Course description
This course focuses on all types of personal and commercial property insurance and sets a foundation for further insurance courses. Beginning with fundamental legal requirements, the course focuses on the principles involved with the Basic Fire Policy, and ultimately into present-day habitational insurance. Study broadens out to cover basic commercial insurance and the forms required for such risks. Completion of the course material will allow a student to challenge the Insurance Institute of Canada’s national exam for Property Insurance (C12).
Course details
Credit transfer
Have you taken this course or an equivalent course? Contact the Credit Transfer Office.
Registration dates
Not all courses are offered each term.
Winter 2026 registration is now open.Spring 2026 registration opens March 2, 2026.
Delivery options
In person: classes held in person on a campus/site in a classroom/lab/shop/studio for the course duration
Online - Asynchronous: 100% online delivery, no scheduled day or time course requirements with the instructor, assigned due dates
Online - Synchronous: 100% online delivery, scheduled day and time course requirements with the instructor, assigned due dates
Hybrid: any combination of in person, timetabled, on campus, online, and hyflex delivery