LICENSE RENEWAL

• Licenses expire on the last day of the birth month, every 3-4 years based on license issuance. May not exceed 48 months.

COURSES ACCEPTED FOR CE CREDIT

• Classroom / Seminar / Conference / Teleconferences / Webinars
• Self-Study Courses
• Online Courses
• Instructors may earn double credit hours for teaching a classroom course for five or more students. AZ licensees who are instructors may earn instructor credit only once during a compliance period.

COURSE SUBJECT REQUIREMENTS

• Ethics requirement of 6 (six) hours for licensees.

ANNUITY REQUIREMENT

• Effective January 1, 2021, licensees who sell annuity products will need to complete a new annuity course that includes the new Best Interest rules.
• Licensees who have already completed a 4-hour annuity course prior to 01/01/2021 may complete a 1-hour annuity best interest course or complete the new 4-hour annuity best interest course. The one hour must be completed before 06/30/21.
• Licensees who have not completed a 4-hour annuity course must take the annuity best interest course prior to selling annuities.

LONG TERM CARE REQUIREMENT

• Initial 8-hour training requirement: Before selling, soliciting or negotiating LTC insurance products in Arizona, a producer must be licensed with the “Accident and Health or Sickness” line of authority; and have completed eight (8) hours of Arizona approved initial LTC training.
• Ongoing 4-hour training requirement: A 4-hour follow-up course must be completed after the two-year period in which the person satisfied the initial 8-hour LTC training requirement.
• Non-residents who satisfy the LTC training requirements of another state that are similar to Arizona’s law will be deemed compliant for Arizona’s requirement.

CARRYOVER REQUIREMENT

• Credit hours cannot be carried over to the next compliance period.

COURSE REPETITION

• Credit will not be given for a course that is repeated within a compliance period.

FINAL EXAM

• Self-study exams are open-book and do not require a monitor.

EXEMPTIONS

• Producers who have been “continuously licensed” in AZ as an insurance agent, broker or producer since January 1, 1995.
• Non-residents whose home state has a continuing education requirement, are not required to complete Arizona continuing education.

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