1 Hour Annuity Training: The "Best Interest" Standard - VT
Insurance Continuing Education in Vermont
Your Price: $14.55
1 credit hour
* A roster fee of $1.60 per credit is required to file Insurance Continuing Education credit in Vermont. That fee is collected as part of your purchase and is then used to pay for the filling of your credits.
If purchased today, this course must be completed by:
January 05, 2025 (120 Days)
CE for CFP® Professionals
Insurance producers recommending and selling annuities are required to consider the client benefits and concerns associated with annuities and their impact on the particular client before recommending them. They must ensure that an annuity recommendation serve the client’s best interest and that the client will be able to benefit from one or more of the product’s features. For an annuity recommendation and sale to be deemed suitable and in the best interest of the client, an insurance producer must disclose certain information, including the important annuity features—resulting in any client advantages or disadvantages—to the client.
Learning Objectives: Students who have completed this course should be able to
- Define suitability and the requirements of Regulation Best Interest in the context of an annuity transaction;
- Describe the client information required to perform an appropriate annuity suitability analysis and determine if an annuity recommendation is in the client’s best interest;
- List the types of information that must be disclosed when making an annuity recommendation;
- Identify those situations in which an insurance producer has no suitability or best interest obligation to the client; and
- Describe the recordkeeping obligations to which insurance producers are subject in connection with recommended annuity transactions.
NON-RESIDENT LICENSEES: Non-resident licensees completing the course in a non-resident state will be issued a certificate showing completion of the course to meet the Annuity Best Interest Training requirement for the ability to sell, solicit and negotiate annuity products for your carriers in that state.
PLEASE NOTE: In most cases, completion of this course in a Non-Resident state will not be eligible for insurance continuing education. Completion of the course for only CFP credit will not be eligible for an insurance or annuity certificate of completion.
Exam Details
Course Details
This course has been certified by:
Rules for Vermont Insurance Continuing Education
- This state allows for course material to be downloaded. Please note that not all courses will have content that is suitable or available for downloading.
- Exam is closed book.
- The state of Vermont charges an additional fee of $1.60 per credit hour.