OHIO Insurance Continuing Education Requirements

All producers are required to complete 20 hrs of continuing education every two years.

All producers with a title license are required to complete 20 hrs of continuing education, every two years.

All title agents are required to complete 10 hrs of continuing education pertaining to title coursework, every two years.

All surety bail bond agents are required to complete 14 hrs of continuing education pertaining to bail bond business, every two years. An agent holding a Bail Bond license authority in addition to a Property and Casualty or Life and Health authority must complete 14 of the required 20 credits from Bail Bond approved courses.

Effective 6/1/2010: Resident individual surety bail bond agents shall complete at least seven hours of continuing education in each license renewal period.

All viatical/life settlement brokers are required to complete 14 hrs of continuing education pertaining to viatical/life settlements and viatical/life transactions, every two years.

NFIP Flood: Any producer who sells flood products, must complete a one-time 3 hr flood training requirement.

LTC/P: Any producer who sells, solicit, or negociates long term care policies must complete a one-time 8 hr training course on long term care insurance and policies, following 4 hrs of ongoing training every two years thereafter.

• Classroom
• Online
• Self-Study

Not Permitted

Courses may not be repeated within a two-year period.

The following classes of agents are exempt from continuing education requirements:

Persons holding a limited authority license

Non-resident agents in compliance with continuing education requirements of their home state

Persons granted inactive license status by the State Director of Insurance

12/31, every two years

12/31, every two years

Ohio Department of Insurance
50 W. Town Street
Third Floor - Suite 300
Columbus, Ohio 43215
P. 614-644-2665
F. 614-387-0051
E. licensing@ins.state.oh.us

http://www.insurance.ohio.gov/Pages/default.aspx