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24-Hour Insurance CE bundle for $35

Select courses that will equal 24 credit hours. Fewer than 24 are priced by the course, not to exceed $35 if you pay for them at the same time. Credits over 24 are $1 each. Pay only once, after you finish courses needed to receive the $35 special. Discounts are auto-applied at checkout. Approved CE Provider 49626.

How to Complete Your CE

4 Steps to CE Complete

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Select courses for your bundle
Complete courses selected
Pay after you complete all CE courses needed

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After payment completion certificates and receipts are emailed. Best reports completions.

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Popular Colorado Insurance CE 24-Hour Bundles:

1. 3-hour Ethics + Underwriting Principles and Controls.

2. 3-hour Ethics + Anti-Money Laundering + Insurance and the U.S. Economy

Start with Ethics. It is short and familiarizes you with the Best Website

Continuing Eduation Hours

Life and Health Producers

24 CE hours of insurance continuing education are required each 2 year renewal period, 3 hours of which must be in Ethics. See license renewal dates below.

Colorado has course topic requirements. See CE Course Topic Requirements and Exemptions below.

Producers planning to sell the following product(s) have special training requirements:

Special Training/Education Requirements

Annuity Training Requirement

Before selling, soliciting, or negotiating annuity products in Colorado producers must complete a one-time annuity training course approved for at least 4 hours.
Go to the BestEd course menu to complete your state-approved CO 4-Hour Annuity Training Course

Long-Term Care (LTC)

Initial 16-hour training requirement: Before selling LTC policies in Colorado producers must complete 16 hours of state approved LTC training. Part 1 of the 16 hours shall consist of 8 hours on general LTC, which can be taken online self study or in a classroom, and Part 2 shall consist of 8 hours specific to LTC partnership, which must be taken in a classroom.
Ongoing 5-hour training requirement: After completing the initial 16-hour training, producers continuing to sell LTC must complete no less than 5 hours of ongoing training in a classroom setting every 2 calendar years after the initial completion.

Property and Casualty and Personal Lines Producers

24 CE hours, including 3 hours of ethics, are required every 2 year license term.

See license renewal dates below.

Colorado has subject restrictions. See Course Topic Requirements and Continuing Education Exemptions below.

Special Training/Education Requirements

If you plan to sell the following products you are required to complete the appropriate special training.

Flood Insurance

All Colorado resident property and casualty or personal lines producers who sell flood insurance are required to complete a one-time 3-hour course approved for National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) training.
Go to the BestEd course menu to complete Flood Insurance Training course

Claims-Made

All Colorado resident producers engaged in the sale, consultation, or adjustment of claims-made policies must complete a one-time 2-hour state approved course on claims-made policies.

Homeowners Insurance Coverage

Colorado licensees that sell property or personal lines insurance must complete three (3) hours of continuing education on homeowner's (HO) insurance coverage each license term. The same course title cannot be repeated in 2 consecutive renewal periods. A different course title must be selected.
Go to the BestEd course menu to select your state-approved CO Homeowner Insurance course or CO Homeowner Valuation course.

Public Adjusters

As of January 1, 2014 24 CE hours, including 3 hours of Ethics, are required every 2 year license period.
See license renewal date below.
See Continuing Education Topic Requirements below.

License Renewal Dates

The license period is 2 years and ends on the last day of the licensee's birth month.

Even birth years renew in even years. Odd birth years renew in odd years.

The Insurance Continuing Education requirement must be completed each 2 years license period by the last day of the licensee's birth month. Examples:

Even year birth month: You receive your license 1-30-2016 your next license period begins 1-30-2018
Odd year birth month: You receive your license 1-30-2015 your next license period begins 1-13-2017

Course Topics Requirements

Course Topic Requirements

You need 24-hour Continuing Education credit hours.

3 of which are required to be in Ethics
18 hours are required to be in on topics addressing your license type
3 remaining hours can be taken in any topic (miscellaneous)

Any excess hours you complete in Ethics or Homeowners apply to the 3 hour miscellaneous CE requirement.

Approved Course Formats

There are 2 approved insurance ce course formats in Colorado

Self-Study
Classroom

Final Exam Requirements

Student should read the course material prior to taking the final exam.

Exam proctor requirements

Exams must be proctored by a disinterested third party at least 18 years old. Proctors may not be family members, employers/supervisors, employees/subordinates, partners/joint ventures/co-owners; or anyone who has an economic or other interest in your successful completion of the examination.

Exam requirements

A successful course completion score of 70% or higher is required to receive credit for a ce course.
Licensees can retake the exam as many times as needed to successfully complete the course.
Exams that are not successfully completed can be retaken at no additional charge.

Carryover Requirements

Continuing Education Carryover Requirements

A maximum of 12 CE credit hours completed in excess of the producers 24 are carried forward to your next renewal period, if the courses are completed e final 120 days of the previous license cycle.

Ethics or Homeowners course hours carry forward as general credit hours.

Repeating Course Rules in Colorado

Colorado Rule for Repeating CE Courses

A state-approved insurance ce course completed cannot be repeated for credit within a 2 year period from the date of the course's original completion date. A homeowner training course title cannot be repeated in 2 consecutive renewal periods. The same title can be completed every other renewal period.

Certificate of Completion

CE Certificate of Completion

Best Insurance Education Company, BestEd, emails printable certificates of completion in Colorado. The completion certificates are emailed to you when you make payment after completing your continuing education courses. Keep a copy of each certificate of completion for 5 years per Colorado rules and regulations.