Where can I take insurance continuing education courses and classes?

Continuing education courses are offered by providers approved by each state's insurance department, and the National Insurance Producer Registry (NIPR) posts each state's requirements plus a CE transcript lookup by state. Most states require 24 hours per two-year license term, including 3 hours of ethics, and the approved provider reports your completions directly to the state. Complete your hours well before expiration, because most states block renewal until CE is on file, and provider reporting can take several business days.

California continuing education courses are offered by providers approved by the California Department of Insurance (CDI), and only courses approved for your license type earn credit. Producers in the major lines must complete 24 hours per two-year term, including 3 hours of ethics with 1 hour on insurance fraud; limited lines automobile agents need 20 hours. Providers report your completions to CDI within 30 days, and you should keep your certificates for at least five years.

Continuing education courses are taken through providers approved by the Florida Department of Financial Services, which maintains the list of approved courses on its licensing website. Your provider must report course completion to the department within 21 days, and you should not submit certificates unless requested. CE is due every two years by the last day of your birth month, and you can track your compliance status in your MyProfile account.

Georgia continuing education courses are offered by state-approved education providers, and course completions are uploaded electronically from the provider to your record at Sircon.com/georgia; paper completion forms are not accepted as proof. You can review your CE transcript and compliance status through the same Sircon portal.

Illinois continuing education courses come from providers approved by the state's Department of Insurance. You can search approved providers through the education provider lookup at statebasedsystems.com. Remember that 3 of your 24 required CE hours must be classroom or webinar ethics, which rules out pure self-study for that portion. Providers report your completed hours to the state, so verify that your hours appear on your record well before your renewal date.

Continuing education in North Carolina is administered by Prometric, the Department of Insurance's CE Administrator, which approves providers and courses, so licensees take courses from approved providers. Resident adjusters must complete 24 hours each biennial period, including mandatory ethics and flood hours. Nonresident producers have no North Carolina continuing education requirement. If hours are finished within 4 months of the compliance date, a $75 reinstatement fee paid to Prometric restores the license.

Oregon-approved continuing education courses are found through the State Based Systems (SBS) course look-up: select Oregon as the jurisdiction and search by course or provider, and avoid courses showing "Unregistered course" as the provider name. Independent-study courses require proctored exams, and proctors must register with the Division of Financial Regulation. You can view your completed hours in the SBS License Manager transcript.

Pennsylvania-approved continuing education course listings and free CE transcripts are available through the state's Sircon portal (sircon.com/pennsylvania). Producers must complete 24 hours each 2-year cycle, including 3 hours of ethics for resident producers under Act 142 of 2024, and should not take CE courses before the license issue date or they will not receive credit.

Tennessee approves independent education providers and their courses, and you can search the approved list through State Based Systems at www.statebasedsystems.com. Providers must electronically report your completed hours to the state within 30 days of course completion. Your CE transcript also appears on the same site, which the state updates daily.

Only TDI-certified courses from registered providers count toward your continuing education hours, and providers post your credits electronically. You can find approved courses through the state's course lookup on Sircon. At least half of your required hours must be classroom or classroom equivalent, and up to 4 hours can come from active membership in a state or national insurance association.