New licensees for the Fire and Casualty Broker-Agent license must complete twenty-five hours (25) of continuing education per year for each of the first four years. After the first four years, the licensee will need to complete thirty (30) hours of continuing education for every two-year license term. Life Only and/or Accident and Health licensees must complete a total of twenty four (24) hours of continuing education for every two-year license term. Limited Lines Automobile Insurance Agent licensees must complete twenty (20) hours of continuing education for every two-year license term and Personal Lines Broker-Agent licensees must complete ten (10) hours of continuing education each license year.
We suggest that you complete your required continuing education hours at least sixty (60) days prior to the expiration date of your license to allow sufficient time for your provider to submit the necessary information and for the California Department of Insurance to update your records. If hours are completed at the end of your renewal term, the license renewal process may be delayed while your hours are processed.
Inquiries should be made 60 days after the course completion date. To check your continuing education hours, you may call our 24-hour Interactive Voice Response System at (800) 967-9331or (916) 322-3555 to hear your hours and/or receive a FAX of those hours; or you may visit our License Status Inquiry Web page, for on-line license status information.
The continuing education provider has 30 days from the course completion date to submit the student roster to the department. The California Department of Insurance needs a reasonable amount of time to enter the completed hours into the database, which may take up to 30 days. If it has been more than 60 days since you completed the course, contact the provider to verify both your social security and license numbers with the provider and request that they submit the student roster to the California Department of Insurance.
For correspondence courses, the education provider sets their own policies as to how completion dates are determined. They can choose whether it is by postmark date, receipt date, grading date, etc. All students will receive credit based on the policy the provider sets forth, without exceptions. Please verify with the provider's policy for completion dates at the time of purchasing the course.
Courses can only be duplicated for continuing education credit if the completion dates are in a different two-year license term.
No. A licensee can only get credit for approved courses for the license type held.
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No. When you take a course, the course is approved for a specific number of credit hours. For example, if a prelicensing course is approved for 52 hours, providers should not enroll a student who only needs 12 hours of ethics & code. You should enroll in an ethics & code course that is approved for 12 hours.
Yes. Education hours completed when a license has expired or is inactive can be used to reinstate an inactive license. Excess hours completed while a license is inactive will be credited towards the appropriate license term.
A new continuing education cycle will begin the day after the expiration date listed on your renewal form. Once the new cycle begins, the excess hours should be reflected in the new license term.
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No, it is the provider's responsibility to submit the credits to the California Department of Insurance. DO NOT send your certificate, or copies of the certificate, even if your renewal form indicates you are deficient in hours. The certificate is for your records and you should retain it for at least five years. The California Department of Insurance must enter the hours from the providers roster.
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If you need further assistance, please call the California Department of Insurance's (CDI) Producer Licensing Bureau at (800) 967-9331 or (916) 322-3555, or send an e-mail to Producer Licensing Bureau. Please be sure to include your name, telephone number, license number and e-mail address in all correspondence with the CDI.
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