The Chartered Insurance Agency Manager (CIAM) designation is an international educational achievement for managers in the financial services industry. Today, as never before, there is much emphasis placed on the competency of field managers, to be fully equipped to meet the challenges of their role as leaders distributing life insurance and financial services. LIMRA created the CIAM designation to provide a track for professional development and a benchmark by which managers can be measured and recognized. The candidate for CIAM makes a personal commitment to growth and development as a field manager.