Updated June 28, 2024
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COLORADO CE COURSES
The following courses are currently available for Colorado:
| Course Name | Credit Hours | Line of Authority |
| Anti-Money Laundering - Ethical Decision Making for Insurance | 3.00 | Ethics |
| Ethical Practices: Avoiding E&O Claims | 3.00 | Ethics |
| Ethics & Insurance: How to Sell Ethically & Comply with the Law | 3.00 | Ethics |
| Front Line Fraud Prevention | 3.00 | Ethics |
| NFIP Flood Insurance | 3.00 | Flood (P&C) |
| Indexed Product Training | 4.00 | Life, Accident & Health |
| Distribution Planning | 4.00 | Life, Accident & Health |
| Group Benefits & Worksite Insurance | 4.00 | Life, Accident & Health |
| Health Insurance Policies: Protecting Clients from Health-Related Loss | 5.00 | Life, Accident & Health |
| Life Insurance Policy Types & Suitability | 6.00 | Life, Accident & Health |
| Medicare Supplement Insurance: Closing the Gap | 4.00 | Life, Accident & Health |
| Principles of Life and Health Insurance | 12.00 | Life, Accident & Health |
| Retirement Planning | 4.00 | Life, Accident & Health |
| Variable Life & Annuities: Understanding Investment Potential and Risks | 5.00 | Life, Accident & Health |
| Annuity Suitability and Best Interest Standard Training | 4.00 | Annuity Best Interest 4hr |
| 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 (meets 3 hour Homeowners training requirement) |
| Principles of Property and Casualty Insurance | 13.00 | Property & Casualty |
REQUIRED HOURS
Producers in Colorado must take 24 hours of continuing education, 3 of those hours being in Ethics every 2-year license term. Renewal must be met by the last day of the licensee’s birth month.
Up to 12 hours of excess CE credits may be carried over ONLY if the courses were taken within the last 120 days of the previous license cycle. Ethics credits will be carried over as general credit. Courses may not be repeated within 2 years of the
original completion date.
CATEGORY RESTRICTIONS
Producers must take 18 hours in the lines they are licensed for, 3 hours must be in Ethics, and the remaining 3 hours can be taken in any category. Dual line licensed producers may split the required hours between both lines of authority or choose
to accrue all credit in one line of authority held. Property or Personal Lines licensees must complete 3 hours of homeowners CE.
SPECIAL TRAINING
• LONG-TERM CARE INSURANCE TRAINING – Producers must meet an initial 16-hour requirement before selling LTC in the state of Colorado. 8-hours of the LTC can be completed via online or self-study. The remaining 8-hours MUST be completed
in a classroom or webinar setting and will consist of material specific to the LTC Partnership program. After completing the initial 16-hour training, producers must then take an ongoing 5-hour LTC refresher course every 2 calendar years from the initial
completion date. These 5 hours must be completed in a classroom setting.
• ANNUITY BEST INTEREST TRAINING – Colorado licensed producers must complete a one-time state approved 4-hour Annuity Suitability Best Interest course before selling, soliciting or negotiating any annuity products.
• FLOOD INSURANCE TRAINING – Colorado licensed producers who sell flood insurance are required to take a 3-hour one-time course approved for the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP).
• HOMEOWNERS INSURANCE TRAINING
– Colorado producers licensed to sell personal lines and property insurance must complete a 3-hour homeowners’ valuation insurance course each license term.
• CLAIMS MADE – Licensed producers in Colorado who sell, adjust
or make consultations on claims-made policies must complete a state approved course for 2-hours on claims-made policies.
COURSE PRESENTATION
• CERTIFICATE EXAM – Licensees are required to pass the certificate exam with a 70% or better. Exams must be monitored by a disinterested third party (a person with no family or financial relationship) who certifies that the licensee completed the exam without outside assistance.
• STUDY BY TOPIC QUIZZES – ExamFX recommends that all Study by Topic Quizzes are passed with a 70% or better.
• LICENSEE AND PROCTOR ATTESTATION – The licensee and proctor attestation must be completed
following the certificate exam.
CERTIFICATES OF COMPLETION AND REPORTING
Your certificate of completion will be processed within two (2) business days and can be downloaded/printed from the "View Certificate(s)" link in the course launch portal. Completions are normally reported to the state within two (2) business days of the certificate having been issued.
NON-RESIDENT PRODUCERS
If you have satisfied the CE requirements of your home state, Colorado will consider that as satisfaction of the CE requirements as long as your home state recognizes the satisfaction of its CE requirements imposed upon producers from Colorado on the same basis. (Producers must still comply with LTC training requirements to market LTC products).
CE EXEMPTIONS
The following exemptions apply to these CE requirements:
• Newly licensed producers have until their second renewal cycle to comply.
Producers licensed to write only one or more of the following are exempt:
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Travel ticket/Limited Insurance Representative/HMO or Nonprofit Hospital Surgical Medical
• Bail bonding
• Title
• Limited lines credit
• Crop hail
ADDITIONAL LICENSE RENEWAL INFORMATION
Once your CE requirements have been met you can file a renewal application at SIRCON and follow the online renewal instructions. Once successfully renewed the record will be updated at the Colorado DOI's website and you can get your renewed license at SIRCON.
STATE CONTACT INFORMATION
Colorado Division of Insurance
1560 Broadway, Suite 560
Denver, CO 80202
Phone: 800-275-8247
Fax: 303-894-7455
Website: CO DOI Site
Mailing Address:
Pearson VUE Colorado Insurance
3131 S Vaughn Way, Suite 205
Aurora, CO 80014
Email: [email protected]
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.
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