The Illinois 1752 Club 
The 1752 club obtains its name from the year in which the Philadelphia Contributionship was formed. Benjamin Franklin formed the first insurance company, and hence, 1752 became the name of the organization formed over 50 years ago by special agents and field sales people from mutual insurance companies. The fundamental purpose was and still is education.

Educational benefits
Not only education for the members, but for the independent agents that they serve. 1752 Club members are constantly educating one another at regular meetings and special seminars. The club promotes agency education for independents agents and their employees through various clinics and seminars, as well as on a one to one basis. Spring clinics are held each year in two locations for the agents. Topics are selected by members from current relevant topics of concern to agents. The Illinois clinics have been approved for continuing education credits. 

Scholarships
Proceeds from the clinics are used to fund scholarships. These scholarships are for agents and agency personnel. Candidates for the C.I.C., C.I.S.R., or A.C.S.R. must be recommended by a current Illinois 1752 club member. Scholarship recipients will be officially awarded at the spring clinics in April. Recipients have until the next spring clinic in which to use their award. 

Certified Insurance Counselor (CIC) IIAI Registration form
The society of C.I.C.’s goal is to provide insurance and risk management professionals with an excellent, comprehensive, and integrated continuing education system of practical value. C.I.C. institutes cover all areas of insurance, including personal lines, commercial casualty, commercial property, life, health, and agency management. Each institute is followed be an optional rigorous examination. Successful completion of five such examinations gives the participant the right to use the designation of Certified Insurance Counselor ( C.I.C.).

To be eligible to attend a C.I.C. institute, you must be a licensed agent, broker, or solicitor; or have two years of full time experience in the insurance industry; or possess two years experience as a corporate risk manager; or served two years as a full-time member of an accredited college or university.

Certified Insurance Service Representative (C.I.S.R.) IIAI Registration form
The C.I.S.R. program is specifically designed to serve the practical daily needs of customer service representatives (C.S.R.S.). Each of the five one-day courses deals with a specific area of the insurance business with a focus on the understanding of exposures and coverage’s. It is not a basic school, and it is not a course intended to teach rating per se. It is a professional designation program with a continuing education requirement. 

This education is designed to improve agency efficiency and service to the most important people in the world. Your customers. The course modules are: Insuring Personal Property, Insuring Personal Auto Exposures, Introduction to Commercial Property Coverages, Introduction to Commercial Casualty Insurance, and Agency Operations. It is a professional designation program with a continuing education requirement. 

Accredited Customer Service Representative (A.C.S.R.)
A Professional designation program sponsored by the Independent Agents of America and Illinois for Customer Service Representatives (C.S.R.S.). There are nine course modules, which a candidate must complete to earn both the A.C.S.R. Personal lines Certification and the A.C.S.R. Commercial Lines Certification. Each module is one day.

In order to maintain the A.C.S.R. designation, A.C.S.R.’s must accumulate six hours of continuing education credit hours annually by attending approved seminars, workshops, and convention programs, which will be offered by P.I.I.A.I. of Illinois.