CISR Commercial Casualty I

It is a 1-hour proctored final exam taken after the course. Passing the exam is required to earn designation credit, so the exam is not optional if you want the course to count toward the CISR designation. The course itself is offered as self-paced online study, in-person classroom instruction, or an instructor-led webinar.

Each course consists of 7 hours of classroom instruction. In-person courses are delivered as one day of instruction followed by an optional 1-hour exam. Instructor-led webinars deliver 7 hours of instruction over 2 to 4 weeks. Self-paced online courses are accessible 24/7 with a 60-day period to complete.

No sequence is stated. Note one rule that does affect planning: people who completed the older Insuring Commercial Casualty Exposures course may apply either Commercial Casualty I or Commercial Casualty II toward their five courses, but not both. Commercial Casualty II covers business auto, workers compensation, and excess liability.

CISR is an intermediate-level program, so participants are expected to have some working knowledge of the applicable policies covered in the program courses. Commercial Casualty I does not teach insurance from scratch; it assumes familiarity with policy structure and terminology, then deepens your grasp of legal liability, the CGL form, and additional insured issues.

The source describes the Commercial General Liability Coverage Form as the focus of the course. The other two topic areas, Essentials of Legal Liability and Additional Insureds, support that focus: liability concepts explain what creates a loss exposure, and the additional insured material explains how coverage is extended to others. Build CGL knowledge first, then layer the other two around it.

You must complete and pass the examinations for five of the nine courses offered in the program, within three calendar years following the year in which you passed your first exam. Commercial Casualty I is one of the nine; Commercial Casualty II, Agency Operations, Elements of Risk Management, and the property and personal lines courses are among the others.

No pass rate, passing score, or difficulty rating is published in the source material, so any figure you see quoted elsewhere should be verified. The realistic difficulty signal is the program's intermediate level: candidates with solid policy familiarity and completed coursework, including the self-quizzes that require passing, tend to be better prepared.

A retake policy is not stated in the available source material, so confirm directly with the sponsoring organization before you register or schedule. Passing is required to earn designation credit, and because the five-course requirement must be finished within three calendar years of your first exam pass, repeated delays can affect your timeline.

State CE credit is approved in all states, but specific credit amounts vary by state. To determine the exact credits for your state, consult the CE Guide published by the program sponsor rather than assuming a figure. Credit is separate from designation credit, which requires passing the course exam.

After earning the CISR designation you must meet an annual update requirement. Qualifying options include a 7-hour classroom or online CISR, CSRM, or William T. Hold course, two 4-hour online seminars, a CIC, CRM, or CPRM course, or certain seminars and series that carry update credit, some of which require dues.