The future conferment cermonies are on the site but you have to go to the bottom of the page on the institutes homepage. http://www.aicpcu.org/Students/faq.htm#conferment 2011 Las Vegas, Nevada Oct. 22-25 2012 Washington, D.C. Sept. 8-11 2013 New Orleans, Louisiana Oct. 26-29 Yeah Buddy!

Commercial has more relevant information in general and is more beneficial. I am going commercial and the 553 is all about personal insurance and retirement. I think it gives a great overview of personal insurance in general and as much as you really need to know. The other 2 courses for commercial ...

I just completed the CPCU 520 exam. I personally felt that it was the hardest one I had taken to date. I have already taken 510,553,540,560. I am about to take 552 which is the liability exam in the next few months. Does anybody have any thoughts on it in regards to how hard it is? I know it is cons...

Is 520 difficult if you are to use the actual textbook? It appears to have more material than 540 or 510 (the book is thicker).

I would reccomend doing what you feel you may be most comfortable with. I started with CPCU 553 which has a lot of personal insurance stuff in it. I did not realize until later that it is considered "advanced". I have my own system down now for how I study. Some people like to cram and I c...