Continuing Education Hours:
For producers with a Current Compliance Period Due Date of December 31, 2011:
24 CE hours, including 3 hours of ethics, are required by the last day of your birth month in 2012 and every 2 year license term thereafter
For producers with a Current Compliance Period Due Date of December 31, 2010:
20 CE hours are required by December 31, 2010
For producers Newly Licensed On or After January 1, 2010:
24 CE hours, including 3 hours of ethics, are required every 2 year license term.
For additional details check the Ohio website: http://www.insurance.ohio.gov/Agent/pages/ContEd.aspx
Other Restrictions:
Life/Health and Property/Casualty producers can complete 21 CE hours in any line of authority and 3 hours in approved ethics.
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.
Course Subject Requirements:
NFIP Flood: Any producer who sells flood products, must complete a one-time 3 hr flood training requirement.
LTC/P: Any producer who sells, solicits, or negotiates 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.
Type of Courses Accepted for CE Credit:
- Classroom
- Online
- Self-Study
Carryover Requirements:
Not Permitted
Course Repetition:
Courses may not be repeated within a two-year period.
Exemptions:
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
Continuing Education Compliance Date:
12/31, every two years
License Renewal Date:
12/31, every two years
State Contact Information:
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
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