The Construction Risk and Insurance Specialist
(CRIS®) continuing education (CE) program is a convenient way to
obtain state insurance CE credit while gaining meaningful knowledge that will
help you sell, service, or buy insurance for contractors.
Insurance CE Credit in All 50 States!
The CRIS program gives insurance agents and brokers a unique opportunity to
simultaneously obtain both mandatory state insurance continuing education (CE)
credit and a certification attesting to their knowledge of the insurance needs
of this important industry. And the cost for all five core courses is less than
the admission fee to many continuing education seminars!
All five core CRIS courses, the fundamentals course, and most of the
reaccreditation courses have been approved for CE credit in all 50 states.
Other courses will be filed as they are introduced. The amount of insurance CE
credit provided ranges between 4 and 12 hours, depending on the course and
state. To learn how much credit is available in your state, simply go to the
Course Catalog in the CRIS Learning Center, choose the course(s) you are interested in
taking, and select the state for which you want insurance CE credit. The
available credit hours for that state will be displayed on your screen.
CPE Credit Now Available
WebCE, Inc., is
registered with the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA)
as a sponsor of continuing professional education on the National Registry of
CPE Sponsors. State boards of accountancy have final authority on the
acceptance of individual courses for CPE credit. Complaints regarding
registered sponsors may be submitted to the National Registry of CPE
Sponsors.
Other Insurance Industry Programs
Completing CRIS courses (or the entire certification) qualifies for credit
under three other programs at this time, and we are working toward having CRIS
recognized by some others. Completing a CRIS course counts toward the CPCU
Continuing Professional Development (CPD) program, which allows the same number
of points for CPD that have been awarded for CE credits in your state. Simply
record the completed CRIS courses on the CPD qualifier application to receive
credit in that program. Completing the CRIS certification counts as 2 days of
Risk and Insurance Management Society (RIMS) Fellow (RF) workshop credits
toward the RF designation. Obtaining the CRIS certification also satisfies the
requirement of completing a non-NAIW educational program/designation to earn
the Certified Professional Insurance Woman/Man (CPIW/M) designation from the
National Association of Insurance Women (NAIW).
Getting Started
It is easy to enroll in the CRIS program. Just go to the CRIS Learning
Center, go to the Course Catalog, select the course(s) you wish to take,
and proceed to checkout. At checkout, you'll be asked to provide basic
contact information about yourself, register your credit card for payment of
the course fees, and agree to receive communications about the program and your
certification from us via e-mail. After only 5 minutes, you are on your way to
the CE credit you need!