Thursday, July 9, 2015

The Appropriate Insurance Agent CE

By Olive Pate


If you are involved in selling, soliciting, or negotiating any of the insurance products, or you are an agent in the same industry, then you have to meet the minimum requirements before being licensed and additional specified requirements in order for your license to be renewed periodically. Among these requirements is the continued education (CE) for specified hours. The insurance agent CE will depend on your area of specialization. As such, there are compulsory topics to be covered as well as the additional topics to meet the minimal hours required.

The agents that meet certain requirements can be exempted from some or all CEs depending on the state there are renewing their licenses. The good example is those who hold the limited liability licenses as they qualify for exemptions. In the same way, the agents who have completed the credit required in their home states and are non-residents also get the exemptions just like those that have the inactive status as granted by the relevant State Director of Insurance.

Generally, the agents who hold the limited liability license, those who are non-residents and have completed these requirements in their states and the agents that have inactive status granted by the State Director of Insurance are among those who qualify for the exemptions.

In the case of the long-term care training, most states specify the initial training as well as the continued training to be completed every two years in most cases. The training covers the areas such as the long-term care and federal regulations, the available services and service providers, inflation effects, the insurance suitability standards and guidelines, and the alternatives to purchasing a private long-term care product. In addition to these topics, there are many other areas that may be covered.

The other agents in long-term care line also have to be trained on specific topics that are relevant to their area of interest. These include the training in the specific long-term care policies available, how inflation affects the long-term care policy, suitability of a given product, the policy guides, how the private long-term care policies compares and many other relevant topics in the area. According to the state requirements the agent has to meet some of these requirements before the initial requirements and the rest before the license can renewed.

The other category with significant difference is that of the national flood policy providers. These categories require that the agent adheres to the state requirements as well as the federal rules and regulations as set by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). As such, the minimum requirements in training in accordance with the Section 207 FEMA Flood Insurance Reform Act 2004 must be met before one can be granted the license.

The national flood insurance agents on the other hands are mostly regulated by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, and the regulators at the level of the federal government. However, they still have to adhere to some state requirements and also have to complete some continuing education for license renewal.

Several organizations are now offering these training and most can be reached through the internet, however, you must confirm that the said organization is authorized by the relevant authorities to offer the training before signing for their courses.




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