Continuing Education
Adjusters or Consultants
No continuing education is required for adjusters or consultants.
Producers
Continuing education hours are required for producers licensed for life, health, variable life, property, casualty, or personal lines.
CE hours must include three hours of Oregon law and three hours of insurance
producer ethics at every renewal.
A maximum of four hours in approved agency management courses is allowed at each renewal. These courses are identified by a course registration
number starting with the letter "P."
Continuing Education Hours Requirements
24 hours for every renewal with 3 hours of Oregon law and 3 hours of ethics.
Continuing Education Providers
Anyone wishing to provide continuing education for insurance producers needs to be registered with the Insurance Division as a continuing education
provider. To register, submit a Continuing Education Provider Registration (Form
2162).
Important information for continuing education providers
- Course providers must renew their registration every two years. The Insurance Division mails out provider renewal notices.
- Courses expire two years from the month of approval. No renewal reminders are mailed to providers for courses.
- All course registration requests must be received 10 days before the course date to be eligible for review, and 60 days before the course
date to ensure approval prior to that course date.
- All course times, dates and locations must be submitted 10 days before the course.
- Course topics must fall within the guidelines of OAR 836-071-0230. Sales and marketing classes are not eligible for credit.
- Each lecture hour of CE credit must have a minimum of 50 minutes of instruction.
- Certificates of completion must include the following:
- Producer's name
- Course title
- Course registration number
- Course date
- Credit hours approved
- Authorized signature of provider on file with the Insurance Division
- Agency management courses are limited to a maximum of four hours per renewal period. These courses must have some consumer benefit and be
unique to the insurance industry.
- Law courses must provide information relating to Oregon legislation, laws, rules, or case law. General law and federal law do not qualify
for Oregon law credit.
- Continuing education providers cannot advertise courses for continuing education credit before the courses have been approved by the Insurance
Division.