CRIS® Certification Reaccreditation

Once you earn the right to use the CRIS certification you must engage in an ongoing continuing education process to maintain it. This involves obtaining 7 hours of approved construction risk and insurance continuing education credit during the 24 months following initial receipt of the certification and every 12 months thereafter. You may obtain this CE credit by completing online CRIS courses or attending seminars or conferences that have been approved for CRIS reaccreditation (and notifying us that you have completed them). This process is explained below.

Online CRIS® Courses for Reaccreditation

In addition to the core courses you completed when you obtained your CRIS certification, the CRIS Learning Center offers a number of other construction risk and insurance courses designed to increase your expertise. In most cases one of these courses is all that is necessary to satisfy your 7-hour CE requirement, and most also qualify for insurance CE if you need it. Here is a list of the currently available courses:

These courses are now available in the CRIS Learning Center’s Course Catalog. Simply go to the CRIS Learning Center, select “CRIS Courses for Reaccreditation,” and then click on the “Reaccreditation” tab at the top of your screen. We will periodically add more courses in the future to build a library of courses focused on the risk and insurance issues faced by contractors.

Alternatively, you may retake one of the core courses to satisfy the 7-hour requirement, and we recommend you do this every few years as we update the courses to cover the latest developments in construction risk and insurance.

Attend Seminars, Webinars or Conferences

Your other option for maintaining your CRIS certification is to attend an approved conferences, seminars, or webinars providing at least 7 hours of credit. The process for this is:

  1. Attend a seminar, conference, or webinar that has been approved for CRIS reaccreditation. You must attend the seminar, webinar, or conference after receiving your CRIS certification.
  2. The sponsor will provide you with a Certificate of Completion containing a unique and nontransferable Completer Code number.
  3. Go to the Voucher/Promotion/Completer Code Redemption page in the CRIS Learning Center to report your attendance and pay the reaccreditation fee. You will need the Completer Code number from the Certificate of Completion you received when you do so. The fee for this reaccreditation option pays the costs of administering this part of the CRIS program.

Approved Seminars and Conferences

The following seminars, conferences, and webinars have been approved for CRIS Reaccreditation.

Seminar/Conference CRIS Credit Sponsor Program Availability
IRMI Construction Webinars 1 hour per webinar IRMI Various dates
ACIG Safety/Claims Management Workshop 7 hours ACIG April 20-22, 2010
Chicago, IL
Understanding Bonds - Classroom course offered by the Independent Insurance Agents of Virginia 7 hours IIAV February 23, 2010
IIANC Classroom
101 Weston Oaks Ct.
Cary, NC

February 24, 2010
Hilton Garden Inn
159 Gateway Blvd.
Mooresville, NC

February 25, 2010
IIAV
8600 Mayland Dr.
Richmond, VA
29th IRMI Construction Risk Conference 7 hours IRMI No longer available
ACIG Safety/Claims Management Workshop - September 2009 7 hours ACIG No longer available
2009 IRMI Construction Webinars - Archived 1 hour per webinar IRMI Various dates
Construction Financial Management Association’s
2009 Annual Conference and Exhibition 		7 hours CFMA No longer available
ACIG Safety/Claims Management Workshop - April 2009 7 hours ACIG No longer available
Classroom courses offered by the Independent Insurance Agents of Virginia 7 hours IIAV No longer available
2009 Commercial Lines Endorsements: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly 4 hours FAIA No longer available
2009 Making Ethical Decisions: An Exercise in Ethical Fitness 3 hours FAIA No longer available
2009 Legislative Roundup Webinars 2 hours FAIA No longer available
28th IRMI Construction Risk Conference 7 hours IRMI No longer available
2008 IRMI Construction Risk and Insurance Seminars
Construction Defect Risk Management and Insurance 7 hours IRMI No longer available
Contract Risk Management: Tactics for Success 7 hours IRMI No longer available
New Industry Contracts and Your Bottom Line 7 hours IRMI No longer available
Wrap-Ups: Beyond the Basics from Concept to Closeout 7 hours IRMI No longer available

Obtaining Reaccreditation Approval for Seminars or Conferences

If your organization sponsors seminars, conferences, or other educational programs (Programs) that focus on construction law, accounting, risk management, insurance, surety, or safety topics, consider having them certified for CRIS reaccreditation. In addition to this focus, they must meet the following criteria to qualify:

  1. The duration of instruction must be at least 3 hours.
  2. The program content must provide a level of instruction that will advance the knowledge and competence of someone who has completed the CRIS core curriculum.
  3. You must have a satisfactory method of monitoring attendance or completion of the course.
  4. You must agree to certain administration, notification, and recordkeeping requirements.

Obtaining CRIS reaccreditation approval will make your seminar or conference more attractive to those potential participants who have obtained the CRIS certification. We may also provide a link from our listing of approved programs in the CRIS Web site to your promotional page in your Web site.

If you are interested in having your seminar or conference approved, please contact the Director of Training and Education at IRMI.