Tennessee State Requirements

Updated: 03/12/2012

Continuing Education Hours

• Producers are required to complete 24 hours biennially, including 3 hours of ethics.
• Combination Multi-peril crop adjuster and L/H or P/C producers are required to take 48 hours, including 4 hours of ethics.

Core Subject Requirements

• Agents wishing to sell LTC must also complete a 8-hourLTC requirement prior to selling LTC products. The LTC requirement counts towards the completion of the basic CE requirement. By the end of each consecutive renewal period, agents must complete a 4-hour "refresher" state-approved LTC course to continue selling LTC.
• All Tennessee licensed resident insurance producers who sell federal flood insurance policies shall be required to complete a one time 3 hour requirement on flood insurance.

Continuing Education Compliance Date

The renewal date is the first day of the agent's birth month biennially. The renewal date for agents born in odd years will be in odd years, and the renewal date for agents born in even years will be in even years.

License Renewal Date

 Same as CE compliance date.

Type of courses accepted for CE Credit

 Independent self study courses or classroom

Carryover Requirements

 A maximum of 12 hours may be carried over to the next reporting period

Course Repetition

 Courses may not be repeated within 2 years from the original completion date.

Final Exam

 Final exam does not need to be monitored.

Exemptions

• Individuals who are at least 65 years old
• Individuals who have been licensed continuously in Tennessee since January 1, 1994.
• Non resident agents if their state has CE requirements and has a reciprocal agreement with Tennessee
• Individuals on extended duty in the Armed Forces are exempt for the period of such duty.
• Limited Lines Licenses

Method to Certify Completion

You will be able to print your certificate of completion online once you have completed your exam. Course provider reports credits earned to the CE Administrator (Promissor). Agent submits copies of certificates of completion to Insurance Department with Renewal Notice. Original certificates of completion are kept in agent's files for 2 years.

Nonresidents Exempt

For Additional Information please Contact:

Tennessee Department of Commerce and Insurance
Producer Licensing Section
500 James Robertson Parkway, 4th Floor
Nashville, TN 37243

Phone: 1-888-416-0868 or (615) 741-2693
Fax: (615) 532-2862 Promissor
1-800-274-2603

State Website: http://www.state.tn.us/commerce/

 CE Subscriptions

Monitor Information

Many states require that your test be monitored by a 3rd party when you take this course. The person taking the test and the monitor must sign an affidavit and submit it to the CE Provider. Those states are:

Alabama, Arkansas, Arizona, Colorado, Connecticut, District of Columbie, Georgia, Hawaii, Iowa, Indiana, Kansas, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, North Carolina, Nebraska, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin and Wyoming.

Other states require no monitor, but still require an affidavit to be filled out and submitted to the CE Provider before credit can be granted for a passed course. Those states are:

Florida and Ohio.

If you are going to be requesting a certificate or credit in any of the states' mentioned, then you will need to have a monitor present when you take the 8 hour course, and have them fill out the correct monitor form (one for each state you are requesting the certificate from that requires a monitor). You can find all of the monitor forms by clicking here.