LICENSE RENEWAL

• The license renewal date is the last day of the agent’s birth month.
• The license term is every 2 years, ending on the last day of the producer’s birth month in odd- or even-numbered years. Producers born in an even-numbered year must complete their CE in even-numbered years. Producers born in an odd-numbered year must complete their CE in odd-numbered years courses accepted for CE credit.

COURSES ACCEPTED FOR CE CREDIT

• Classroom Courses / Webinars
• Self-Study Courses
• Online Courses
• An Instructor shall qualify for the same number of credit hours as the students.

COURSE SUBJECT REQUIREMENTS

• Three (3) hours of ethics each compliance period.
• Courses must be approved for lines of insurance for which license is held.

ANNUITY REQUIREMENT

• Effective July 1, 2021: A producer who desires to sell annuities must comply with the law, which is effective immediately. A Producer who completed an annuity training course prior to July 1 2021, must by January 1, 2022 complete a new 4 credit course approved by the Department of Insurance (DOI) or an additional one-time 1 credit course approved by DOI. Producers licensed after July1st, 2021 must take a 4-hour annuity best interest course prior to selling annuities.

LONG TERM CARE PARTNERSHIP REQUIREMENT

• Initial eight (8) hours LTCP.
• Four (4) hours every 2 years following.
• Non-residents who satisfy the training requirements of another state that are similar to Nebraska’s law will be deemed compliant for Nebraska’s requirement.

CARRYOVER REQUIREMENT

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

COURSE REPETITION

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

FINAL EXAM

• Self-Study exams are closed-book and must be monitored by a disinterested 3rd party. Exams must be completed in one session. A disinterested third party is an individual with no family or financial relationship to the student. Therefore a monitor should not serve for examinations of family members, relatives, or dependents; employers or supervisors; employees or subordinates; partners, joint ventures, or co-owners; or anyone in whom the monitor or instructor has an economic or other interest in assuring the successful outcome of the examination.
• Effective 7/25/2022, the Nebraska Department of Insurance eliminated the proctor requirement for online self-study CE courses.
• Specific Monitor Affidavit needed.

EXEMPTIONS

• Individuals who hold a limited-lines license.
• Non-residents who are in good standing with his or her home state.

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