Utah State Requirements

Updated: 03/12/2012

Continuing Education Hours

Producers and Adjusters: 24 hours of CE biennially, 3 of which must be ethics

Title Producers: 12 hours of CE biennially, 3 hours of ethics

Agents licensed 20 years or more must complete 6 CE hours biennially, including 3 years of ethics.

Course Subject Requirements

• Hours can be taken in any line of authority.
• 3 hours must be taken in Ethics.
• 50% of the total required hours must be taken in a classroom.
• All Utah licensed resident insurance producers who sell federal flood insurance policies must complete a one-time course related to the NFIP Flood requirement. The producer licensee will receive three hours of continuing education credits for completion of this course.

Continuing Education Compliance Date

Same as license renewal date

License Renewal Date

License renewal date is the last day of license issuance month, biennially, based on year of issue.

Type of courses accepted for CE Credit

Independent self-study courses (up to one-half of requirement), Courses sponsored by the Insurance company for which licensee is employed (up to one-half of requirement), or Classroom (50% of the total required hours must be taken in a classroom).

Carryover Requirements

Carryover of excess CE credit hours is not allowed.

Course Repetition

Credit will not be given for courses that are repeated.

Final Exam

Final exam is not required to be monitored.

Exemptions

• Individuals whose license lapses due to military service, voluntary service for a period of time designated by the person for whom the licensee provides voluntary service, or some other extenuating circumstance, such as long term medical disability, may be exempt from the continuing education requirements in order to reinstate the license.
• An individual who was first licensed before April 1st, 1978 may be exempt from continuing education requirements.
• Producers holding and maintaining the following designations are deemed to have met the CE requirements: CLU, ChFC and RHU with completion of the PACE program; CPCU with completion of the CPD program; and CFP, REBC, CIC, ACSR, CRM, SOFE, or IRES with completion of their continuing education requirements.
• A title producer who is an active member in good standing with the State Bar, and has met the continuing education requirements of the Utah State Bar, is considered to have met the continuing education requirements for the Utah Insurance Department.

Method to Certify Completion

You will be able to print your certificate of completion online once you have completed your exam. The course provider reports credits earned to Sircon. The licensee submits the CE filing fee to the insurance department by the compliance date. The course provider keeps copies of attendance rosters on file for two years. The licensee keeps the certificates of completion in his or her files and furnishes them to the insurance department upon request as part of a random audit.

Nonresidents

Exempt if licensee's home state requires substantially similar CE. Nonresident submits letter of certification (not more than 90 days old) with the renewal card and fees. If licensee's home state has no similar CE requirement, licensee must comply with Utah's CE requirement.

Nonresident independent adjusters are required to be licensed in Utah.

For Additional Information please Contact:

State of Utah Insurance Department
3110 State Office Building
Salt Lake City, Utah 841141

Phone: (801) 538-3809 or (801) 538-3855
Fax: (801) 538-3829

Email: mcovington@utah.gov

State Website: http://www.insurance.state.ut.us/

To check the status of your CE credits for your state:
*You will need your SSN and License number*

• 1. Go to http://www.sircon.com/
• 2. Click, "For Producers/Agents"
• 3. Click, "Obtain Education Information"
• 4. Click, "Education Transcript Inquiry"
• 5. Input your SSN, choose your state from the pull-down menu, and input your License number
• 6. Click, "Submit".

 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.