Certified Health Insurance Specialist (CHS)

CHS Practice Profile

The Institute recently worked with industry practitioners to develop a draft practice profile for this designation. Based on the plan and the research and analysis underpinning the work done, the practice profile for the CHS accurately reflects the work performed and areas of practice by those practitioners who hold the designation.

Certified Health Insurance Specialist (CHS) designation

What is it?

The CHS designation is the only Health Insurance focused designation in Canada.

What it does?

The CHS designation positions you to take advantage of a growing market demand for informed health insurance advice, by giving you the knowledge and expertise you need in all relevant areas, including income replacement, disability, critical illness, long term care, and group benefits.

Why it helps you?

The CHS designation sets you apart as an advisor with expertise in a specialized field of financial advice and it gives you a competitive advantage in the market place. How? By giving you expertise in all areas of health insurance, including: income replacement, critical illness, long term care, disability and group benefits. The CHS designation shows consumers, and your peers, that you have the education and specialized knowledge to provide strategic health insurance advice.