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24-Hour Insurance CE Bundle for $35
At checkout discounts are auto-applied. Less than 24 credits are priced by the course. Credits over 24 are $1 each. Pay after you finish your courses to receive the bundled price. A $53 value for only $35. Approved Colorado Insurance CE Provider 49626.
How To Build Your Bundle
How to Build your CE Bundle in 3 Simple Steps
1. New students register: Returning students login.
2. Choose and complete courses needed - one at a time.
3. Pay after you complete your continuing education courses.
After payment completion certificates and receipts are emailed. Best reports completions.
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You have 1 year to complete courses you begin.
You have 1 year to purchase courses you have completed.
You can receive a course status reminder if you choose
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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
State Requirements
Online Renewal and License Status Look-up Links
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
- As of January 1, 2014, 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.
- 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
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
Approved Course Formats
There are 2 approved insurance ce course formats in Colorado
- Self-Study
- Classroom
Final Exam Requirements
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.
Rule for Repeating Courses in Colorado
Colorado Rule for Repeating CE Courses
A state-approved insurance ce course completed cannot be repeated for credit within 2 calendar years of the course's original completion date.
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.
CE Completion Reporting
CE Completion Reporting
BestEd reports completions to Sircon within 24-48 hours or less of course completion.
Remember: the State of Colorado uses your course completion date, not the report date, for compliance purpose.
Process to Renew your Insurance License
Process to Renew your Insurance License
Licensees are required to renew their insurance license on the Sircon Web site on or before the license renewal date.
Continuing Education Exemptions
Continuing Education Exemptions
First-time producers have until their second continuation cycle to comply.
Licensees that write one or more of the following are exempt:
Crop hail
Limited lines credit
Title
Travel ticket selling
Courtesy Help Links
Courtesy Help Links
View Your CE Transcript Online
Contact the State
Colorado DOI
1560 Broadway, Suite 850
Denver, CO 80202
Colorado DOI
Phone: 303-894-7499
Fax: 303-894-7455
Emailinsurance@dora.state.co.us
Contact Sircon
Sircon
Phone: 877-876-4430
Fax: 404-656-0874
Web site: www.sircon.com
Thank You
We know you have a choice in insurance continuing education providers. Thank you for choosing Best Insurance Education Company (BestEd).
Best Regards,
The BestEd Staff
Ethics and Product Training Courses
| License Type | Hours | Price | |
| CO Homeowners Insurance | Homeowners | 3 | $18.00 |
| CO Homeowners Valuation | Homeowners | 3 | $18.00 |
| Colorado 4-Hour Annuity Training | Annuity-Training | 4 | $18.00 |
| Consumer Protection Ethics | Ethics | 3 | $18.00 |
| Ethics and the Professional | Ethics | 3 | $18.00 |
| Flood Insurance Training | PC | 3 | $18.00 |
| Insurance Consumers and Ethics | Ethics | 3 | $18.00 |
Self Study Courses
| License Type | Hours | Price | |
| Affordable Care Tax Credit | Accident / Health | 2 | $12.00 |
| Annuities | LHAV | 24 | $35.00 |
| Anti-Money Laundering | LHAV or PC | 2 | $18.00 |
| Estate Planning I | LHAV | 24 | $35.00 |
| Estate Planning II | LHAV | 17 | $21.00 |
| Insurance and Banking Focus | LHAV or PC | 21 | $21.00 |
| Insurance and the U.S. Economy | LHAV or PC | 19 | $21.00 |
| Insurance Legal Process | LHAV or PC | 24 | $35.00 |
| Insurance Review - CO | LHAV or PC | 24 | $35.00 |
| Insurance: Regs and Mgmt | LHAV or PC | 22 | $21.00 |
| Medicare Fraud and Abuse | LHAV or PC | 24 | $35.00 |
| P & C Focus | PC | 21 | $21.00 |
| Social Security Focus | LHAV or P/C | 16 | $21.00 |
| Underwriting Principles & Controls | LHAV or PC | 21 | $21.00 |
| Workers Compensation Focus | PC | 17 | $21.00 |
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