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Please visit the Professional Liability Underwriting Society's site --
 http://plusweb.org -- for more detailed information.

REGISTERED PROFESSIONAL LIABILITY UNDERWRITER (RPLU)

The Registered Professional Liability Underwriter (RPLU) Program is a professional education program sponsored by the Professional Liability Underwriting Society (PLUS). The RPLU Program begins with eight core modules; all RPLU candidates must pass the seven national examinations associated with these eight core modules:

• Fundamentals of  Liability Insurance (C-01-LI)

• Commercial General Liability Insurance:  Overview (C-02-CGL)*

• Professional Liability Insurance:  Overview (C-03-PLI)

• Financial Analysis (C-04-FIN)*

• Professional Liability Reinsurance (C-05-REI)*

• Professional Liability Insurance Claims (C-06-CLMS)*

• Medical Professional Liability Insurance:  Introduction (C-07-MPL)

• Directors and Officers Liability Insurance:  Introduction (C-08-DO)

*See discussion of waivers below.

In addition to the core module examinations, RPLU candidates must also pass examinations on five of 15 elective modules:

Executive Liability Modules

• Public/Financial D&O Liability Insurance (EXEC-09-PUB

• Private/Non-Profit D&O Liability Insurance (EXEC-10-NPL)

• Employment Practices Liability Insurance (EXEC-11-EPL)

• Fiduciary Liability Insurance (EXEC-12-FLI)

• Fidelity & Crime Insurance for Commercial and Government Entities (EXEC-13-GOV)

• Financial Institution Bonds (EXEC-14-BOND)

E&O Modules

• Lawyers Professional Liability Insurance (EO-15-LPL)

• Accountants Professional Liability Insurance (EO-16-APL)

• Medical Professional Liability Insurance:  Advanced (EO-17-MPL)

• Design Professionals Professional Liability Insurance (EO-18-DPL)

• Real Estate Professionals (EO-19-RE)

• Insurance Professionals (EO-10-AGT)

• Miscellaneous Professional Liability Insurance (EO-21-MISC)

Other Modules

• Media Professional Liability Insurance (MISC-22-MEDIA)

• Cyber Risk Insurance (MISC-23-CYBER)

In addition to passing the seven core examinations and five elective examinations, an RPLU candidate must complete two years of employment in the industry.

WAIVERS

Candidates who hold certain educational credentials may be eligible for a waiver of specific exams:

The Commercial General Liability (C-02-CGL) examination will be waived for those who have earned a bachelor's degree with a major in risk management and insurance, a master's degree in insurance, or a J.D. with liability coverage-related work experience, or for those who hold any of the following professional designations (AAI, ACAS, FCAS, ACSR, AIC, ARM, AU, CAIB, CIC, CIP, CPCU, CRM, FCII, FIIC, or INS) or have passed ACSR7, AU 63, AU 66, the CIC Casualty Part, CPCU 552, or INS 23.

The Financial Analysis (C-04-FIN) examination will be waived for candidates who have earned a B.S. in accounting or finance or a master's degree in accounting or finance, those who have earned the CPA or CFA professional designations, holders of the ACAS or FCAS designation who have passed Exam 6 or Exam 8, and those who have passed CPCU 540.

The Professional Liability Reinsurance (C-05-REI) examination will be waived for candidates who have earned the ARe professional designation.

The Professional Liability Insurance Claims (C-06-CLMS) examination will be waived for candidates who have earned the AIC professional designation.

IMPORTANT NOTICE FROM ISC

Because many candidates choose to self-study this curriculum, ISC offers RPLU classes only when our staff learns of significant interest in a particular course.  If you know of at least two or three other people -- within your firm or in other organizations -- who would like to take a particular RPLU course, please contact Mary Carroll at ISC (312-427-2520, x12 or mcarroll@ISChicago.org).

Also, RPLU texts are not sold through the ISC Bookstore.  Students are responsible to order their own books prior to the first class session.  Ordering books and registering for examinations are handled through PLUS (PLUS Curriculum, 5353 Wayzata Blvd. - Suite 600, Minneapolis, MN 55416, 1-800-845-0778, www.plusweb.org).

No Spring 2011 RPLU class is currently scheduled.

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