Dearborn offers Online Certificate in Financial Planning

Recognizing the need for securities and insurance professionals to broaden their skills in order to service clients more effectively, Dearborn Financial Services, a Kaplan Professional Company, is now offering an online Certificate in Financial Planning Program from Kaplan College. Dearborn is a leading provider of innovative education and compliance solutions to the financial services industry and Kaplan College is a leading provider of online bachelor, associate and certificate programs in business, information technology and financial planning.

"As the landscape of the financial services industry shifts from a historically transactional-based business to an 'assets under management' model, financial services professionals are being forced to acquire the financial planning skills necessary to meet their clients' changing demands," said Keith Fevurly, Executive Director, Kaplan College Financial Planning Education Program.

"Dearborn's customers at insurance companies, securities firms and banks can maximize their time by studying for the CFP(TM)* designation online through this top notch Kaplan College course," said Don DeMark, Dearborn's General Manager. "Plus, employers using our web-based compliance tracking and reporting management system, Dearborn Career Tracker, can integrate this program with staff enrollment in any number ofcurricula comprised of Dearborn courses, client courses, and third-party courses."

The Certificate in Financial Planning Program is comprised of six online courses, each with ten lessons and quizzes and one examination at the end of each course. Courses include: Fundamentals of Personal Financial Planning; Insurance and Employee Benefits; Investment Planning; Income Tax Planning; Planning for Retirement; and Estate Planning. The program satisfies the educational requirement which is one of four requirements necessary to become eligible to apply to take the CFP(TM) certification examination. CFP(TM) certification is granted by the Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards, Inc. (CFP Board), Denver, Colorado.

Dearborn Financial Services (http://www.dearborn.com) is a leading provider of innovative education and compliance solutions to the financial services industry, offering an integrated portfolio that includes registration services, firm element needs analysis and training plan development, securities and insurance prelicensing training, continuing education, and compliance management services. For more than 30 years Dearborn has partnered with securities firms, insurance companies, brokerage houses, and banks to provide solutions that maximize training resources, boost productivity and optimize market performance. Dearborn Financial Services is a division of Kaplan Professional (http://www.kaplanprofessional.com), a unit of Kaplan, Inc. that provides licensing and continuing education training, certification, and professional development courses for securities, insurance, financial services, legal, IT, and real estate professionals and corporations.

Kaplan College offers online bachelor, associate and certificate programs in Business and IT, an online Certificate in Financial Planning Program, as well as traditional classroom-based programs in Business and IT through its Davenport, Iowa Campus. Degrees are aimed at helping individuals gain important skills that can help them to advance in their careers. Kaplan College is accredited by the Commission on Institutions of Higher Education of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools (NCA) and authorized by the states of Iowa and Illinois to offer bachelor, associate and certificate programs in business and information technology. Title IV funding is available to students who qualify for assistance for all Kaplan College programs, with the exception of the Certificate in Financial Planning. Kaplan College is part of The Kaplan Colleges group of institutions, located at http://www.kaplancollege.edu.

* CFP(TM), Certified Financial Planner(TM) and " are certification marks owned by the Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards, Inc. (CFP Board). Kaplan College does not certify individuals to use the CFP and CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER marks. CFP certification is granted only by the Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards to those persons who, in addition to completing an educational requirement such as this CFP Board Registered Program, have met its ethics, experience and examination requirements.

Press Contact:
Liz Lindley, (212) 492-5890  liz_lindley@kaplan.com
Erin Dolan, (212) 707-5339  erin_dolan@kaplan.com

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