Continuing education for insurance license: a state-by-state breakdown
State
CE requirements
Alabama
24 credit hours every 2 years, including 3 hours of ethics
Alaska
24 credit hours every 2 years, including 3 hours of ethics
Not more than 8 hours of management, marketing, sales, and training
Resident agents selling federal flood policies must complete 3 hours of flood insurance training as one-time requirement
Arkansas
24 credit hours every 2 years, including 3 hours of ethics
Arizona
48 credit hours every 4 years, including 6 hours of ethics
California
24 credit hours every 2 years, including 3 hours of ethics, which include 1 hour of anti-fraud training
Colorado
24 credit hours every 2 years, including 3 hours of ethics
Connecticut
24 credit hours every 2 years, including 3 hours of ethics, regulation, or law
Delaware
24 credit hours every 2 years, including 3 hours of ethics
District of Columbia
24 credit hours every 2 years, including 3 hours of ethics
3 hours of flood insurance training for P&C agents on first renewal
Florida
24 credit hours every 2 years, including 4 hours of law and ethics
Georgia
15 credit hours every year, including 3 hours of ethics for resident agents with less than 20 years
10 credit hours every year, including 3 hours of ethics for resident agents with more than 20 years
Hawaii
20 credit hours every 2 years, including 3 hours of law for L&H or P&C agents
30 credit hours every 2 years for L&H and P&C agents, consisting of 12 hours of L&H, 18 hours of P&C, including 2 hours each of law
Idaho
24 credit hours every 2 years, including 3 hours of ethics or law
Illinois
24 credit hours every 2 years, including 3 hours of ethics
Indiana
24 credit hours every 2 years, including 3 hours of ethics
Iowa
36 credit hours every 3 years, including 3 hours of ethics
Kansas
18 credit hours every 2 years, including 3 hours of ethics
Kentucky
24 credit hours every 2 years, including 3 hours of ethics
Louisiana
24 credit hours every 2 years, including 3 hours of ethics
Resident P&C or personal lines agents must complete 3 hours of flood insurance training as one-time requirement
Maine
24 credit hours every 2 years, including 3 hours of ethics
Maryland
24 credit hours every 2 years, including 3 hours of ethics
Massachusetts
45 credit hours every 3 years, including 3 hours of ethics
60 credit hours, including 3 hours of ethics for newly licensed agents on first renewal
Michigan
24 credit hours every 2 years, including 3 hours of ethics
Minnesota
24 credit hours every 2 years, including 3 hours of ethics
Mississippi
24 credit hours every 2 years, including 3 hours of ethics
Missouri
16 credit hours every 2 years, including 3 hours of ethics
Montana
24 credit hours every 2 years, including 3 hours of ethics and 1 hours of legislative changes
Nebraska
24 credit hours every 2 years, including 3 hours of ethics
Nevada
30 credit hours every 3 years
New Hampshire
24 credit hours every 2 years, including 3 to 10 hours of ethics
New Jersey
24 credit hours every 2 years, including 3 hours of ethics
New Mexico
24 credit hours every 2 years, including 3 hours of ethics and 3 hours of classroom training
New York
15 credit hours every 2 years, including:
1 hour of law
1 hour of ethics
1 hour of diversity, inclusion, and elimination of bias
1 hour of flood insurance for P&C agents
3 hours of flood insurance if licensed to sell policies through the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP)
North Carolina
24 credit hours every 2 years, including 3 hours of ethics
North Dakota
24 credit hours every 2 years, including 3 hours of ethics
Ohio
24 credit hours every 2 years, including 3 hours of ethics
Oklahoma
24 credit hours every 2 years, including 3 hours of ethics and 2 hours of legislative updates
Oregon
24 credit hours every 2 years, including 3 hours of ethics and 3 hours of law
Pennsylvania
24 credit hours every 2 years
Rhode Island
24 credit hours every 2 years, including 3 hours of ethics
South Carolina
24 credit hours every 2 years, including 3 hours of ethics
South Dakota
10 credit hours every 2 years for L&H or P&C agents
20 credit hours every 2 years for L&H and P&C agents
Tennessee
24 credit hours every 2 years, including 3 hours of ethics
Texas
24 credit hours every 2 years, including 3 hours of ethics
Utah
24 credit hours every 2 years, including 3 hours of ethics and 12 hours of classroom training
Vermont
24 credit hours every 2 years, including 3 hours of ethics and no more than 6 hours of agency management, 3 hours of flood insurance as one-time requirement
Virginia
16 credit hours every 2 years, including 2 hours of ethics and law
Washington
24 credit hours every 2 years, including 3 hours of ethics
West Virginia
24 credit hours every 2 years, including 3 hours of ethics
Wisconsin
24 credit hours every 2 years, including 3 hours of ethics
Wyoming
24 credit hours every 2 years, including 3 hours of ethics
