California Insurance CE Continuing Education
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Continuing Ed training is available for life, Personal lines, fire and casualty insurance credits for CA.
CA State Requirements
Continuing Education CE Hours:
Life agent or fire and casualty broker agent: 25 hours annually for first four years following original license issuance date, then 30 hours biennially thereafter.
Personal lines broker-agent: 10 hours annually
Bail agent: 6 hours annually in classroom instruction only.
Continuing Education Compliance Date:
The compliance date is the same as the license renewal date.
The license renewal date is the last day of the license issuance month, biennially. Personal lines renewal is 12/31 biennially.
Types of courses accepted for CE Credit
Self-study final exams are not required to be monitored, except for courses approved specifically to meet the "24 hour Coverage" requirement, which must be monitored by a disinterested third party (i.e., someone with no business or family relationship to the student).
Course Subject Requirements
Courses must be approved for lines of insurance for which license is held.
All California agents who sell annuities must complete a state-approved Annuity Training course no later than December 31, 2004. This 8-hour training course(CA 2004 Annuity Training).
In addition to the one-time 8-hour Annuity Training course, agents continuing to sell annuities must complete a 4-hour state-approved Annuity CE course each subsequent compliance period.
Long Term Care: Individuals who sell long-term care products in California must complete 8-hours of California LTC annually for the first four years, then eight hours biennially thereafter.
California Partnership Long Term Care: Individuals who sell California Partnership for Long-Term Care products must obtain eights hours of specific partnership LTC and eight hours of California-approved LTC credits before soliciting. Thereafter, eight hours in each type of LTC CE courses must be completed biennially. However, a new licensee must complete eight hours of California-approved LTC annually for the first four years of licensure, and eight hours in partnership LTC biennially. These courses apply toward the completion of the basic CE requirement.
Life agents who wish to sell the combined Group Health and Workers Compensation plan known as "24 Hour Coverage" must complete a specific, California-approved, four-hour course before solicitation. This course will only need to be taken once, and the credits can be used to meet the basic CE requirement.
Life agents and Fire and Casualty broker-agents licensed four years or more, a maximum of 30 hours earned only in the second half of a biennial reporting period may be carried over to the next reporting period.
Course Repetition
Courses (including California-specific LTC courses) may not be taken for credit more than once in each biennial reporting period.
Exemptions
Cargo Shipper's Agents.
Agents who are 70 years or older and have held a California insurance license in good standing for 30 years or more. These agents must still meet the long-term care and CA Partnership long-term care requirement if they choose to solicit long-term care products.
California Insurance CE FAQ
Who is required to comply with the CE requirement?
All California resident agents must meet continuing education requirements unless one of the exemptions on Question 2 apply. Non-resident agents must also comply with California's continuing education requirement if the non-resident agent's home state has no continuing education requirement. Long-Term Care Requirement: Nonresidents are not exempt from LTC and California Partnership LTC education requirements if they choose to sell those products.
Who is exempt from meeting the requirement?
Life agent or fire and casualty broker agent: 25 hours annually for first four years following original license issuance date, then 30 hours biennially thereafter.
Personal lines broker-agent: 10 hours annually
Bail agent: 6 hours annually in classroom instruction only.
Credit agent or endorsees of a business that holds a credit insurance agent license: Company sponsored, insurance department approved, training biennially.
How many CE credits are required for license renewal?
Life agent or fire and casualty broker agent: 25 hours annually for first four years following original license issuance date, then 30 hours biennially thereafter.
Personal lines broker-agent: 10 hours annually
Bail agent: 6 hours annually in classroom instruction only.
Credit agent or endorsees of a business that holds a credit insurance agent license: Company sponsored, insurance department approved, training biennially.
When must I comply with the CE requirements?
The compliance date for continuing education is the last day of the license issuance month, biennially.
Can a course be repeated?
No, courses (including California-specific LTC course) may not be taken for credit more than once in each biennial reporting period.
Can I carry over excess CE credit hours?
If licensed four years or more, a maximum of 30 hours earned only in the second half of the biennial reporting period may be carried over to the next reporting period.
After I complete my continuing education hours, do I need to send the Certificates of Completion to the Department of Insurance?
The course provider will report CE credit hours earned to the California Insurance Department. The only time a licensee will send a copy of the Certificate to the California Insurance Department is if it is specifically requested for auditing purposes.
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