1. Educators’ Roundtable
Edmonton, Alberta
March 13, 2019
Catherine Cake, Chair of the General Insurance Council
Anthonet Maramieri, Chief Operating Officer
@AbCouncil

2. Agenda Examination History Level 1 Examination Results
Equivalencies Update
Educators’ Feedback & Consultation Findings
Data Validation Initiative
Educator Feedback on Validation
Other GIC Considerations
Roundtable

3. History – Results and Exam Initiatives
December 2017 –
Individual consultations with course providers held. Feedback - independent verification of data would offer greater clarity re: student results
November Regulatory amendments creating a three-level licensing structure came into force
May 2015 –
GIC struck Curriculum Review Committee. Reviewed content and currency of the general curriculum and insurance examination questions
New examinations deployed 2016 and early 2017*. New Executive Summaries and CDDs made available to public
April 2014 –
New examinations developed. Curriculum Design Document (CDD) revised Level 1 examination material
Concurrently, in May 2015 academics and members of the GIC reviewed, revised and approved all questions for each level of general insurance examinations
“Educators Roundtable” held, most recently, on February 1, 2017
*General Level 1; January 1, 2016
General Level 2; March 2016
General Level 3 November 2016 (new examinations began March 6, 2017)

4. History – Results and Exam Initiatives
November 9, 2018 –
COO telephoned primary course provider contacts, advising that the GIC had chosen to move forward with certification as an initiative
Education Committee wound down on June 6, Initiative was expanded to include the entirety of the GIC to discuss critical issues
February 13, 2019 –
GIC directed AIC to pursue data verification pilot initiative
GIC struck Education Committee on April 4, Reviewed examination levers and statistics to assist in student learning
June 2018 –
COO held discussions with education providers to gauge industry opinion regarding certification to write general level 1 qualifying examination
November 28, 2018 –
Course providers invited to provide feedback via or otherwise to the proposed initiative (provided as static document, Consultation Feedback)

5. 2015

6. 2016

7. 2017

8. 2018

9. Equivalencies Q2 2015 – Equivalencies Committee formed by GIC
Q GIC approved Equivalencies
Q Regulatory amendment submission to GOA, to facilitate equivalencies in Alberta
Q CEO and COO met with SOI, Nilam Jetha, to discuss regulatory amendments
Q – 2017 CEO continued to raise outstanding issue of equivalencies with SOI and Deputy Minister
2017 concluded with no furtherance
2018 concluded with no furtherance

10. Educators’ Feedback and Consultation Findings
Requested better data re: exam performance
Data collection info not specific/detailed enough for individuals or in aggregate (update options, not just “other”)
Would like sample exam questions
Would like multi Level exam results
Number of commercial and personal type questions should be equal (perceived too many commercial questions)
Would like more detailed statistics (requires software change and accurate data)
Would like breakdown of curriculum measured objectives
Want study manual
Reports to course providers are pass/fail for first writes only – request detailed reports by individual or group.

11. Data Validation Initiative
Objective:
To verify and guide educator performance through independently validated examination statistics.
To certify minimum student training method and course provider prior to challenging the General Level 1 regulatory examination.
To publish examination pass rates of course providers to students and the public, with full transparency.

12. Data Validation Initiative

13. Data Validation Initiative

14. Proposed Timeline

15. Discussion
Timing
Impact
Concerns

16. Additional Tools Explored by GIC
Improved data and information to course providers and industry stakeholders
Creation of core source material/online study materials
Requirement of “Verification Certificate”/CIPR course provider validation
Modularization of existing examinations
Enhanced study tools
Curriculum Mapping exercise to all commercially available materials
Pre-approval of course providers by the GIC
Open book examination/examination reference aids/paperless examinations
Publication of course provider results

17. Roundtable

18. Chief Operating Officer, General Insurance Council
We value, and invite,
your feedback
Anthonet Maramieri,
Chief Operating Officer,
Alberta Insurance Council
Catherine Cake, Chair
General Insurance Council
@AbCouncil