both Coverage* and Issues** Courses. The complete designation (AILP) requires successful completion of all Coverage PL and CL Courses AND all Issues PL and CL Courses. A monoline designation (AILP/PL or AILP/CL) requires successful completion of all Coverage and Issues Courses in the desired line. Specific coursework completed for other designations or certifications may count toward your AILP designation
Designation Requirements
To earn the complete AILP designation, you must complete all courses in either the personal lines or commercial lines track. (See below for exemptions.) When taking both PL and CL courses at the same time, all required coursework must be completed within six (6) years. To earn a monoline designation (either AILP/PL or AILP/CL), all required coursework must be completed within four (4) years. Once an AILP designation has been obtained, you can immediately use the designation. You may obtain one monoline designation first and then add on the other to reach the complete designation.
AILP Course Exemptions
Coursework from other insurance certifications or designations may count toward your Accredited Insurance Lines Professional (AILP) designation. If you hold one of the following designations, we will waive certain requirements. See below!
CISR: Certified Insurance Service Representative ..... ALL AILP Coverage classes
AAI: Accredited Adviser in Insurance .......................... ALL AILP Coverage classes
CIC: Certified Insurance Counselor .............................. ALL AILP Coverage classes
MLIS: Management Liability Insurance Specialist ...... MLIS EPL Understanding the Exposures and Insurance Coverage AND MLIS Cyber and Privacy Liability Exposures and How to Insure Them
Designation Updates
To retain the ability to utilize the designation, the designee must perform a yearly (calendar year) update which can include any multi-day, full-day, or 2 partial-day courses that total at least six (6) continuing education (CE) credits; that are intermediate to advanced in nature (i.e., programs that discuss policy issues, not those that just review policy coverages*); and offered through MAIA.
For AILP/CL designees, the renewal course must be in commercial lines. For AILP/PL designees, it must be in personal lines. If you have earned the complete AILP designation, your renewal course can be in either commercial or personal lines.
*Examples of Qualifying Renewal Classes
- AILP Issues Programs (but NOT AILP Coverage Programs)
- Homeowners Issues (but NOT Homeowners Coverage)
- Deep Dive Into WC (but NOT Workers Compensation Coverage)
- CIC-Ruble Graduate Seminars (but NOT CIC Institutes)
- CISR-William T. Hold [WTH] Seminars (but NOT CISR Classes)
- MLIS Programs (but NOT AAI Programs)
When registering for a program for designation renewal, please indicate “AILP Renewal” next to your name. If it is a virtual class, please email the Education Team Member for that class and inform them of your renewal intentions. If unsure, please contact MAIA’s Education Team prior to the class.
If you need help deciding what course is suitable for you, please don’t hesitate to contact our Education Manager, Betty Amaro-White, at bamarowhite@massagent.com or by phone at 508-634-7372.