Access to high-quality education programs is a valuable benefit of NAPSLO membership. Since 1990, the Association's education program has evolved from just an initial onsite E&S course to a full suite of programs that are designed to meet the ongoing continuing education needs of member firms and their employees.

Today the education opportunities include six on-site programs and two online programs that are each geared specifically to the surplus lines industry.

NAPSLO's original course, Excess and Surplus Lines (E&S), is a three-day program designed as an introductory offering for insurance professionals with less than five years of surplus lines experience. E&S program students gain a basic understanding of how excess and surplus lines insurance works in the marketplace. NAPSLO Director of Education Randall Jones says E&S students analyze and discuss real-world issues and leave the program with a foundational understanding of the dynamics and relationships between surplus lines brokers and carriers. The E&S program will next be offered June 4-7, 2017.