Effective July 1, 2010, all Independent and Public insurance Adjusters will be required to complete 24 hours of continuing education, starting with the 10/31/2010 renewal. Three hours of Ethics are required as part of the total 24 hours of CE due each renewal period. There is no restriction for Adjusters regarding the method of instruction, but the hours must be from Commerce-approved courses.
Minnesota does not require that insurance Producers complete only modules relating to the lines of authority that they hold. For example, a Producer who holds a Life line of authority can complete and use a continuing education course pertaining to property and casualty. We will be following this same rule with the Independent and Public Adjusters in that they can complete any course that is currently approved for insurance Producers.
In other words, all insurance courses will be approved for “Insurance” continuing education; we will not distinguish between Producer or Adjuster licensees.
We are currently working with Sircon to create the required licensee and education course categories needed to track the education for Independent and Public Adjusters. Again, Independent and Public Adjusters can complete continuing education courses approved for insurance Producers. We are also working with Sircon on a method to allow approved courses completed by Adjusters before 7/1/2010 to be applied to the new Adjuster education requirements, including the Ethics requirement.
Online MN Agent courses are available at: http://ceuinstitute2019-net.ntc6-p2stl.ezhostingserver.com/CEU_ceLearning.cfm