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Washington Insurance Continuing Education Requirements

📅 Updated January 13, 2024

Courses Available

ExamFX does not currently offer any continuing education courses in the state of Washington.

Required Hours

Producers in Washington are required to take 24 hours of Continuing Education, including 3 hours of Ethics, every 2 years. License renewal is the last day of the licensee's birth month. No carry over credits are allowed and a student cannot take a course more than once within each renewal period.

NOTE: Course numbers for Long-Term Care and Annuity Suitability courses are the same for all providers. The initial 8-hour LTC course and annuity training course will be considered duplicates if repeated within the 2-year period. The 4-hour LTC course is exempt from the repetition rule.

IMPORTANT: Be sure to complete all of your CE credit hours BEFORE submitting your license renewal application.

Category Restrictions

Students may take an approved course in any line of authority to obtain their CE credits, but it is recommended that they take courses pertaining to their license type.

Special Training

• ANNUITY BEST INTEREST TRAINING – Washington licensed producers must complete a one-time state approved 4-hour Annuity Suitability Best Interest Standard Training course before selling, soliciting or negotiating any annuity products. Resident producers who satisfy the training requirements of another state that are similar to the Washington law will be deemed compliant for the Washington requirement.

• LONG-TERM CARE TRAINING – Producers must complete an initial, state approved 8-hour Long-Term Care Training course before they can sell or solicit Long-Term Care Insurance. Producers must then complete a 4-hour ongoing LTC training requirement every 24 months from the date the initial 8-hour training was completed in order to stay in compliance.

• FLOOD INSURANCE TRAINING – Washington Property/Casualty and Personal Lines producers who sell National Flood Insurance policies must take a one-time 3-hour course on NFIP Flood Insurance Certification Training.

Course Presentation

• PROGRESSIVE – Licensees must progress through the curriculum by topic.

• CERTIFICATE EXAM – Licensees are required to pass the certificate exam with a 70% or better. 

• STUDY BY TOPIC QUIZZES – ExamFX recommends that all Study by Topic quizzes be attempted and passed with at least a score of 70%. 

CE Exemptions

The following are exempt from Washington CE requirements:

• Non-residents except for the LTC and Annuity Suitability Certificate requirements.
• Individuals holding limited licenses for credit life and disability, credit casualty, travel, vehicle and surety licenses 

License Renewal

Once CE requirements have been met producers can renew their license online at Sircon.

State Contact Information

Washington Office of the Insurance Commissioner

Phone: (360) 725-7146      Fax: (360) 586-2019
Website: www.insurance.wa.gov
Email: licinfo@oic.wa.gov

Mailing Address:

P.O. Box 40255

Olympia, WA 98504-0255

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🛈 The information displayed above is for informational purposes only. ExamFX is not responsible for the accuracy of the information on this page. All steps have been taken to ensure the information relayed on this page is accurate; however, information is subject to change without notice. It is the responsibility of the producer to be compliant per their state's requirements.