Professional Designations
Customer Representative Professional Designations
Customer Representative applicants who hold the following professional designations are not required to sit for the customer representative examination:
- Accredited Advisor in Insurance (AAI) from the American Institute for Chartered Property Casualty Underwriters
- Accredited Customer Service Representative (ACSR) from the American Institute for Chartered Property Casualty Underwriters
- Associate in General Insurance (AINS) from the American Institute for Chartered Property Casualty Underwriters
- Certified Insurance Counselor (CIC) from the Society of Certified Insurance Service Counselors
- Certified Insurance Representative (CIR) from the All-Lines Training Provider
- Certified Insurance Service Representative (CISR) from the Society of Certified Insurance Service Representatives
- Certified Professional Service Representative (CPSR) from the National Foundation for CPSR
- Chartered Property and Casualty Underwriters (CPCU) from the American Institute for Chartered Property Casualty Underwriters
- Professional Customer Service Representative (PCSR) from the Professional Career Institute
- Registered Customer Service Representative (RCSR) from an Accredited Postsecondary Institution in this State
approved by the Department
- Broward College - www.broward.edu
- University of Central Florida - www.ce.ucf.edu
- Daytona State College - www.daytonastate.edu
- Eastern Florida State College - www.easternflorida.edu
- Florida Southwestern State College - www.fsw.edu
- Florida State College at Jacksonville - www.fscj.edu/insurance
- Gulf Coast State College - www.gulfcoast.edu
- Hillsborough Community College - www.hccfl.edu
- Indian River State College - www.irsc.edu
- Polk State College - www.polk.edu
- Sante Fe College - www.sfcollege.edu
- St. Johns River State College - www.sjrstate.edu
- State College of Florida - www.scf.edu
- Miami Dade College - www.mdc.edu
- Pasco Hernando State College - www.phsc.edu
- Pensacola State College - www.pensacolastate.edu
- St. Petersburg College - www.spcollege.edu/ct
- Tallahassee Community College - www.tcc.fl.edu
- Valencia College - www.valenciacollege.edu
A copy of the original letter from the applicable accrediting entity certifying an applicant's designation status is required.
NOTE: The Certified Customer Service Representative (CCSR) from the Florida Association of Insurance Agents is no longer accepted as of July 1, 2015.
Adjuster Professional Designations
All-lines (Company and Independent) adjuster applicants who hold any of the following designations are not required to sit for the state adjuster examination:
- Associate in Claims (AIC) from the American Institute for Chartered Property Casualty Underwriters
- Certified Adjuster (CA) from the All-Lines Training Provider
- Certified Claims Adjuster (CCA) from the AE21 Incorporated Provider
- Chartered Property and Casualty Underwriters (CPCU) from the American Institute for Chartered Property Casualty Underwriters
- Professional Claims Adjuster (PCA) from the Professional Career Institute
- Professional Property Insurance Adjuster (PPIA) from the HurriClaim Training Academy - 304-725-2617
- Universal Claims Certification (UCC) from Claims and Litigation Management Alliance (CLM)
- Accredited Claims Adjuster (ACA) from an Accredited Postsecondary Institution in this State approved by the Department
- Broward College - www.broward.edu
- Daytona State College - www.daytonastate.edu
- Eastern Florida State College - www.easternflorida.edu
- Florida Southwestern State College - www.fsw.edu
- Florida State College at Jacksonville - www.fscj.edu/insurance
- Gulf Coast State College - www.gulfcoast.edu
- Hillsborough Community College - www.hccfl.edu
- Indian River Community College - www.irsc.edu
- Miami Dade College - www.mdc.edu
- Palm Beach State College - www.palmbeachstate.edu
- Pasco Hernando State College - www.phsc.edu
- Pensacola State College - www.pensacolastate.edu
- Polk State College - www.polk.edu
- Sante Fe College - www.sfcollege.edu
- St. Johns River State College - www.sjrstate.edu
- St. Petersburg College - www.spcollege.edu/ct
- State College of Florida - www.scf.edu
- Tallahassee Community College - www.tcc.fl.edu
- University of Central Florida - www.ce.ucf.edu
- Valencia College - www.valenciacollege.edu
- University of Central Florida - www.ce.ucf.edu
A copy of the original letter from the applicable accrediting entity certifying an applicant’s designation status is required.
CLU Designation
Life including Variable Annuity and/or Health Applicants: Applicants
who hold the Chartered Life Underwriter (CLU) designation and have been engaged in the insurance
business within the 4-year period prior to filing their application for
license with the Department are not required to meet the pre-licensing
educational requirement or sit for the life including variable annuity
and/or health examination.
An original letter from the American College
of Financial Services certifying an applicant's designation status is
required.
CPCU Designation
Applicants for the following licenses, who hold the Chartered Property Casualty Underwriter (CPCU) designation and that have been engaged in the insurance business within a 4-year period prior to filing their application for license with the Department, are not required to meet the pre-licensing educational requirement or sit for the examination:
- General Lines Insurance (Property, Casualty, Surety, Marine, Health and Miscellaneous Lines)
- Personal Lines Insurance
- Industrial Fire or Burglary Insurance
- Customer Representative
- Company & Independent Adjusters
A copy of the original letter from the American Institute for Chartered Property Underwriters certifying an applicant's designation status is required.
