Please be advised that effective March 1, 2023 all California agents and brokers must complete a 1-hour Anti-Fraud Awareness Training Course as part of their ethics training requirement. This applies to all agents and brokers who renew, or late renew their license after March 1, 2023. It is important to point out that agents who have an expiration date occurring after March 1, 2023, and have already renewed their license, must still complete this training if they have not done so. To comply with the new Agents and Brokers Anti-Fraud Training Requirements, agents must view a 1-hour Agents and Brokers...
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What Are My Maryland Insurance License Requirements?
This article covers all the steps you’ll need to follow to keep your insurance license active in Maryland. We’re confident that the BetterCE straightforward two-step process can help you renew your license quickly and without fuss. Every two years, you need to renew your insurance license. This must be done within 15 days prior to the license expiration date, which is the last day of your birth month. There are only two steps required to keep your Maryland insurance license active: Complete the required continuing education. Submit your renewal application at least 15 days prior to expiration. Step #1: Complete...
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What Are the Late Fees and Penalties if I Don’t Renew My Pennsylvania Insurance License on Time?
To renew your Pennsylvania insurance license, you must complete your continuing education requirements every two years before your license expiration date. Our article "How to Keep Your Insurance License Active in Pennsylvania" provides details on continuing education and renewal requirements for Pennsylvania insurance agents. In short, if you don’t complete your continuing education and renew your insurance license on time, you’ll be subject to additional fees and timelines if you wish to keep it active. This article provides further insight into late fees, penalties, and how to reinstate your Pennsylvania insurance license. So What if I Don’t Renew My Pennsylvania Insurance...
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What Are My Michigan Insurance License Renewal Requirements?
This article covers all the steps you’ll need to follow for your insurance license renewal in Michigan. We’re confident that the BetterCE straightforward process can help you renew your license quickly and without fuss. Every two years, you need to complete 24 credit hours of Approved Continuing Education prior to the Continuing Education Renewal Date or “CERD”. Your CERD occurs on the first day of your birth month - every 2 years. Of the 24 credits required, at least three of the 24 credit hours must be in the category of ethics. Your remaining credits can be taken in any...
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What Is a Webinar and Why Does it Work Great for Insurance CE?
Insurance continuing education is a perfect subject matter for webinar training. We should know. We’ve been delivering insurance CE for years using webinars and text-based self-paced online training. This article covers the broad definition of a webinar and its use in insurance continuing education. That includes the compelling benefits of insurance CE webinars, including no final exam. What Is a Webinar? A webinar is an online event broadcast via the Internet to a group of individuals on their computers, tablets, or even smartphones. It is also called a web seminar, webcast, or online event. With the rise of Zoom and...
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The Power of Webinars for Insurance Continuing Education
A few key statistics on eLearning demonstrate the power of webinars and online self-paced continuing education: Learning retention rates are 25-60%, compared with 8-10% for face-to-face training. Participants learn nearly five times more material without increasing the time spent in training. Time savings are 40-60% over traditional classroom training. This article provides further insight into the incredible power of insurance CE webinars for continuing education. What Is a Webinar? A webinar is an online, instructor-led presentation delivered via video conferencing. Instructors share their screens, files, and knowledge via audio and video. It is conducted in real time, allowing students to...
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What Are the Penalties if I Don’t Renew My Illinois Insurance License on Time?
To renew your Illinois insurance license, you must complete your continuing education requirements every two years before your license expiration date. Our article "How to Keep Your Insurance License Active in Illinois" provides details on continuing education renewal requirements. If you don’t complete your continuing education on time, you cannot transact insurance business until the license is reinstated. This article provides further insight into the penalties and how to reinstate your Illinois insurance license. Illinois Insurance License Expiration and Reinstatement You must complete your continuing education before you can access the renewal application. That makes it particularly important to complete it early....
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What if I Don’t Complete My New York Insurance Continuing Education On Time?
To renew your New York insurance license, you must complete your insurance continuing education requirements every two years before your license expiration date. Our article "How to Keep Your Insurance License Active in New York" provides details on continuing education renewal requirements. If you don’t complete your continuing education on time, you cannot transact insurance business until your license is reinstated. This article provides further insight into how to reinstate your New York insurance license. New York Insurance License Expiration and Reinstatement Your license is eligible for renewal within 180 days of the license expiration date, but only if all your...
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What if I Don’t Complete My Florida Insurance Continuing Education on Time?
We frequently receive calls from Florida insurance agents asking, “What if I don’t complete my continuing education requirements before my CE Due Date?”, “What are the penalties?”, and “Are there extensions?”. In this article, we’ll cover everything Florida insurance agents need to know to keep their license active and what penalties and options are available if they don’t meet the necessary requirements on time. What Are the Requirements to Keep My Florida License Active? The great news is that there are no renewal requirements for Florida-licensed insurance agents. There’s no renewal application, and better yet, no renewal fees. The only...
Read More »BULLETIN: NEW REQUIREMENT FOR CALIFORNIA INSURANCE AGENTS – LICENSE NUMBER REQUIRED IN EMAIL COMMUNICATIONS
November 15, 2022: The California Department of Insurance has issued a Notice advising all California agents, adjusters, agencies, and others of new legal requirements pertaining to email communications. Effective January 1, 2023, California licensed insurance agents, adjusters, brokers, and other licensees will be required to include their license number on email communications. This applies to any email from any account that pertains to any activity for which the licensee must hold a license. The license number must be displayed below or adjacent to the licensee’s title in a font no smaller than the licensees other contact information. If the agent...
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