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1. How many credit hours must I earn to meet the requirements?

A total of 24 hours is required by the end of your compliance period, and of those required 24 credit hours, at least three hours must be from courses categorized as Ethics.

Extensions will not be granted.

2. What if I hold life, accident, health, property, and casualty lines of authority?

If you hold property, casualty, life, accident, and health authorities, you must complete at least eight of the 24 required hours in courses related to each of these lines of authority, plus three hours of Ethics. If you earn more than three Ethics credits, they will be applied towards your 24 hour credit requirement.

3. What if I received a reduction in continuing education (CE) hours by December 31, 2009?

Producers that received a reduction in hours will have to complete 15 hours of CE biennially by the last day of their birth month/year; three of the 15 hours must be in Ethics. Producers with reduced compliance and hold multi-lines must complete six hours in Property and Casualty; six hours in Life, Accident, and Health; and three hours of Ethics. Producers that add additional lines of authority or allow their licenses to become inactive will lose their reduction in hours.

4. Can I repeat a continuing education (CE) course within the biennial period?

A producer may repeat a continuing education course, but credit must not be given more than once for a course repeated during a biennial compliance period and within two years of its original completion date.

5. Can I carry over credits to the next biennium?

Producers who accumulate credits in excess of the continuing education requirements for a biennium may apply a maximum of 18 credits to the next compliance period.

6. How will I know which courses will qualify for continuing education credit hours?

You may access a list of approved courses on SBS.

7. Can I receive continuing education (CE) credit for maintaining an insurance designation?

Yes. Visit the Insurance Designation as CE Credits page for more information.

8. How can I contact the continuing education administrator?

Effective July 1, 2019, the Department is now the CE administrator. You may direct your questions directly to the Department or to SBS.

9. What is required of a proctor/disinterested third party?

In accordance with the changes to Regulation 69-50 regarding proctor approval, we are no longer approving proctors. Producers are no longer required to use a state approved proctor to proctor their continuing education courses. They may now use any disinterested third party to proctor their exam. That third party may not be their employer, employee, supervisor, relative, spouse, or minor.