The registration period for the April 19, 2011 ALU exams is open.  Please see "Exam Series/For Students" or "Exam Series/For Education Reps" for details.


The Academy of Life Underwriting (ALU) provides educational opportunities for professional underwriters. The ALU is overseen by a subsidiary board of the Association of Home Office Underwriters (AHOU) and the Canadian Institute of Underwriters (CIU) which is composed of the past three presidents of the AHOU, the past three chairpersons of the CIU, the past chair of the ALU and the past editor-in-chief of OTR.

The Academy of Life Underwriting produces a series of four exams leading to the professional designation, Fellow, Academy of Life Underwriting (FALU), on-site and web-based educational seminars and an annual management issues forum.

OTR is the Journal of the Academy of Life Underwriting. It serves the professional information and continuing education needs of the memberships of the two organizations that support it and the worldwide professional home office underwriting readership