Life Insurance Products and Uses 

By the end of this online insurance CE course, agents should fully understand:

• The need for Life Insurance
• The uses, personal and business, for life insurance
• Determining how much life insurance to purchase
• Ethical considerations including replacement transactions
• The major types of life insurance contracts available
• The options and variations of these contracts in the marketplace
• When to use each of the types of life insurance
• Advantages and disadvantages of each type
• Provisions, exclusions, conditions, etc. in the standard life insurance policy
• Beneficiary designations
• Life insurance policy options
• Settlement Options
• Nonforfeiture Options
• Dividend Options
• Life Insurance Policy Riders
• Pricing and Life Insurance
• Taxation of life insurance
• Life insurance and financial planning 

This insurance continuing education course will help agents to:

• Understand and explain to clients the need for life insurance;
• Translate that need into an amount and type of coverage that for each client individually;
• Explain the various coverage features, benefits and options to the client;
• Recommend the proper coverage forms and endorsements for their client’s needs;
• Provide better service to their clients; as well as;
• Conduct life insurance sales in a lawful and ethical manner.

Oregon State Requirements

Updated: 12/16/2013

Continuing Education Hours

• All producers must complete 24 hours including 3 hours of ethics and 3 hours of Oregon law.
• Individuals who hold a CLU or CPCU designation must complete 24 hours biennially.
• Individuals who were exempt from the license exam due to having sufficient work experience or completing course work to obtain an industry-recognized designation may count the experience or course work as equivalent to having held the agent license for three years, and will have their CE requirement altered accordingly (contact the insurance department for details).
• Individuals who were previously licensed as an agent in Oregon or in another state will have an altered CE requirement, based on the number of years previously licensed (contact the insurance department for details).

Course Subject Requirements

• Courses must be approved for the lines of insurance for which the agent is licensed.
• Agent must complete three hours of Oregon law and two hours of ethics as part of the basic requirement.

• 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.

• Agents wishing to sell flood insurance must also complete a one-time, 3 hour flood course approved for National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) training.

Continuing Education Compliance Date

The compliance date is the license renewal date.

License Renewal Date

The license renewal date is the last day of the producer's birth month, biennially.

Types of courses accepted for CE Credit

Independent self-study courses and classroom study.

Final Exam

• Online Interactive self study courses DO NOT require a monitor.
• Paper-based courses and course exams MUST be monitored by a state-registered proctor OR a third party who is a librarian, clergyman, state or community college representative, certified public accountant (CPA) or attorney.

Carryover Requirements

No excess CE credit hours may be carried over to the next reporting period.

Course Repetition

Courses may not be taken for credit more than once in a renewal period.

Exemptions

• Non-residents are exempt.
• Individuals holding limited lines licenses for which an exam is not required.
• Individuals who are retired, at least 58 years of age, have been licensed for at least 10 years, authorized to transact life insurance only and will be servicing existing policies only. This exemption requires department approval.

Method to Certify Completion

Sandi Kruise Insurance Training reports course completion information directly to the Insurance Division through the SBS tool Online Continuing Education (OCE) Students/Agents no longer need to self-report.

Nonresidents

Exempt

For Additional Information please Contact:

Oregon Department of Consumer and Business Services
Insurance Division
350 Winter St. NE, Room 440
Salem, OR 97301-3883

Mailing Address: 

P.O. Box 14480
Salem, OR 97309-0405

PHONE: (503) 947-7981 or (503) 947-7248
FAX: (503) 378-4351

State Website: http://www.oregoninsurance.org/

Course Format

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If your state requires monitored exams, you must have your monitor sign-in and follow the monitor instructions BEFORE you begin the exam.  See the State Information tab, Monitor tab and Help Center for more information.

How to Redeem Vouchers 

Optional PACE or CFP Credit

Many of our Insurance CE courses are also approved for CE credit for agents who hold professional designations such as CLU, ChFC, CFP. The type of CE credit and number of hours approved are listed above in the course description.