Students must provide proof of the Attestation d’études collégiales (AEC) Damage Insurance program or the diplôme d’études collégiales (DEC) Financial services and Insurance Technology diploma in the form of an official transcript and pass the qualifying examination to receive the credits.

Please email your official transcript to credits@insuranceinstitute.ca.

The fee to write the exam is $400. Examination rewrite fees are $350. Applicants are required to be members of their local IIC Institute. Examinations are offered one day a month in April, July and December in a virtually proctored format. In-person exam may be available at selected location. For questions about obtaining your membership or scheduling an exam please contact Member Services at IICmail@insuranceinstitute.ca

For registration and examination dates and times, see table below.

Examination Dates

The questions on this exam are designed to collectively assess the required knowledge for someone who has obtained an AEC/DEC diploma to be granted the four CIP credits and enter the CIP program: C11 Principles and Practice of Insurance, C12 Insurance on Property (Quebec), C13 Insurance Against Liability – Part 1, and C14 Automobile Insurance – Part 1 (Quebec).

The examination is based on the AEC/DEC Damage Insurance Competency Profile and consists of 150 stand-alone multiple-choice questions (MCQ), for a total of 150 marks, and is 3 hours in duration. The examination Blueprint shows a breakdown of the questions on the exam by competency and associated behaviours.

Please click here to review the sample questions.

Rescheduling and Deferrals

For information on rescheduling and deferrals, please click here.

Withdrawal

If a candidate wishes to fully withdraw, their exam fee will be forfeited.

Rewrites

Candidates are allowed two rewrites or three attempts in total within a year. After three unsuccessful attempts, the candidate will no longer be eligible for CIP course credits and will need to enroll through regular tuition. Candidates who have not completed their rewrite attempts within a year of their original registration will forfeit their eligibility for credits and may reattempt to take their CIP program through the regular tuition.

Accommodations

For information on accommodations, please click here.

Appeal

Multiple choice exams are carefully constructed to ensure that each question is accurately scored. Exam questions are also reviewed after administration to ensure that there are no errors in the scoring. If a candidate believes that an exam is erroneously scored, they can request a rescore for a fee of $50 which will consist of a manual recount of the candidate’s answers, but it is unlikely to produce a changed result.

The deadline to appeal your grade is seven (7) business days from the date of the grade release. Should you wish to appeal your examination, please contact Member Services at 1-866-362-8585.

The examination will be a closed-book exam and no external materials will be permitted. If a student is found to have breached the exam or has acted in an academically dishonest manner, their examination results will be disqualified, and they will not be eligible to receive CIP credits through credit recognition. Students may reattempt to take their CIP through the regular tuition path once their suspension period has passed. Detailed rules and regulations can be found under the Rules and Regulations page.

Upon completion of the exam, you will receive a score report showing you a breakdown of your score based on the Examination Blueprint. You can use the score report to assist you in understanding areas where you may need further study.

The exam cut score or passmark is set at 60%.

If a student has not obtained the Attestation d’études collégiales (AEC) Damage Insurance program or the diplôme d’études collégiales (DEC) Financial services and Insurance Technology diploma, but has obtained one of the following license classes, they will be eligible for a C11 credit.

•  Personal-lines damage insurance (03-114, 03-411, 03-412)
•  Commercial-lines damage insurance (03-114, 03-412, 03-413)
•  Personal lines claims adjustment (05-115, 05-511, 05-512)
•  Commercial lines claims adjustment (05-115, 05-512, 05-513)

Please email a copy of your license to credits@insuranceinstitute.ca.