Insurance Continuing Education

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Insurance Continuing Education

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Continuing education, also known as CE, are
state-required courses taken by an insurance
agent, salesperson, or employee to ensure a
satisfactory level of knowledge about important
topics in the insurance field. In these
courses, you may learn about new types of
policies, new laws or statutes that have taken
effect, ethics, general insurance knowledge, and
many other lessons. Life insurance continuing
education and property and casualty continuing
education are generally all taken at the same
time, and in most cases, consist of similar
coursework.
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How Many CE Credit Hours Are Required For
Insurance?

• Depending on the state, the average number of
  continuing education hours that must be taken
  falls between sixteen (16) and forty (40) per
  renewal period.
• Most states have a renewal period of two (2)
  years, but there are a few exceptions of three
  (3) and four (4) years.
• There are also a few states that require that you
  take a certain number of hours per line of
  insurance on your license, but most just require
  the credits on a per license.
• There is generally a three (3) hour requirement
  for an ethics course, and sometimes a mandated
  course on national flood insurance depending on
  the state and types of licenses you carry.
• To find the specific amount of CE credit hours
  you can visit our website https//www.einsurancetr
  aining.com/

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How Long Does It Take To Complete CE Courses?

• There are a few variables that will affect the
  amount of time it will take to complete your
  continuing education
• Number of credit hours required by your state
• The subject matter of the courses
• Online or in-person classes
• Continuing education provider
• Your reading speed
• Your testing ability
• Yes, there will most likely be a test, but its
  nothing like the original insurance license exam.
  States have directed continuing education
  providers to include a knowledge test at the
  end of the course. This is to verify that you
  have an understanding of the topics covered in
  the courses. Generally, these knowledge tests
  will be broken down by chapter or module and
  should only contain information that was covered
  in that particular section.

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How Do I Check My Continuing Education Credits?

• The state insurance license departments generally
  have an online tool to report how many CE credit
  hours you have taken during the current renewal
  period.
• You can find access to these tools from our
  state-specific Insurance License Renewal pages.

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Thank You
eInsuranceTraining.com for your Continuing
Education