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Master AI Insurance Agent Certification · Level 1

AI Foundations for Insurance Professionals

Build a responsible AI foundation for prospecting, service, claims support, risk assessment, agency operations, and leadership across the insurance lifecycle.

Level
1
Modules
16
Estimated time
40 hours
Curriculum
Version 2026.4

Six-level pathway

Every level of the MAIAC program

Levels are completed in order. Each has its own modules, knowledge checks, final examination, and certificate; Levels 3 to 5 add a reviewed capstone and Level 6 a teach-back assignment.

  1. Level 1 · Foundations

    AI Foundations for Insurance Professionals

    40 hours · 16 modules · Open for enrollment

    • Modern Artificial Intelligence for Insurance Professionals
    • What AI Can and Cannot Reliably Do With Policies, Coverage and Numbers
    • Customer Information, Nonpublic Personal Information and Data Security
    • Professional Responsibility and AI for Insurance Producers
    • AI-Assisted Research on Policy Forms, Carrier Guidelines and State Rules
    • Prompt Engineering for Insurance Professionals
    • and 10 more
  2. Level 2 · Certified Professional

    Certified AI Insurance Professional

    40 hours · 14 modules · Open for enrollment

    • From Foundations to Practice: The Level 2 Operating Model
    • Prompting Architecture for Coverage, Quoting and Service Tasks
    • The Agency Prompt Library: Governance, Versioning and Retest Triggers
    • Controlled Drafting From a Verified Account File
    • Reviewing Policies, Applications and Carrier Documents Against a Checklist
    • Account Files, Versions and the Reviewer Sign-Off Record
    • and 8 more
  3. Level 3 · Advanced Operations

    Advanced AI Insurance Operations

    40 hours · 14 modules · Open for enrollment

    • From Task to System: The Operations View of Agency AI
    • Mapping a New Business, Renewal or Service Workflow Before Automating It
    • Risk-Tiering Agency AI Tasks by Consumer Consequence and Reversibility
    • Writing an SOP a Licensed Reviewer Can Enforce
    • Building a Retrieval Corpus From Agency Knowledge
    • Retrieval Failure Modes: Superseded Editions, Wrong State and Wrong Line
    • and 8 more
  4. Level 4 · Master Certification

    Master AI Insurance Agent Certification (MAIAC)

    40 hours · 14 modules · Open for enrollment

    • What an Agency Owes: Accountability for AI Across an Insurance Agency
    • Writing the Agency AI Governance Programme
    • The AI Decision Record and Surviving Ownership Changes
    • The Regulatory Map of Agency AI Obligations
    • Due Diligence on an Agency AI Supplier
    • Testing Evidence, Benchmarks and What "Validated" Means
    • and 8 more
  5. Level 5 · Automation Specialist

    AI Insurance Agency Automation Specialist

    40 hours · 14 modules · Open for enrollment

    • What an Agent May Do in an Insurance Agency: Authority and Its Limits
    • Orchestrating Intake, Scope of Appointment and Lead Consent
    • Orchestrating Renewals, Policy Changes and Recurring Service
    • The Integration Map and Data Contracts
    • Agency Management System and Carrier Portal Integration: Read First, Write With Approval
    • Premium Payments, Payee Changes and Segregation of Duties
    • and 8 more
  6. Level 6 · Certified Instructor

    Certified AI Insurance Instructor

    40 hours · 14 modules · Open for enrollment

    • Teaching Insurance Professionals: Designing for the Behaviour at the Desk
    • Designing a Session Backwards From the Behaviour
    • Curriculum Accuracy and Keeping Material Current
    • Facilitating a Room of Sceptical Professionals
    • Running a Demonstration That Shows the Tool Failing
    • Designing Hands-On Labs on Fictional Clients and Policies
    • and 8 more

Course outline

Level 1 in detail: what the curriculum covers

Each module connects practical AI capability to consumer protection, documentation, security, compliance, and licensed human oversight.

Module 01

4 lessons

Modern Artificial Intelligence for Insurance Professionals

What the systems sold as "AI" in insurance actually are, and why that changes how you check them. This module separates rules, predictive models and generative AI, explains how language models produce an answer, opens up the retrieval, tools and agents inside agency products, and reads the carrier and agency surveys only as far as their samples allow.

  • Rules, Predictive Models and Generative AI in Insurance Work 35 min
  • How Large Language Models Produce an Answer About Insurance 40 min
  • Retrieval, Tools and Agents Behind Agency AI Products 40 min
  • A Field Guide to Agency AI Tools and What the Surveys Say 40 min

Module 02

4 lessons

What AI Can and Cannot Reliably Do With Policies, Coverage and Numbers

Why fluent AI output about a policy can still be wrong, and how to catch it. This module works through invented forms and coverage language, misread limits, deductibles and premium arithmetic, tools that fill gaps instead of saying a question cannot be answered, and the automation bias that lets experienced people wave errors through.

  • Invented Forms, Endorsements and Coverage Language 40 min
  • Limits, Deductibles, Premium Arithmetic and Long Policy Documents 45 min
  • When AI Fills Gaps Instead of Saying It Cannot Tell 40 min
  • Automation Bias and the Discipline of Doubt 35 min

Module 03

4 lessons

Customer Information, Nonpublic Personal Information and Data Security

What customer information an agency holds, where AI tools can send it, and which laws reach the agency when they do. This module covers nonpublic personal and health information under the NAIC privacy and data security models, how GLBA reaches agents through state insurance authorities, when HIPAA applies, and a method for deciding what may enter a tool.

  • What Counts as Nonpublic Customer Information in an Agency File 40 min
  • Where AI Tools Put Customer Data 40 min
  • How GLBA and State Insurance Privacy and Security Law Reach an Agency 45 min
  • HIPAA, Health Information and the Decision to Put Data Into a Tool 40 min

Module 04

4 lessons

Professional Responsibility and AI for Insurance Producers

An AI tool changes how agency work gets done, not who answers for it. This module covers the licence and line of authority, what unlicensed staff and tools may do, misrepresentation and unfair trade practices, membership codes that bind only members, and why AI guidance from the NAIC is addressed to insurers rather than producers.

  • The Licence, the Line of Authority and What a Tool Cannot Hold 40 min
  • Unlicensed Staff, Delegation and the Same Reasoning Applied to AI 35 min
  • Misrepresentation, Unfair Trade Practices and Membership Codes 40 min
  • Rules That Bind Producers Versus AI Guidance Addressed to Insurers 35 min

Module 05

4 lessons

AI-Assisted Research on Policy Forms, Carrier Guidelines and State Rules

AI can help find and summarise policy forms, carrier guidelines and state rules, but it is an assistant, not an authority. This module sets out a research workflow, verification of every form edition and rule against the primary document, dated checks on whether a model was adopted or a rule still stands, and a provenance record for the account file.

  • A Safe Research Workflow From Question to Answer 35 min
  • Assistant, Not Authority: Form Editions, Endorsements and Carrier Guidelines 40 min
  • Checking State Adoption and Whether a Rule Still Stands 40 min
  • Documenting Research Provenance in the Account File 30 min

Module 06

4 lessons

Prompt Engineering for Insurance Professionals

A good prompt makes an AI draft easier to check; it never makes the draft safe to send unchecked. This module covers a structured prompt for insurance tasks, supplying forms and figures instead of asking the tool to recall them, checking customer information before pasting, iterating with purpose, and patterns for everyday agency drafts.

  • The Anatomy of a Structured Insurance Prompt 35 min
  • Supplying Forms and Figures Instead of Asking the Tool to Recall Them 35 min
  • Checking Customer Information Before You Paste, Then Iterating With Purpose 35 min
  • Prompt Patterns for Coverage Summaries, Quotes, Service Replies, Renewals and Loss Notices 45 min

Module 07

4 lessons

Drafting Proposals, Client Communications and File Documentation With AI

How to use AI for first drafts without first mistakes. This module covers proposals and coverage summaries built only from a verified account file, the written record behind an annuity or New York life recommendation, why a projection or sales piece is not the insurer's illustration, and file notes that show who prepared, who reviewed and what supports each statement.

  • Proposals and Coverage Summaries From a Verified Account File 40 min
  • Writing the Recommendation Record for Annuity and New York Life Sales 40 min
  • Illustrations, Projections and Prepared Sales Materials 35 min
  • File Notes That Show Who Prepared, Who Reviewed and What Supports Each Statement 35 min

Module 08

4 lessons

AI in Quoting, Applications, Recommendations and Suitability

Where AI can help with needs gathering, quote comparison and application pre-fill, and where it must stop. This module covers the annuity best interest standard as states have adopted it, New York's rule for life and annuities, federal rules that never took effect, and the Medicare Advantage and Marketplace enrolment rules that reach agents.

  • Where AI Helps and Where It Stops in Quoting and Applications 40 min
  • The Annuity Best Interest Standard When AI Helps 45 min
  • New York's Life and Annuity Rule and the Interactive-Tool Carve-Out 35 min
  • Medicare Advantage and Marketplace Enrolment When AI Assists 40 min

Module 09

4 lessons

AI in Marketing, Advertising and Customer Outreach

How to use AI for ads, social posts, emails, scripts and calls without breaking the rules that already govern insurance marketing. It covers state unfair trade practices law, life and annuity advertising, a reasonable basis for every claim (including claims about your own AI), the shift in federal enforcement posture, and consent rules for AI voices and automated calls.

  • AI-Drafted Ads, Posts and Emails Under State Unfair Trade Practices Law 40 min
  • Life and Annuity Advertising Built With AI 35 min
  • Substantiating Claims, Including Claims About Your Agency's AI 35 min
  • AI Voices, Automated Calls and Consent 45 min

Module 10

4 lessons

AI for Agency Operations, Service and Claims Support

Service desks are where most agencies first meet AI. This module covers intake, certificate and endorsement requests, document extraction and ACORD licence terms, service chatbots and the licensing line, and claims support that acknowledges a loss without predicting coverage, with operational uses ranked by risk.

  • Service Intake, Certificate Requests and Endorsement Requests With AI 40 min
  • Document Collection, Data Extraction and ACORD Form Licensing 40 min
  • Service Chatbots: Scope, Handoffs and What Texas Law Does and Does Not Require 35 min
  • Claims Support That Acknowledges a Loss Without Predicting Coverage 40 min

Module 11

4 lessons

Building Repeatable Insurance AI Workflows

One good AI answer is luck; a workflow makes good results repeatable. This module turns ad hoc chat into a staged process with data classification, verification, licensed sign-off and a retrievable record, scales controls to risk, designs a review step that resists automation bias, and builds worked workflows for common agency tasks.

  • From Chat Window to Controlled Process: The Six-Stage Agency AI Workflow 40 min
  • Scaling Workflow Controls to Risk and Human Involvement 35 min
  • Designing a Review Step That Actually Catches Errors 40 min
  • Procedures Manuals, Worked Workflows and Records You Can Retrieve 45 min

Module 12

4 lessons

AI Agents and Autonomous Systems in Insurance Agencies

An AI agent does not just answer; it acts, using email, files, browsers and carrier portals. This module explains what agents are, ranks their permissions from read-only to changing coverage, sets human control points, action logs and kill switches, and shows how instructions hidden in emails and attachments can misdirect an agent.

  • What an AI Agent Is: Tools, Browsers, Email and Carrier Portals 35 min
  • Agent Risk Levels: From Reading a File to Changing Coverage 40 min
  • Human Control Points, Action Logs and the Kill Switch 40 min
  • Indirect Prompt Injection Through Emails, Attachments and Applications 40 min

Module 13

4 lessons

Cybersecurity, Data Governance and AI Vendor Evaluation

How an agency protects the customer information its AI tools touch: classifying prompts and outputs, retention and deletion, multi-factor authentication that resists deepfake fraud, due diligence on AI vendors under Model #668 and New York's Part 500, and the regulator, consumer and vendor notice clocks that start when something goes wrong.

  • Data Governance for AI: Provenance, Retention, Deletion and Classified Output 40 min
  • Identity, Multi-Factor Authentication and Deepfake Social Engineering 40 min
  • AI Vendor Due Diligence: Claims, Contracts, Supply Chains, Changed Terms and Exit 45 min
  • When an AI Tool Is Breached: Regulator, Consumer and Vendor Notice Clocks 45 min

Module 14

4 lessons

Agency AI Policy, Governance and Carrier Expectations

Why an agency should put its AI rules in writing and what the policy covers: approved tools, prohibited data, acceptable use, supervision, records and review. It explains what insurers are expected to do under the NAIC Model Bulletin, its state adoptions and Colorado's regulation, how that reaches agencies only indirectly, and where NIST and ISO frameworks fit.

  • Why an Agency Needs a Written AI Policy and What It Should Cover 40 min
  • Writing the Core Rules: Approved Tools, Prohibited Data and Acceptable Use 45 min
  • What Carriers Are Expected to Do: AIS Programs, State Adoptions and Colorado's Framework 45 min
  • Running the Policy: Frameworks, Supervision, Records, Incidents and Review 45 min

Module 15

4 lessons

Practical Insurance AI Lab

Four hands-on labs on fictional clients: find the planted errors in an AI-drafted homeowners coverage summary and quote comparison, expose a fabricated endorsement and state rule and rebuild the weak prompt behind them, review an AI application extraction that obeyed text hidden in an attachment, and grade an AI vendor before writing an agency AI use policy.

  • Lab: Find the Errors in an AI-Drafted Coverage Summary and Quote Comparison 45 min
  • Lab: Find the Fabricated Endorsement and State Rule, Then Fix the Weak Prompt 45 min
  • Lab: Review an AI Application Extraction and Design a Secure Workflow 45 min
  • Lab: Evaluate an AI Vendor and Build an Agency AI Use Policy 45 min

Module 16

4 lessons

Capstone: The Agency AI Implementation Plan

Write a sixteen-section AI implementation plan for one agency task: choose a low-risk first use with a measured baseline, name the licensed owner and review points, file the vendor and data decisions, keep the client relationship human, then run a bounded pilot with metrics that watch for harm, stop signals and a review that anticipates carriers' questions.

  • Choosing the Problem and Scoping the Agency AI Plan 45 min
  • Controls, Vendor Evidence and Documentation in the Plan 45 min
  • Keeping the Client Relationship Human and Getting the Agency Behind the Plan 40 min
  • Pilot, Metrics That Watch for Harm, Stop Signals and Carrier Alignment 45 min

Learning outcomes

What you will be able to do

  • Evaluate AI tools for insurance use cases, limitations, privacy, security, and compliance risks.
  • Create reliable prompts for prospecting, proposals, service, claims support, and agency management.
  • Improve customer communication and documentation while preserving licensed human review.
  • Automate repetitive agency workflows with clear approval gates, exceptions, and audit trails.
  • Plan secure integrations and narrowly scoped agents around trusted insurance data and systems.
  • Build an agency AI adoption roadmap with governance, training, success metrics, and measurable value.

Assessment

Level 1 Final Comprehensive Examination

The final assessment measures how well you apply the curriculum to realistic agency, customer, risk, and claims scenarios.

Questions
50
Time limit
90 minutes
Passing score
80%
Maximum attempts
3

Lead responsible AI adoption in insurance

Start with the vendor-neutral foundations and controlled workflows covered across the complete Level 1 curriculum.

Independent professional education

MAIAC is an independent professional education program. It is not an insurance license, does not replace state licensing requirements, and is not endorsed by any carrier, insurance department, or regulator. No regulatory education hours or approvals are claimed.