Producer license term is changed to a biennial period.

48 Credit Hours every two years inclusive of 3 hours of ethics.

Licensees who sell flood insurance must also have a one time, 3 hour flood course to comply with Section 207 of the Federal Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2004.

New licensees will receive meet their flood requirement through their pre-licensing for property authority.

This requirement for individual producers will become effective upon their renewal or for new licenses, issued on or after 1/1/2007.

Licenses that have not yet expired, will continue to obtain 48 credits within the scope of the old requirements.

License expiration dates for new and existing individual licenses to be the last day of the producer’s birth month for individual licenses and for business entities use of a May 31st expiration date every second year;

Producers licensed as of 11/4/02 must complete 24 of the 48 credit hours in authorities for which the producer is licensed, inclusive of 6 credits in approved courses relating to fraud and/or ethics.

24 Credits can be obtained in any authority

90 days prior to license renewal - Licenses renew based on the producer’s license issue date.

24 credit hours inclusive of 3 hours of ethics.

3 credit hours – one time only for flood training, if licensee sells flood insurance.

Courses can only be taken once for credit per license period

No carry over of credits permitted

The course provider must issue the certificate of completion to the producer. The course provider reports the credits to the CE Administrator, currently, Pearson VUE. The CE Administrator processes the CE credits and reports them to the Department of Insurance.

The CE Administrator will send the producer within 90 days of the license expiration, a copy of the CE courses taken and recorded during the compliance period. Producers must keep original certificates of course completion for 6 years.