CONTINUING EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS
| HOURS: |
12 hours annually |
| Agents or service representatives who are employed by another
agent or insurer to work only in the office of the employer, and who do
not hold a nonresident license in any other state, must complete six hours
annually |
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| Course subject requirement: |
There are no license-related course subject requirements |
| Compliance date: |
License renewal. Agent renewal date is the last day of the birth month,
annually. Broker renewal date is 12/31, annually. |
| Carryover of excess hours: |
A maximum of 12 hours may be carried over to the next reporting period. |
| Course repetition: |
Courses may not be taken for credit more than once in each reporting
period. |
| Training methods: |
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Independent self-study courses
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Classroom study/Seminar
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| Monitored final exam: |
Self-study final exams are required to be monitored by a disinterested
third party (i.e., someone with no business or family relationship to the
student) |
| Nonresidents: |
Exempt if licensee's home state requires CE and has a reciprocal agreement
with Alabama. If licensee's home state has no CE requirement and reciprocal
agreement, licensee must comply with Alabama's CE requirement. |
| Exemptions: |
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| Individuals who are at least 60 years of age and have been licensed
continuously in Alabama for at least 15 years |
Individuals who are CLUs, CPCUs, CICs, ChFCs, CFPs, RHUs, REMCs, CHCs,
or ARMs |
| Individuals licensed only for lines of insurance for which a license
exam is not required. |
Individuals licensed only for automobile physical damage insurance,
industrial fire (debit fire) insurance and/or physical damage coverage
on household goods. |
| Insurance company officers who are not engaged in the active sale of
products. |
Individuals licensed less than one year at the time of the first CE
compliance date are exempt for that first reporting period. |
| Method to certify completion: |
The course provider keeps reports of credits earned in its files for
three years. The licensee keeps the original certificates of completion
in his or her files. The licensee must certify compliance with CE on the
licensee renewal form. |
