WA Insurance Continuing Education Requirements

• All licenses (except resident adjusters)

  • Complete a minimum of 24 approved credit hours for that license type per each two-year license term, including three hours of ethics continuing education training.

• Resident Adjusters

  • Complete 24** hours of CE, including 3 hours of ethics training. Must be completed during each license renewal period of two years.
    
    **24 hours of CE goes into effect 7/1/2022

• Long Term Care -LTC

  • Agents wishing to sell Long Term Care are required to take a one time only 8 hour Department of Insurance certified course
  • Each license term thereafter each agent must complete a 4 hour Long Term Care Partnership CE course that is approved by the department.

• Flood Insurance Training

  • An insurance producer who sells flood insurance may satisfy the minimum training and education requirements by completing a 3-hour course related to the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP).

• We will notify the Department of Insurance electronically completed hours within one business day. The licensee will also be rquired to self-report their completed hours to WAOIC. The licensee is required to print and keep the certificate of completion in their files for three years.

• License term is every two years on the last day of the licensed agents birth date.

• Online courses
• Independent Self-study
• Classroom Study

• Non-Monitored Open Book Exam
• Must answer at least 70% of the questions correct to pass.

• CE credits may not be carried over from one term to the next.

• Courses can not be repeated in a three year period.

• Certificates of completion are available as soon as a course is completed with a passing grade. Certificates should be printed and kept on file for 3 years.

• Nonresident agents wanting to sell LTC products will have to complete the same courses as resident agents.

CE information (360) 725-7146 or (800) 725-7146
Renewal information (360) 725-7144
Fax (360) 586-2019
Email: licinfo@oic.wa.gov

Mailing Address:
State of Washington, Office of Ins. Commissioner
Agents/Brokers Division
P.O. Box 40255
Olympia, WA 98504-0255