Senate Bill 876, passed during the 2015 Texas legislative session, reduced the required credit hours for continuing education (CE) for agent and adjuster license renewals to 24 hours for each two-year renewal period and removed the requirement that half of the hours must be taken each year.
This change was effective for all licenses issued or renewing on or after Sept. 1, 2015
For licenses expiring before Sept.1, 2015, the licensee had to have completed 30 hours of CE.
The Texas Department of Insurance (TDI) will no longer renew a license if there is any deficiency in CE credit, either from the most recent renewal period or a prior renewal period.
For all licenses issued or renewing on and after Nov. 1, 2015, completion of the 24 hours of CE credit for the two-year renewal period is required. If a licensee does not complete the 24 hours of CE before the expiration date of the license, the licensee will have 90 days to complete the deficient number of hours and pay a fine of $50 per deficient hour.
If these two conditions are not met within 90 days of the license expiring, the license will be inactivated, and the licensee will have to apply for a new license. A new license will not be granted until the deficient CE hours are completed and the fine is paid.
CE Verification
License holders are encouraged to verify that all Texas CE credit is current and has been posted to their TDI Sircon CE transcript. Transcripts can be viewed at http://www.sircon.com/Texas by clicking on “Look up Education Courses/Credits” in the left-hand menu and then clicking on “Continuing Education Transcript Inquiry.”
Texas CE Requirements
| License | Requirement per two-year renewal period |
| General Lines – Life, Accident, Health, and HMO (LAH) | 24 hours, including 2 hours of ethics |
| General Lines – Property and Casualty (PC) | 24 hours, including 2 hours of ethics |
| Life Agent | 24 hours, including 2 hours of ethics |
| Personal Lines Property and Casualty Agent | 24 hours, including 2 hours of ethics |
| Managing General Agent (MGA) | 24 hours, including 2 hours of ethics |
| Adjusters and Public Adjusters | 24 hours, including 2 hours of ethics |
| Life/Health Insurance Counselor | 24 hours, including 2 hours of ethics |
| Insurance Service Representative (ISR) | 24 hours, including 2 hours of ethics ; courses submitted to TDI for approval by insurer prior to use |
| Full time Home Office Employee | 24 hours, including 2 hours of ethics; courses submitted to TDI for approval by insurer prior to use |
| County Mutual | 10 hours, including 2 hours of ethics |
| Life Insurance Under $25,000 | 10 hours, including 2 hours of ethics |
| Limited Lines Agent | 10 hours, including 2 hours of ethics |
| Funeral Prearrangement | none |
| Navigators | Refer to the Navigator Registration Information page on TDI’s website |
Sources: Surplus Line Stamping Office of Texas, TDI
Topics Texas Agencies Training Development
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