Flood Insurance CE Required for Maryland Producers

The Maryland Insurance Administration is advising licensees of the regulation change to continuing education requirements in Code of Maryland Regulations (“COMAR”) 31.03.02. The change adds certain types of insurance producers to the list of licensees that are required to obtain continuing education (“CE”) regarding flood insurance. The regulation becomes effective on October 1, 2023. Licensees […]

Oklahoma Removes Earthquake CE Requirement

Effective September 1, 2023, the one-hour earthquake continuing education requirement will no longer be applicable for licensees holding a property line of authority. The Earthquake course group will remain intact, with no impact on the currently active courses. The course group will continue to apply towards general continuing education credit for all license types. For […]

California Adds Anti-Fraud Requirement

The CA Insurance Commission is requiring 1 Hour Agents and Brokers Anti-Fraud Training upon renewals. On and after March 1, 2023, agents and brokers are required to complete the ethics one hour of study of insurance fraud training prior to each license renewal. Currently, agents and brokers can complete the Department’s “Agents and Brokers Anti-Fraud […]

Florida Law & Ethics Reduced to 4 Hours

Effective January 1, 2022, the 5-Hour Law and Ethics Update course requirement will be reduced to a 4-Hour Law and Ethics Update requirement. Section 626.2815, F.S. was amended to reflect this change during the 2021 Legislative Session. Education providers will begin offering the new 4-Hour Law and Ethics Update courses on January 1, 2022, so be on […]

CEU Institute Celebrates 20 Years!

In 2002, CEU Institute was founded to fill a void in the Insurance, Legal, and Financial services community. It was discovered that many service providers do not have the expertise or capacity to provide CE/CLE/CPE program to their clients due to the vast and ever changing topic requests as well as the regulatory requirements for […]

Washington Adds Continuing Education Requirement for Adjusters

WA adopted the Adjuster Continuing Education Requirements rule (R2021-03) on September 28, 2021. The rule takes effect on July 15, 2022. SHB 1037, which was signed in 2021, requires resident adjusters to meet certain continuing education (CE) requirements. The commissioner has adopted rules to clarify those requirements for independent adjusters and public adjusters. The intent […]

New York DFS Updates Continuing Education Requirements for Agents

New York DFS has set forth new CE requirements for insurance agents beginning with April 1, 2022 renewals: Of the 15 credit hours of instruction that a licensee shall complete in accordance with Insurance Law article 21, the licensee shall satisfactorily complete courses or programs of instruction or attend seminars, as the superintendent may approve, […]

Texas Adds More Ethics for CE

Texas HB 4030 increases ethics requirement for Adjuster/Agent CE. The CE requirement for ethics increased from two hours to three hours per license period for licenses expiring on or after Sept. 30, 2022. This change doesn’t affect the 24 total number of hours required during the two-year licensing period. https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB04030F.htm

Change to Iowa CE Requirements

Effective June 9, 2021, all Iowa resident insurance producers will be able to meet their continuing education (CE) requirement through classroom, classroom equivalent, or self-study method courses. Producers must still complete 36 total credits including 3 of those credits on the topic of ethics. The requirement to complete 18 hours of classroom CE will be […]

Massachusetts Enters Into NAIC Agreement

Effective December 1, 2020, Massachusetts resident producers and adjusters who successfully complete approved continuing education courses in reciprocal states or online will receive continuing education credit for such courses in Massachusetts. Additionally, this CER agreement changes the definition of a “credit hour” in Massachusetts from the existing 60-minutes to a minimum of 50-minutes, as well […]