What
Burnham System Patrons Ask Us About
The Burnham System
How can I succeed in
insurance?
If you want to
succeed in insurance, you must continue your education.
How? Simple!
The Institutes offer the best, learn-at-home,
property-casualty courses anywhere.
What is The Burnham
System?
The Burnham
System summarizes and outlines your texts to provide you
concise, to-the-point, time-saving executive summaries.
The Burnham
System printed format averages 62 bound pages per
course.
Most courses
provide answers to the Review Questions,
definitions of the Key Words, and a sample exam.
Our audio CD format is the same information
(provided to reinforce and maximize your retention).
Each audio assignment narration is about 25 to 40 minutes.
(Sample found on CPCU order page)
The Burnham
System executive summaries will cover at least 97% of
the material on your exam.
The Burnham System usually covers 100% of the material
on your exam.
Why use The Burnham
System?
First, you’ll
pass. Guaranteed!
Independent studies done at Carnegie-Mellon for the US
Government compared retention of text material versus
retention of text summaries.
Students who
studied text summaries consistently demonstrated
improved
retention,
direct
learning,
inference
learning,
transfer
learning, and
recall and response
times.
Surveys from
Burnham System patrons consistently show candidates cut
their study time in half and have
much higher pass rates.
When asked to
rank the various CPCU®/IIA
study methods, here’s what candidates like you who’d
used at least two methods said:
Method
Best (1996) Best
(2004)
The Burnham System85%93%
All Other Published Aids,
Combined
4% 4%
Class
9% 3%
Self-study
2% 0%
Averaging those
two surveys, average preparation time dropped from 9.36
to 4.27 hours per week -- that’s 81.44 hours over a 16
week term, equivalent to two
weeks vacation!
Did you see how
the best got better … with all other methods, combined,
down from 15% to 7%?
What about your pass
rates?
BIG NEWS!
98.4% was the
average reported pass rate in Ray’s 2006 survey …
so unbelievably high Ray hired a CPA firm to audit and
certify the results. (Ray wanted
to get an independent, unbiased result.)
For all of
2001-2006, for all of Ray’s students, they calculated
greater than a
97.5% pass rate.
Whether you
trust independent, unbiased CPAs or Ray’s survey more,
either way, don’t you owe it to yourself, your family,
your customers, your employer, our industry, and our
nation to pass your course and not take silly chances by
using some less-effective method?
The average pass
ratio for all candidates is about 71%!
Frequently
Asked Questions … and Their Answers
Do I need
to get the Institute’s textbooks too?
Do I need to take class too?
Yes,
you’ll need the Institute’s texts when you
want more detail both now and in the future.
Buy the texts. They represent the distilled
experience of the top experts in our
industry.
Absolutely not!
But, any extra
preparation you do, in addition to using The
Burnham System, will help. Try class.
Try The Burnham System.
Use whatever helps more.
How can I
get more information before I buy The
Burnham System?
First, you don’t make any commitment when
you order The Burnham System.
Ray guarantees he will meet any
standard of quality you set --
oryour money back.
You don’t buy it, you
try it.
Second, if you have a question, just call.
We will be happy to help you.
Third, nothing and no one can possibly
describe The Burnham System better than The
Burnham System itself. Order it. Use it.
Then decide.
Trust your judgment. Ray does.
How can
you guarantee I’ll pass?
Good
question! Ray’s students’ overall pass rate
is by far the best in the business.
His surveys in the early and mid 1990s
averaged 93.5%. In 2004, it was 93.6%.
Culliton and Fanning, LLC, CPAs determined
Ray’s patrons’ pass rate was 97.30% for
2001-2003.
Ray can guarantee you’ll pass with
The Burnham System … because you will
pass … if you use The Burnham
System.
What
qualifies you to teach CPCU®/IIA
courses?
Ray
IS NOT a theory-only academician.
Ray IS an active participant in our industry
and has dedicated his life’s work to real
insurance.
When you use The Burnham System, you benefit
from his experiences and accomplishments.
Ray understands what you’re going through
because he’s
authored over
100 professional-level insurance texts,
earned over 30
professional designations,
created two
successful businesses,
been licensed
as an all lines broker for over 30 years,
served as
Education Chairman of the Central MA Chapter
of CPCU for 9 years,
served as
President of the Massachusetts Society of
Licensed Insurance Advisors,
worked for a
national insurance company (Travelers) and
founded his own agency,
taught math,
Latin, physics, logic, and English
composition, and
passed over 100
professional-level exams and never got an
‘N’.
Why did
Ray create The Burnham System?
To
help you learn more, faster … to help you
pass, the first time, every time. Ray created the very preparation tool he
wishes he’d had when he prepared for the
exams.
What’s really important?
What knowledge is required in order to
pass?
What’s the most efficient way to learn?
What’s the most effective way to present it
on your exam?
The Burnham System is your
answer to all those questions.
Which CPCU®/IIA series should you
take?
Which course should you take?
Decide if you want a better
foundation in the job you now have
... or the next job you want.
If your manager has earned several
designations, then your manager can
offer you good advice.
Ask your
manager.
Decide
which series is best for you and
then start with the course that will
be easiest for you.
Email
Ray at Ray@BurnhamSystem.com or
call. He’ll be happy to advise you.
How hard is each course?
Ray rates the difficulty of the
Institutes’ courses on a
1 (easiest) to 10
(hardest) scale.
The gap between numbers increases as
the numbers increase.
All these ratings are Ray’s
personal estimates.
Audio CD narrations, review questions,
and sample exams are available for many courses.
Frequently Asked Questions
