{"id":2509,"date":"2025-09-30T02:21:42","date_gmt":"2025-09-30T02:21:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.insuracarelife.com\/blog\/a-brokers-roadmap-to-the-associate-in-insurance-services-designation\/"},"modified":"2025-09-30T02:21:42","modified_gmt":"2025-09-30T02:21:42","slug":"a-brokers-roadmap-to-the-associate-in-insurance-services-designation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.insuracarelife.com\/blog\/a-brokers-roadmap-to-the-associate-in-insurance-services-designation\/","title":{"rendered":"A broker&#8217;s roadmap to the Associate in Insurance Services designation"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><!-- Google Fonts: Open Sans -->\n<link href=\"https:\/\/fonts.googleapis.com\/css?family=Open+Sans:400,600&amp;display=swap\" rel=\"stylesheet\"\/>\n<table class=\"ibm-table\">&#13;<\/p>\n<thead>&#13;<\/p>\n<tr>&#13;<\/p>\n<th>Item<\/th>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<th>Estimated Cost (USD)<\/th>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t<\/tr>\n<p>&#13;\n\t<\/thead>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<tbody>&#13;<\/p>\n<tr>&#13;<\/p>\n<td>AIS 320 Course Registration<\/td>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<td>$320 \u2013 $400<\/td>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t<\/tr>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<tr>&#13;<\/p>\n<td>Course Materials (eBook\/Print)<\/td>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<td>$75 \u2013 $125<\/td>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t<\/tr>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<tr>&#13;<\/p>\n<td>Final Exam Fee<\/td>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<td>Included with course<\/td>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t<\/tr>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<tr>&#13;<\/p>\n<td>Optional Study Aids<\/td>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<td>$50 \u2013 $100 (if selected)<\/td>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t<\/tr>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<tr>&#13;<\/p>\n<td><strong>Total Estimated Cost<\/strong><\/td>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<td><strong>$400 \u2013 $625<\/strong><\/td>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t<\/tr>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\t<\/tbody>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n<\/table>\n<h3 aria-level=\"3\" paraeid=\"{7a897c10-9cb6-4edf-b4f8-9b4f6eb017e9}{45}\" paraid=\"976493227\" role=\"heading\"><strong>Important notes on AIS costs\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p paraeid=\"{7a897c10-9cb6-4edf-b4f8-9b4f6eb017e9}{55}\" paraid=\"1173409686\">If you do not already hold a prerequisite designation (such as AINS, CPCU, or another approved credential), you will need to factor in the cost of that program as well. For example, the AINS designation typically costs $300 to $400 per course, with three courses required.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#13; &#13; &#13; Item &#13; Estimated Cost (USD) &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; AIS 320 Course Registration &#13; $320 \u2013 $400 &#13; &#13; &#13; Course Materials (eBook\/Print) &#13; $75 \u2013 $125 &#13; &#13; &#13; Final Exam Fee &#13; Included with course &#13; &#13; &#13; Optional Study Aids &#13; $50 \u2013 $100 (if selected) &#13; &#13; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2510,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[1531,1529,1532,11,1530,194],"class_list":["post-2509","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","tag-associate","tag-brokers","tag-designation","tag-insurance","tag-roadmap","tag-services"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.insuracarelife.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2509","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.insuracarelife.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.insuracarelife.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.insuracarelife.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.insuracarelife.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2509"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.insuracarelife.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2509\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.insuracarelife.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2510"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.insuracarelife.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2509"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.insuracarelife.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2509"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.insuracarelife.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2509"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}