Hawaii State Requirements

Updated: 12/13/2013

Continuing Education Hours

Life/Accident and Health/Sickness: 24 hours biennially, including 3 hours relating to insurance law or ethics.
Property/Casualty: 24 hours biennially, including 3 hours of law or ethics.
Multiple Lines Life/Accident or Health/Sickness, AND Property/Casualty): 24 hours biennially, including 10 hours in L/H or sickness, 11 hours in P/C and 3 hours in law or ethics.

Course Subject Requirements

Courses must be in line of license held. Multi-line producers must complete 10 hours in L/H and A/S; 11 hours in P/C, and 3 hours of law or ethics.
Producers licensed to sell insurance in only one line of authority must have 3 hours relating to insurance laws and rules as part of the 24 hour CE requirement.
Producers licensed to sell insurance in multiple lines of authority(Life/Accident or Health/Sickness, and Property/Casualty) must have 3 hoursrelating to insurance laws and rules in both P/C and L/H as part of the 24 hour CE requirement (10 hours in L/H including 10 L/H hours and 11 hours in P/C including 3 P/C law hours).
All Hawaii licensed resident insurance producers who sell federal flood insurance policies shall be required to complete a one-time 3 hour requirement on flood insurance.

Nonresident Requirements

All nonresident annuity producers must complete a one-time 4-hour annuity training course before selling in HI.

Continuing Education Compliance Date

All continuing education credits must be achieved by the date of the license renewal.

Producers' licenses renew on the 16th day of their birth month. Even months renew in even years, odd months renew in odd years.

Types of Courses Accepted for CE Credit

Independent self-study courses, classroom study, and insurance company sponsored courses.

Carryover Requirements

Excess CE credit hours may NOT be carried over to the next reporting period.

Course Repetition

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

Final Exam

Self-study final exams are required to be monitored by a disinterested third party.

Exemptions

A licensee who has been licensed for less than two years at the time of the licensee's first renewal.
Nonresident agents are exempt if the home state has a reciprocal agreement with Hawaii.

Method to Certify Completion

Your certificate of completion will be e-mailed to you after you complete an exam. The provider submits credits earned to the insurance division and maintains attendance records for 5 years. The licensee keeps the original certificates of completion in their files for 4 years.

For Additional Information Please Contact

Hawaii Insurance Division
Licensing Division

PO Box 3614
Honolulu, HI 96811-3614

PHONE: (808) 586-2788

FAX: (808) 586-2806

Email: [email protected]

State Website: http://hawaii.gov/dcca/areas/ins/