Mastering Commercial Surety Bonding and Crime Insurance
The Burnham System
AFSB 153
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The Burnham System is written and promptly revised by

Ray Burnham, CPCU, CLU, ARM, AIC, AINS, AIS, API, SPPA, AIM, AIC-M, ARM-E, AU, AU-M, ALCM, AAI, AAI-M, APA, ARP, AIAF, AMIM, AAM, AIT, ARe, AFSB, ASLI, AIDA, ARC, ARM-P, PRC, REBC, RHU, ASF, LIA, CASL, ChFC, and PRC;

Jean O’Reilly, PhD, CPCU, ARM, AINS, AIS, API, AIC, SPPA, AIM, AIC-M. ARM-E, AU, AU-M, AAI, AAI-M, APA, AMIM, AIT, ARe, AFSB, ASLI, AIDA, ARC, ARM-P, AIAF, and PRC; and

Lisa Tobey, JD, CPCU, CLU, ARM, AINS, AIS, API, SPPA, AIM, AIC-M, ARM-E, AU, AU-M, AAI, AAI-M, APA, AIAF, AMIM, AIT, ARe, AFSB, ASLI, AIDA, ARC, ARM-P, ACS, PRC, RWCS, RHU, REBC, CASL, AIC, EA, ChFC, and PRC.

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AFSB 153
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Mastering Commercial Surety Bonding and Crime Insurance Study Guide

The Burnham System is the gold standard for AFSB 153 study guide materials. Using our guide you will learn everything needed to pass the AFSB 153 Exam in the shortest time possible. Simply, you will learn more faster.


Included for FREE with your purchase of this Digital Study Guide:

  • AFSB 153 Audio Study Guide Narrations, in MP3 file format, expertly narrated by Lisa Tobey
  • Ray's Glossary for this course
  • A sample diagnostic exam with answers and explanations


Study guide last updated: July 17, 2021


Current Text Edition: 1st

Current Course Guide Edition: 1st


Ray's estimate of course difficulty (1, easiest and 10, hardest): 8


Number of study guide pages: 55


Covered within this study guide:

  • Commercial Suretyship
  • License and Permit Bonds
  • Public Official Bonds
  • Judicial Bonds and Admiralty Bonds
  • Fiduciary Bonds
  • Miscellaneous Bonds and Immigration Bonds
  • Fidelity and Crime Coverages
  • Fidelity and Crime Underwriting and Risk Control

As a good study guideline, figure anything in those 55 pages might be on your exam and that there will be nothing on your exam that is not covered in those 55 pages.


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The Burnham System is written and promptly revised by

Ray Burnham, CPCU, CLU, ARM, AIC, AINS, AIS, API, SPPA, AIM, AIC-M, ARM-E, AU, AU-M, ALCM, AAI, AAI-M, APA, ARP, AIAF, AMIM, AAM, AIT, ARe, AFSB, ASLI, AIDA, ARC, ARM-P, PRC, REBC, RHU, ASF, LIA, CASL, ChFC, and PRC;

Jean O’Reilly, PhD, CPCU, ARM, AINS, AIS, API, AIC, SPPA, AIM, AIC-M. ARM-E, AU, AU-M, AAI, AAI-M, APA, AMIM, AIT, ARe, AFSB, ASLI, AIDA, ARC, ARM-P, AIAF, and PRC; and

Lisa Tobey, JD, CPCU, CLU, ARM, AINS, AIS, API, SPPA, AIM, AIC-M, ARM-E, AU, AU-M, AAI, AAI-M, APA, AIAF, AMIM, AIT, ARe, AFSB, ASLI, AIDA, ARC, ARM-P, ACS, PRC, RWCS, RHU, REBC, CASL, AIC, EA, ChFC, and PRC.

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