Property and Liability Insurance Principles
The Burnham System
AINS 21
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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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AINS 21
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Property and Liability Insurance Principles Study Guide

The Burnham System is the gold standard for AINS 21 study guide materials. Using our guide you will learn everything needed to pass the AINS 21 Exam in the shortest time possible. Simply, you will learn more faster.


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  • AINS 21 Audio Study Guide Narrations, in MP3 file format, expertly narrated by Lisa Tobey
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  • Ray's answers to each assignment's review questions
  • Ray's definitions for each assignment's key words and other new terms
  • A sample diagnostic exam with answers and explanations


Study guide last updated: April 11, 2021


Current Text Edition: 7th

Current Course Guide Edition: 7th


Ray's estimate of course difficulty (1, easiest and 10, hardest): 3


Number of study guide pages: 49


Covered within this study guide:

  • Insurance--An Overview
  • Insurance Regulation
  • Insurer Financial Performance--Profitability, Solvency, and Capacity
  • Marketing of Insurance
  • Underwriting and Ratemaking
  • Claims Adjusting--Adjusters and Procedures
  • Risk Management
  • Loss Exposures
  • Insurance Policies--Their Elements, Characteristics, and Structure

As a good study guideline, figure anything in those 49 pages might be on your exam and that there will be nothing on your exam that is not covered in those 49 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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