CALIFORNIA CE COURSES
The following courses are currently available for California:
Course Name | Credit Hours | Line of Authority |
California 8-hour Annuity Suitability Training | 8.00 | Annuity 8-Hour (ANU8) |
California 4-hour Annuity Suitability Transactions | 4.00 | Annuity Training |
NFIP Flood Insurance | 3.00 | Flood |
Distribution Planning | 4.00 | Life Only |
Group Benefits & Worksite Insurance | 4.00 | Life Only/Accident &Health |
Health Insurance Policies: Protecting Clients from Health-Related Loss | 5.00 | Accident & Health |
Life Insurance Policy Types & Suitability | 6.00 | Life Only |
Medicare Supplement Insurance: Closing the Gap | 4.00 | Life Only/Accident &Health |
Retirement Planning | 4.00 | Life Only/Accident &Health |
Variable Life & Annuities: Understanding Investment Potential and Risks | 5.00 | Life Only/Accident &Health |
Indexed Product Training | 4.00 | Life Only |
Brett Decker CLU - Mandatory 8-Hour Long Term Care | 8.00 | LTC8 |
Brett W. Decker – CA Homeowners Insurance Valuation | 5.00 | Property/Casualty |
Businessowners Policy (BOP) | 4.00 | Property/Casualty |
Commercial Lines: Property/Auto/Liability | 4.00 | Property/Casualty |
Personal Lines: Protecting Your Client's Home, Auto, & Critical Risks | 7.00 | Property/Casualty |
REQUIRED HOURS
California requires 24 hours of continuing education including 3 hours
of ethics every two-year license term, regardless of how long you have been a
licensed producer.
Renewal dates depend on the date of license issuance.
Credit hours that are earned in excess will be carried over to the next license term. LTC or Ethics credits will be carried over as general credits. In a
two-year license term, a course may not be taken for credit more than once.
CATEGORY RESTRICTIONS
Licensees must take approved courses in the line of authority in which
they are licensed in.
SPECIAL TRAINING
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LONG TERM CARE TRAINING: Before a Producer can sell or solicit Long
Term Care Insurance they must be a licensed Accident and Health Producer.
Further, they must complete an initial 8 hours of state approved Long Term Care
Training. Producers must then complete an 8-hour ongoing training requirement.
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Producers licensed four years or less must annually complete 8 hours of
ongoing state approved LTC training, for the next four years of licensure.
After the four-year period, the producer need only complete 8 hours of ongoing
LTC training every two- year license term. Producers that are licensed more
than 4 years, need only to complete 8 hours of ongoing LTC training every
two-year license term. Additionally, agents who hold a life-only license may
sell LTC products ONLY as a LTC rider on a full life policy
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LONG TERM CARE PARTNERSHIP TRAINING: Before selling LTC Partnership products
in California, Producers must complete 16 hours of approved LTC training. Half
of the required 16 hours (8) must be completed in a state approved classroom
course. The remaining 8 must be taken in a state approved self-study course. To
remain in compliance, producers must then complete an 8-hour ongoing training
requirement in a state approved classroom every two-year license term.
Producers licensed for less than 4 years must ANNUALLY complete 8 hours of
ongoing LTCP training.
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FLOOD INSURANCE TRAINING: California licensed producers who sell National Flood
Insurance Policies are required to take a one-time 3-hour course on Flood
Insurance.
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HOMEOWNERS VALUATION TRAINING: All Property (Fire) and Casualty broker-agents
and Personal Lines broker-agents who sell or negotiate homeowners’ insurance
MUST complete a one-time 3-hour training course in homeowners’ insurance
valuation.
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ANNUITY TRAINING: Producers must complete a state approved initial 8-hour
training requirement before selling annuities in California. Producers then
must complete an on- going 4-hour state approved annuity CE course every two
years, thereafter.
COURSE PRESENTATION
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PROGRESSIVE – Licensees must progress through the course, topic by
topic. Licensees must access all reading content and attempt all Study by Topic
quizzes.
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CERTIFICATION EXAM – Licensees are required to pass the certification exam
with a 70% or better. The date that you successfully pass the certification exam is the completion date.
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STUDY BY TOPIC QUIZZES – ExamFX requires that all Study by Topic quizzes be
passed with at least a score of 70%.
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LICENSEE ATTESTATION – The licensee attestation must be completed following the
certificate exam.
CERTIFICATES OF COMPLETION AND REPORTING
Print your certificate of completion directly from the course. Completions are reported typically within two (2)
business days of the certificate having been issued. There is a $.65 per credit hour fee in order to report completions to the state.
NONRESIDENT PRODUCERS
If your resident state requires continuing education hours, you will not
have to comply with California continuing education requirements. However, if
you market long-term care you must complete a California 8 Hour Long-Term
course from an approved California education provider and if you market
Annuities you must comply with California's Annuity training requirement.
CE EXEMPTIONS
The following are exempt from California CE requirements:
• Producers who have held a life agent license for at least one year or who obtained a life settlement broker license prior to July 2, 2010 are exempt from
the 15-hour life settlement broker training course requirement. This does not include an exemption from the life agent CE requirement of 24 CE hours, including 3 hours of ethics.
• The producer holds a nonresident license ONLY
• The producer holds only a cargo shippers license.
• The producer is 70 years or older and has held a California insurance license in good standing for 30 years or more. These producers are not exempt from the special training listed above.
• The producer holds a life license and claims a funeral exemption (sells less than $15,000 of insurance).
• Nonresident Adjusters
ADDITIONAL LICENSE RENEWAL INFORMATION
Renewals can be done before all CE is completed, but will not be processed until all required CE has been reported to the CA Department of Insurance.
Agents can renew their online license here.
STATE CONTACT INFORMATION
California Department of Insurance
Phone: (800) 967-9331
Website: http://www.insurance.ca.gov
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 make sure that 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 states requirements.