Arizona Major Lines Licensed Insurance Agents are required to complete 48 credits of continuing education every 4 years prior to their license expiration date. Of the 48 Credits required, 6 credits must be done in the category of Ethics Training. The remaining requirements are “non-license type specific”: Agents can take courses in any topic as long as they are approved by the Arizona Department of Insurance.

Major Lines include: Life, Accident and Sickness, Property, Casualty, and Personal Lines. Producers licensed in multiple major lines (Property and Life, for example) are only required to meet the same requirements as Producers with single lines of licensing. In other words: you only have to take 48 credit hours of CE if you hold multiple lines of licensing.

Agents must complete their CE Requirements prior to their license expiration date to be eligible to renew their license. Arizona also charges an additional $.75 per credit hour “filing fee” that must be collected by the CE provider and remitted when credits are filed. It is highly recommended that agents complete their CE Requirements at least 24 hours in advance of their license expiration date to ensure that their renewal application is made available. Upon completion of all CE Requirements, licenses can be renewed online through NIPR.com, or Sircon.com. The renewal fee is $120 total, regardless of the number of major-lines licenses being renewed.

Licenses are eligible for renewal when:

1. all CE Requirements have been completed, and
2. when the licensee is within 90 days of their license expiration date.