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 and the past three chairpersons of the CIU.

The Academy of Life Underwriting is made up of the Education Committee of the ALU (ECALU) and “On the Risk.” ECALU 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.

“On the Risk” 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