NOTES FOR STUDENTS
- Next schedule exams for students will be given
September 16, 2008.
- The dealine to register, for the September
16 exams, without a late charge will be Friday, August 29,
2008. An additional late charge of $50 must
be paid if registrations are received between Saturday,
August 30th, 2008 and Friday, September 5th, 2008 (WE
ONLY WILL ACCEPT EXAM REGISTRATIONS FOR ONLINE EXAMS DURING THIS
PERIOD). No registrations will be accepted
after Friday, September 12th, 2008.
- As of 9/16/2008 we will be increasing our exam registration
fees by $49 and matriculation fees by $75. Exam registrations
and matriculations received between now and 9/15/2008 will be
honored at the lower prices.
Click to see all exam dates
CERTIFICATION COURSES:
- IDMA 1, Insurance Data Collection and
Reporting: Study Guide updated for Spring, 2008.
- IDMA 2, Insurance Data Quality:
Updated, Spring 2007.
- IDMA 3, Systems Development and
Project Management: Stable, updated edition fall 2004.
- IDMA 4, Data Management, Administration,
and Warehousing: Was updated for Spring 2006.
NON-CERTIFICATION COURSE:
IDMA 101, DATA MANAGEMENT FOR INSURANCE PROFESSIONALS:
Was updated for Spring 2006
GENERAL NOTICE:
- There will be no formulaic penalty applied against wrong
answers for these exams.
- One point per answer is the rule.
- Pure guessing, of course, is still discouraged, and you should
use the process of elimination for the answering multiple-choice
questions.
- You will be handed a survey form while at the exam site.
You may either complete it and return it to the proctor or
mail it back to IDMA within ten days.
Examination Date Schedule
| 2007 |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 |
January 23
June 5
September 18 |
January 29
June 3
September 16 |
January 27
June 2
September 15 |
January 26
June 8
September 14 |
Examination Time Schedule
Morning
Exams (9:00 - 12:00)
IDMA1 - Insurance Data Collection and Reporting
IDMA4 - Data Management, Administration and Warehousing
Afternoon
Exams (2:00 - 5:00)
IDMA2 - Insurance Data Quality
IDMA3 - Systems Development and Project Management
IDMA Curriculum Expenses
General
Expenses
The Insurance Data Management Association curriculum consists of eight courses,
including four from the Insurance Institutes OR the Life Management Institute
(LOMA) OR Society of Financial Examiners (SOFE) as described in the syllabus;
costs for these courses are wholly under the administration of their sponsors.
If an IDMA candidate indicates to the Institutes that she or he has paid the
matriculation fee to IDMA for the certification program, the Institutes will
waive their matriculation fee. LOMA doesn't charge a matriculation fee. Also,
anyone holding the associate or fellow designation from the Casualty Actuarial
Society needs only to take the four IDMA courses to earn the CIDM. (If you
are not yet a fellow or associate (FCAS or ACAS), completion of all the CAS
exams listed in the syllabus will satisfy the non-IDMA requirements.) The remaining
four courses are created by the Insurance Data Management Association, and
costs are enumerated in these pages. Except as specified in the syllabus, no
credit is given for exams passed in other curricula.
| Matriculation Fee: |
Current
$100.00
non-members
$50.00 IDMA members |
As
of 9/16/2008
$175.00
non-members
$125.00 IDMA members
|
| Exam Registration Fee: |
$150.00 non-members
$100.00 IDMA members |
$199.00 non-members
$149.00 IDMA members |
| Per-course Fee: |
$500.00 non-members
FREE IDMA members |
$500.00 non-members
FREE IDMA members |
IMPORTANT NOTE REGARDING FEES: Please be advised that as of
9/16/2008 we will be increasing our exam registration fees by $49
and matriculation fees by $75. Exam registrations and matriculations
received between now and 9/15/2008 will be honored at the lower
prices.
In addition to the regular matriculation and examination registration
fees, there will be a late charge of $50 for any exam registrations
received after the deadline noted on each registration form (forms
are sent with each study guide).
FEES ARE NON-REFUNDABLE.
Also, it is conceivable that a further expense could be incurred
with transportation to and from an examination site. However,
we try to locate exam sites within reasonable distance of a candidate's
community.
Information about ordering study guides and texts follows. Take note: Although
IDMA fills orders for study guides and IDMA texts upon receipt, it has become
clear that often there are delays in receiving some of the other texts even
after a distributor has accepted an order. IDMA has no control over other publishers
or distributors. One suggested way to protect students from having to postpone
their study because of such a problem: The company library or education department
could order texts in sufficient quantity to loan to students experiencing delays
in having individual book orders filled.
NOTE: we
recommend visiting various online booksellers to comparison
shop for the non-IDMA textbooks. Ordering information,
generally from the publisher, is included in this document,
but it is undeniable that online sellers often have
lower prices. HOWEVER, it is essential that you order
the correct edition of a book – always
check the ISBN number. |
Study Guide and Textbook Costs
NOTE: Prices of textbooks are subject to change without notice.
It is recommended that, where possible, telephone contact be
made to inquire about shipping, handling, estimated delivery
date, back orders, etc.
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Required Materials for
INSURANCE DATA COLLECTION AND REPORTING
(IDMA 1):
Insurance Data Collection and Reporting Study Guide, Thirteenth
edition, IDMA, Jersey City, NJ, 2008
Insurance Data Collection and Reporting, Ninth edition,
IDMA, Jersey City, NJ, 2008
Basic Concepts of Accounting and Taxation of Property Casualty
Insurance Companies, fourth edition, Insurance Information
Institute Press, NY, 1995
(Other materials such as selected Executive Data Management Information Service
volume summary and data standards activities article are included as readings
in the study guide.)
TO ORDER:
Insurance Data Collection and Reporting Study Guide
$70.00 non-member, plus $5 shipping and handling
$35.00 IDMA member, plus $5 shipping and handling
Each book you order requires
the addition of a shipping and handling fee of $5; please be sure your tally
is correct when you submit the form, or shipment may be delayed.
(Click here for order form)
Insurance Data Collection and Reporting textbook
$140.00 non-member, plus $5 shipping and handling
$70.00 IDMA member, plus $5 shipping and handling
Order from: IDMA, ATTN: Farouk Yassine, 545 Washington Boulevard,
Jersey City, NJ 07310.
Each book you order requires
the addition of a shipping and handling fee of $5; please be sure your tally
is correct when you submit the form, or shipment may be delayed.
(Click here for order form)
Basic Concepts of Accounting and Taxation of Property Casualty
Insurance Companies
The outside text, Basic Concepts of Accounting and Taxation of Property
Casualty Insurance Companies published by the Insurance Information
Institute, 110 William Street, New York, NY 10038 is out of print.
A PDF of the Basic Concepts of Accounting is now available on the
I.I.I. Web site. It can be found in the publications section under
"free publications."
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Required Materials for the
INSURANCE DATA QUALITY course
(IDMA 2):
Insurance Data Quality Study Guide, fifth edition, IDMA,
NY, 2007
Data Quality, The Field Guide, Thomas C. Redman, Digital
Press, Boston, 2001
Improving Data Warehouse and Business Information Quality, Larry P. English,
Wiley Computer Publishing, New York, 1999
Software Testing in the Real World, Edward Kit, ACM Press/Addison
Wesley, New York, 1995
TO ORDER:
Insurance Data Quality Study Guide
$105.00 non-members, plus $5 shipping and handling
$70.00 IDMA members, plus $5 shipping and handling
Order from: IDMA, ATTN: Farouk Yassine, 545 Washington Boulevard,
Jersey City, NJ 07310.
Each book you order requires
the addition of a shipping and handling fee of $5; please be sure your tally
is correct when you submit the form, or shipment may be delayed.
(Click here for order form)
Data Quality, The Field Guide, by Thomas C. Redman,
ISBN 1-55558-251-6
$47.95, plus state sales tax and shipping and handling, which is $8.00 and
is waived with credit card orders only
Order from: Elsevier Science
11830 Westline Industrial Drive,
St. Louis, MO 63146
Phone – on voice menu, choose ‘individual sales’: (800) 545-2522
Improving Data Warehouse and Business Information Quality, by
Larry P. English, ISBN 0-471-25383-9
$80.00, plus state sales tax and $5.00 shipping and handling
Order from: John Wiley & Son, Inc., Retail Division
One Wiley Drive, Somerset, New Jersey 08875.
Phone (800) 225-5945. (Telephone for shipping time estimates/options and charges.)
Software Testing in the Real World, Edward Kit, ISBN
0-201-87756-2
$46.99, shipping and handling is waived if ordered online with a credit card,
otherwise call for for price
Order from: Pearson Educational, (800) 282-0693 or
Online at www.pearsoned.com and select US Higher Education (discount offered
if you order online)
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Required Materials for
SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT & PROJECT MANAGEMENT course
(IDMA 3):
Systems Development & Project Management Study Guide,
seventh edition, IDMA, NY, 2007
Project Management: a Systems Approach to Planning, Scheduling
and Controlling, ninth edition, Harold Kerzner, John Wiley
& Sons, New York, 2006
TO ORDER:
Systems Development & Project Management Study Guide
$70.00 non-members, plus $5 shipping and handling
$35.00 IDMA members, plus $5 shipping and handling
Order from: IDMA, ATTN: Farouk Yassine, 545 Washington Boulevard,
Jersey City, NJ 07310.
Each book
you order requires the addition of a shipping and handling fee of
$5; please be sure your tally is correct when you submit the form,
or shipment may be delayed.
(Click here for order form)
Project Management: a Systems Approach to Planning, Scheduling,
and Controlling, ninth edition, Harold Kerzner, ISBN 0-471-74187-0
$80.00, plus shipping and handling
Order from: John Wiley & Son, Inc., Retail Division
One Wiley Drive, Somerset, New Jersey 08875.
Phone (800) 225-5945. (Telephone for shipping time estimates/options and charges.)
May also be ordered at a savings at www.amazon.com and Barnes & Noble
online in either new or used condition. Explore e-campus and
other online booksellers too for savings and availability.
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Required Materials for the
DATA MANAGEMENT, ADMINISTRATION AND WAREHOUSING course
(IDMA 4):
Data Management, Administration, and Warehousing Study Guide,
sixth edition, IDMA, Jersey City, NJ, 2008
Data Management: Databases and Organizations, Richard T. Watson,
John Wiley & Sons, Somerset, NJ, 2004
Guidelines to Implementing Data Resource Management, Version
4, DAMA, Bellevue, WA, 2001
Corporate Information Factory, Bill Inmon, second edition, John Wiley & Son,
Inc., Somerset, NJ, 2000
TO ORDER:
Data Management, Administration and Warehousing Study Guide
$70.00 non-members, plus $5 shipping and handling
$35.00 IDMA members, plus $5 shipping and handling
Order from: IDMA, ATTN: Farouk Yassine, 545 Washington Boulevard,
Jersey City, NJ 07310.
Each book
you order requires the addition of a shipping and handling fee of
$5; please be sure your tally is correct when you submit the form,
or shipment may be delayed.
(Click here for order form)
Data Management, Databases and Organizations, text
by Richard T. Watson, ISBN 0-471-34711-6 Fifth Edition
$110.95 plus shipping & handling.
Corporate Information Factory, ISBN 0-471-39961-2
$50.00 plus shipping & handling.
Order both from: John Wiley & Son, Inc., Retail Division, One Wiley Drive,
Somerset, New Jersey 08875. Phone (800) 225-5945. (Telephone for shipping time
estimates/options and charges.)
Guidelines to Implementing Data Resource Management, ISBN
0-9676674-0-2, Version 4
$45.00 - this is a special price available from IDMA - plus shipping
& handling
Order from: IDMA, 545 Washington Boulevard, Jersey City, NJ 07310
(we have limited copies, first come, first served)
(Click here for order form)
OR, order from DAMA – the website, www.dama.org.
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