Georgia Insurance Agent Continuing Education and License Renewal Requirements

General Requirements

Georgia Major Lines Licensed Agents must complete 24 Credit Hours of Approved Continuing Education every 2 years to be eligible to Renew their License.

At least 3 of the 24 credit hours must be approved for Ethics Training.

Major Lines include:

1. Life, Accident and Sickness
2. Property and Casualty
3. Personal Lines

Continuing Education and Renewal Requirements must be completed every 2 years, on or before their Expiration Date, which is the last day of the licensee’s birth month.

Agents licensed in multiple lines are only required to meet the same requirements as agents with single lines of licensing.

Georgia CE Requirements are “Non-License Type Specific.” Agents can take courses in any subject matter as long as:

1. They are approved by the Georgia Department of Insurance
2. At least 3 credit hours are approved for Ethics Training

Exemptions

Agents licensed consecutively for more than 20 years are only required to take 20 Hours of Continuing Education, 3 hours of which must be in Ethics.

Special Training Requirements

Property and Casualty Agents

Flood Training

Agents licensed in the Property line of authority that will be selling Flood Insurance must complete a one-time, 3 Hour continuing education course related to NFIP (National Flood Insurance Program).

Life and Health Agents

Annuity Training

Any agent who sells, solicits or negotiates an Annuity Product must complete a one-time, 4 Hour Annuity Suitability course prior to selling.

Long Term Care

An agent may not sell, solicit or negotiate a Long-Term Care Partnership policy unless the individual has completed an initial 8 Hour Long Term Care training course. Agents must also complete ongoing training consisting of a 4 Hour Long Term Care training course every compliance period following.

Additional Continuing Education Information

Carryover Credits

• Excess credits of up to fifty percent (50%) of your biennial CE requirement may be carried forward to the next filing period.
• Excess Ethics Training carries over as a General Credit and will not be applied to future Ethics Training Requirement.

Renewal Guidelines

Your License is Eligible for Renewal during your “License Renewal Period”. The License Renewal Period for Georgia Licensed Agents begins 90 Days prior to their Expiration Date. There are 3 Options for Renewing your license:

1. Online through NIPR, located here: GA Agent Renewal (NIPR)
2. Online through Vertifore (Sircon): GA Agent Renewal (Sircon)
3. Renewal via Paper Application: GA Agent Renewal (Paper Application)

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