Advancing Personal Insurance Products
The Burnham System
CPCU 555
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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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Advancing Personal Insurance Products Study Guide

The Burnham System is the gold standard for CPCU 555 study guide materials. Using our guide you will learn everything needed to pass the CPCU 555 Exam in the shortest time possible. Simply, you will learn more, faster.


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

  • CPCU 555 Audio Study Guide Narrations, in MP3 file format, expertly narrated by Lisa Tobey
  • Ray's answers to each assignment's review questions
  • Ray's definitions for each assignment's key words and other new terms
  •  CPCU 555 Course Glossary
  • A sample diagnostic exam with answers and explanations


Study guide last updated: October 23, 2023


Current Text Edition: 1st


Ray's estimate of course difficulty (1, easiest and 10, hardest): 6


Number of study guide pages: 43


Covered within this study guide:

  • Protecting Homes with Insurance
  • Managing Personal Liability Exposures
  • Meeting Personal Auto Coverage Needs
  • Providing Unique Personal Coverages
  • Recommending Personal Investment Strategies
  • Analyzing Life and Health Insurance Options

As a good study guideline, figure anything in those 43 pages might be on your exam and that there will be nothing on your exam that is not covered in those 43 pages.


Notice: AAI®, AFSB®, AIDA®, AINS®, AMIM®, ANFI®, APA®, CPCU®, AAI-M™, AIAF™, AIC™, AIC-M™, AIM™, AIS™, AIT™, API™, ARC™, ARe™, ARM™, ARM-E™, ARM-P™, ASLI™, AU™, and AU-M™ are registered (®) or unregistered (™) trademarks of the American Institute For Chartered Property Casualty Underwriters, d/b/a The Institutes. SPPA® is a registered trademark.

The Burnham System, Inc. is not affiliated or associated with The Institutes in any way, and The Institutes do not endorse, approve, support, or otherwise recognize The Burnham System, Inc. or its products or services.


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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