Ohio Insurance CE
Yes. Our Ohio state approval number is: 982.
https://gateway.insurance.ohio.gov/UI/ODI.Agent.Public.UI/AgentSearch.mvc/DisplaySearch
Most students will have their credits processed the same day on which they complete their final exam. If a course is completed outside of our normal business hours, these credits will be processed on the morning of the next business day. Once your credits have been successfully filed, you will receive a notification email that also contains your Certificate of Completion.
No. Self-study final exams do not require a monitor.
Self-study final exams are closed book. Licensees may not refer to the course material while the exam is in progress.
The final exam must be passed with a score of 70 percent or higher to receive credit. Students have unlimited attempts to pass the exam.
A roster fee of $1.00 per credit is required to process course credits in this state. This fee will be added to your order total during checkout and is then sent by us to the state upon completion.
No. You may spend as much time with the course material as you feel necessary, and you may come and go from that material as often as you like. There is no time limit on our exams, however all exams must be completed within one sitting. Once started, if an exam is abandoned for any reason you will need to begin that exam from the beginning when you next return.
Do take special note that every course has an expiration date, which is based on both the state approval and your website purchase date. In order to receive credit you must complete the course before that expiration date.
Major Lines Agents: 24 hours, including 3 hours of ethics, every 2-year license term.
Title: Persons holding only a title license need to complete 12 hours of CE, 10 of which must be approved as title specific and 2 of which must be approved as ethics specific, prior to renewing their license.
Surety Bail: 7 credit hours of CE, 6 of which must be approved as surety bail bond-specific and 1 of which must be approved as ethics-specific, prior to renewing their license.
Viatical Settlement Brokers: 15 credit hours, all of which must be approved as Viatical-specific credit.
Major Lines Agents + Title: 24 credit hours of CE, 10 of which must be approved as title-specific and 3 of which must be approved as ethics-specific.
Major Lines Agents + Surety Bail: 24 credit hours of CE, 12 of which must be approved as surety bail bond-specific and 3 of which must be approved as ethics-specific.
| Special Training | Education Requirements |
|---|---|
| Annuity Best Interest Updated Training Requirement! |
Ohio has upgraded its previous Suitability in Annuities training requirement to a Best Interest training requirement. Producers licensed prior to the effective date who previously complete a 4 hour Suitability in Annuities course must complete either a 4 hour Best Interest course or a 1 hour Best Interest Update course no later than 9/30/2021. Producers licensed after the effective date, or who did not complete the required update prior to the deadline, must complete a 4 hour Best Interest course prior to selling annuity products. |
| Flood | Before selling flood insurance, licensees must complete a one-time 3-hour training class on flood insurance and the National Flood Insurance Program. New licensees must comply with flood training before their first CE compliance date. |
| Long Term Care |
Initial 8-hour LTC training requirement: Before selling, soliciting, or negotiating LTC insurance products in Ohio, producers must complete an initial 8-hour, state-approved LTC training course. Ongoing 4-hour LTC training requirement: After completing the 8-hour initial training requirement, producers must complete 4 hours of state-approved LTC training every 24-month compliance period following completion of the initial LTC training. |
Ohio non-resident agents (excluding non-resident Viatical Settlement Brokers) who have met the CE requirements in their home state, agents who hold only a Limited Authority license or agent who have been granted inactive status by the Superintendent are exempt from the CE requirements.
Non-Resident Viatical Settlement Brokers: 15 credit hours, all of which must be approved as Viatical-specific credit.
| Special Training | Education Requirements |
|---|---|
| Annuity Best Interest Updated Training Requirement! |
Ohio has upgraded its previous Suitability in Annuities training requirement to a Best Interest training requirement. Producers licensed prior to the effective date who previously complete a 4 hour Suitability in Annuities course must complete either a 4 hour Best Interest course or a 1 hour Best Interest Update course no later than 9/30/2021. Producers licensed after the effective date, or who did not complete the required update prior to the deadline, must complete a 4 hour Best Interest course prior to selling annuity products. |
| Long Term Care |
Initial 8-hour LTC training requirement: Before selling, soliciting, or negotiating LTC insurance products in Ohio, producers must complete an initial 8-hour, state-approved LTC training course. Ongoing 4-hour LTC training requirement: After completing the 8-hour initial training requirement, producers must complete 4 hours of state-approved LTC training every 24-month compliance period following completion of the initial LTC training. |
Major Lines Licensed Agents: The license term is every 2 years, based on the last day of the producer's birth month.
Title: The license term is every 2 years, based on the last day of the producer's birth month.
Surety Bail: Annually expiring the last day of February.
Viatical Settlement Brokers: Biennially expiring the last day of March.
Major Lines Agents + Title: Both license types must be renewed every 2 years by the last day of the agent’s birth month
Major Lines Agents + Surety Bail: The major lines license must be renewed every 2 years by the last day of the agent’s birth month and the surety bail bond license must be renewed annually by the last day of February.
Courses may not be taken for credit more than once in a 2-year license term.
Carryover of CE credits will only apply to license renewal applications submitted on or after February 1, 2016.
Resident agents who hold a Major Lines Licnse may carryover up to 12 credits during each renewal period. All carryover credits are applied as "General" credits and therefore agents will continue to need to meet specific "Ethic" or other line of business requirements. If the same course is taken more than once within a renewal period, the duplicate course(s) will not count towards the credits applicable to carry over to the next renewal period.
CE credits will carryover automatically on the agent's record with the Department, which means that any credit(s) that are applicable for carryover will automatically be carried over to the next renewal period after the license is renewed. Credits that have been carried over from a previous renewal period will show on CE transcripts as "CE Credit Carryover". The education provider for CE credit carryover will be "Ohio Dapartment of Insurance".
The following licensees are exempt from continuing education requirements:
- Persons holding a limited authority license
- Nonresident licensees in compliance with CE requirements for their home states
- Persons granted inactive license status by the State Director of Insurance
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