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Georgia State Requirements

Updated: 12/13/2013

Continuing Education Hours

• Effective May 6, 2014:  24 CE hours, including 3 hours of ethics every 2 years. Producers planning to sell the following products have special training or education requirements as described below.
  
• Initial 8-hour LTC Partnership training requirement: Before selling LTC insurance products in Georgia, producers must complete an initial 8-hour, state-approved LTC training course.  (Go to the course catalog to order WebCE’s Georgia Long-Term Care: Programs, Policies and Partnerships course, which fulfills this requirement).
• Ongoing 4-hour LTC Partnership training requirement: After completing the initial 8-hour LTCP requirement, producers must complete a 4-hour follow-up training course every 24 months after completion of the initial training.  (Go to the course catalog to order WebCE’s Long-Term Care 4-Hour Training course or 4-Hour Long Term Care Review course, both of which fulfills this requirement).
• Georgia Medicaid and the Long-Term Care Partnership Program: Residents who have completed another state’s qualified LTCP course will need to complete a 2-hour Georgia specific Medicaid course .(Go to the course catalog to order WebCE's Georgia Medicaid and Long-Term Care Partnership Program course, which fulfills this requirement).
• Agents licensed less than 20 years require thirty (30) CE credit hours biannually. (Must include 6 hours of ethics.)
• Agents licensed 20 years or more require twenty (20) CE credit hours biannually. (Must include 6 hours of ethics.)
• Limited sub-agents (credit life and credit accident and sickness, personal PC, private passenger auto, homeowners including all personal property, and personal LH) and credit licensees require five (5) CE credit hours annually. (No ethics required.)
• Individuals holding a CPCU, CLU, FLMI, CIC, CEBS, CHFC, or AAI designation need six (6) hours CE credit annually and they must attach a proof of designation. (Must include 3 hours of ethics.)
• Newly licensed individuals who were exempt from the prelicense education requirement will have a prorated CE requirement for the first reporting period.

Course Subject Requirements

• All licensees (except limited subagents) must complete 3 hours of ethics as part of their regular CE requirement.
• All CE hours other than ethics must be completed in approved courses for the lines of insurance for which agent is licensed.
• For individuals holding a limited subagent license in addition to an agent license, no more than 5 credit hours can come from courses related to the line(s) of insurance of the limited subagent license.

ALL agents must complete their CE requirements on or before 12/31 annually. To avoid possible lapse in licensure,it is recommended that CE be completed prior to November 1st annually.

License renewal date is the same date as compliance date.

Independent self study courses or classroom courses.

Excess hours (to a maximum of 50% of the CE requirement for the next reporting period) may be carried over to the next reporting period. Excess ethics hours may be applied to the regular CE requirement, but cannot be carried over as ethics hours.

Courses may not be taken for credit more than once in a 24 month period, except for courses on current issues, ethics or legislative updates, which can be taken once every 12 months.

Self-study final exams are required to be monitored by a disinterested third party. (Someone with no business or family relationship.)

Exemptions

•  Nonresident Producers are not required to complete CE courses.
• Newly licensed individuals who completed the Georgia prelicense education requirement are exempt for the first reporting period.
• Individuals who hold a professional designation that requires CE (other than the CLU, CPCU, FLMI ,CIC, CEBS, CHFC, or AAI designations) may request CE credit from the insurance department for the number of CE hours completed for the designation.
• A reduction of hours may be requested for time spent on insurance-related activities during the previous reporting period, including teaching, legislative, journalistic and research activities.
• Individuals who hold a inactive license because they have been licensed as an agent for 10 consecutive years or more and do not perform any insurance functions other than receiving renewal or deferred commissions.

Your certificate of completion will be e-mailed to you once you have completed your exam. The course provider reports credits earned to the CE Administrator within one business day of course completion and maintains records in files for 3 years. The agent keeps the original certificates of completion in his or her files for 5 years.

Georgia Insurance Department
Agents Licensing Section

908 West Tower Floyd Building
2 Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd.
Atlanta, GA 30334

PHONE: (404)656-2101

FAX: (404)656-0874

State Website: http://www.inscomm.state.ga.us/

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".

Seminars & Classroom Courses

These courses are instructor led programs, usually in a live classroom setting, and do not require you to pass an exam to receive CE credit for the course. 

You must choose one of the locations listed in the options above. Please make note of the address of the seminar you choose. You will also receive an email confirmation of your enrollment, which will include the address of the seminar. You can return here to review the address if you misplace it before the class.

All of our seminars begin at 8:30 AM and end at 4:30 PM unless otherwise noted on your confirmation notice.  Please arrive at the classroom at least 10 minutes before the starting time on your confirmation notice. All students must be signed-in and seated BEFORE the official class start-time. If you arrive late, please DO NOT interrupt the class in session. You can talk to the instructor at the first break regarding the possibility of obtaining credit for the class or rescheduling for another date. Remember, these classes fill up quickly, and there is usually little or no room for agents who arrive at the last minute without registering in advance.

Cell phones must be turned off during the entire duration of the seminar. You will have time to return messages and make calls during breaks and at lunch. 

During the class, you must not have any materials on your desk except the textbook or handout provided by the instructor. By law, students who are reading other materials, talking to other students, sleeping, or otherwise not participating in the learning experience are not allowed to receive CE credit!

Absolutely no recruiting or marketing for products, services, employment or any other activity is allowed at any time during the seminar - including during breaks and lunch. Students caught doing this may be asked to leave immediately and will NOT receive a refund.

CA PARTNERSHIP CLASS REFUND POLICY:

Due to the fact that we must pre-pay for locations, teachers, materials and shipping there is a 10-day cancellation or refund policy for classroom courses. If you find you need to cancel a classroom course you may either:

1. Request a refund with our refund request form no later than 10 days from the class date: www.kruise.com/refund.pdf
2. If you're inside the 10 day window you can move to a later class on our calendar or call and have us hold your payment for another time.
3. If you request a refund after we've already shipped your materials to the class you will most likley not be able to receive a full refund.

If you have received a CE voucher from an insurance company or wholesaler, you can redeem it by following these instructions. 

• Choose your course format - see "course format" tab for more details or click "learn more" above options.
• Click on the red "buy" button to proceed to checkout.
• Be sure to enter your Voucher Code when checking out to apply your discount.
• You will be able to download the study materials immediately by clicking the red "Download Course" on your receipt. It will also be emailed to you and will be available for one year in your customer account.
• You will also be provided with a link and information to access the exam.

Your voucher covers an online book, online exam, grading and one CE certificate for insurance. It DOES NOT INCLUDE printed books, printed exams, state fees or CE certificate(s) or reporting for additional designations or types of CE, although they are available as options for additional charge. 

If you choose printed books or exams, you will be charged the balance due during checkout.

If your state charges a fee to report your credit, this fee is due from you. When you check-out, you must pay this fee in order to access the course and obtain CE credit.

After you pass your exam, you will be able to purchase CE certificates for professional designations such as CFP, CPE, etc. you will be charged $10 for each one. Please DO NOT order these additional certificates unless you currently hold that professional designation. There are NO REFUNDS for additional certificates ordered and not needed.

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.

If you hold a professional designation you may request a certificate for courses taken and exams passed for insurance CE credit. If you pass and exam and would like to get additional credit for one of these designations, please use the link to the left: "CFP & PACE Credit".

If you do not hold a professional designation and do not need any type of CE other than for your insurance license renewal, please do not order a PACE or CFP certificate. It will not benefit you and once ordered, there are no refunds!

There are no refunds for certificates ordered by mistake!

Monitor Instructions - Georgia

IMPORTANT!!!

Your state requires that your exam(s) MUST be monitored.

The qualifications of the person who must monitor your exam are explained on the monitor form. The person monitoring your exam must be with you prior to beginning to take the exam. Taking the exam without your monitor present will invalidate your exam results and certificate.

The monitor must print, sign and complete the affidavit found by clicking Printable Monitor Form to indicate that the exam was taken without any outside help from any source. Please fax the completed monitor form to (619) 421-8171 or email your form immediately after completing the exam. Your exam will not be completed, and no CE credit will be awarded or reported to your state, until the properly completed, signed monitor form has been received (along with any state reporting fees that may be due).

System Requirements: All major browsers can be used to complete our courses.  This includes Internet Explorer 11.x or higher, Microsoft Edge 20 or higher, Firefox version 51 or higher, Apple Safari version 10.x or higher, and Google Chrome, version 56 or higher.

Desktops, Laptops, Tablets, and most Smartphones are also supported.

This course automatically includes a downloadable textbook and/or other course materials which you may print if you desire. When you are finished studying your course, the exam is taken online and it is graded immediately.  In most states you can also print your own certificate of completion, if you pass. There is no additional charge if you complete your course and exam completely online. 

If you prefer, however, you may purchase a printed book and/or printed exam at additional cost.   

You have 3 options if purchasing the course outside a subscription:

1. Online book and online exam - included in price - You receive no printed materials-everything is online.
2. Printed book and online exam - $5 additional - You receive a printed book but take your exam online.
   
3. Printed book and printed exam - $10 additional - You receive a printed book and printed exam which you mail or fax to us for grading.

For options 2 and 3, you will be able to choose either regular or express shipping during checkout.

Please choose your option carefully!  There is no refund for printed materials or exams ordered by mistake!

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.