La. Admin. Code tit. 37 § XI-711

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 11, November 20, 2024

Section XI-711 - Continuing Education Requirements

A. As a condition of the renewal of a license, the continuing education provider or licensee must furnish the commissioner, prior to the license expiration date, proof of satisfactory completion of approved programs having the required minimum hours of continuing education credit.

1. Insurance producers or insurance consultants licensed for one or more of the lines of life, accident and health or sickness, property, casualty or personal lines-24 hours.

2. Insurance producers licensed for the line of bail bonds-12 hours.

3. Insurance producers licensed for the line of title-12 hours.

4. Adjuster license - 24 hours.

5. Insurance consultants licensed for one or more lines of life, accident and health or sickness, property or casualty-24 hours.

B. The 24 hours of continuing education required for insurance producers or insurance consultants licensed for one or more of the lines of life, accident and health or sickness, property, casualty or personal lines shall include a minimum of three hours dedicated to the subject of ethics.

C. The 24 hours of continuing education required for insurance producers or insurance consultants licensed for one or more of the lines of property, casualty or personal lines shall include a minimum of three hours dedicated to the subject of flood insurance.

D. The 12 hours of continuing education required for insurance producers licensed for the line of title shall include a minimum of two hours related to state and federal consumer finance protection laws.

E. The 12 hours of continuing education required for insurance producers for the line of bail shall include a minimum of six hours dedicated to the subject of bail enforcement as defined in the Code of Criminal Procedure Article 311.

F. The 24 hours of continuing education required for adjusters shall include a minimum of three hours dedicated to the subject of ethics.

G. An individual shall not sell, solicit or negotiate longterm care insurance unless the individual is licensed as an insurance producer for one or more of the lines of life or accident and health or sickness and has completed a onetime training course of no less than eight hours and an ongoing training of no less than four hours every two years.

H. Failure to fulfill the continuing education requirements prior to the filing date for license renewal shall cause the license to lapse.

I. A license which has lapsed may not be reinstated until the licensee has complied with all continuing education requirements which would have applied had the license continued uninterrupted.

J. Each program applied toward satisfaction of the continuing education requirement for a license shall be completed within the renewal period for which the credit is claimed except that an insurance producer licensed for one or more of the lines of life, accident and health or sickness, property, casualty, or personal lines may apply up to 10 hours of approved instruction or self-study accumulated but not used for renewal during one renewal period to the continuing education requirements for the next renewal period. Continuing education credits dedicated to the subject of flood or ethics may be applied toward the next renewal period as general continuing education credit but may not be used to satisfy the minimum requirement for those subjects.

K. No licensee may be granted credit for a program more than once during a 24-month period.

L. Subject to the provisions of Subsection K above, a licensee who acts as an instructor for any program approved for continuing education credit by the commissioner shall receive the same number of hours as would be granted to a licensee taking and successfully completing the program.

M. Licensees who successfully complete all prerequisites of a qualified graduate level national designation program and receive the designation shall earn 24 continuing education credit hours.

N. Licensees who hold any combination of insurance producer, adjuster or insurance consultant licenses may receive credit applied to all license types for which the course is approved by the commissioner.

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1. Insurance producers who are members of state or national insurance associations may be granted up to four continuing education credits each renewal period for actively participating in a state or national insurance association in any of the following methods:

a. attend a formal meeting of a state or national insurance association where a formal business program is presented and attendance is verified in a manner consistent with the provisions of this Rule;

b. serve on the board of directors or a formal committee of a state or national chapter of the insurance association, and actively participate in the activities of the board or committee;

c. participate in industry, regulatory, or legislative meetings held by or on behalf of a state or national chapter of the insurance association; or

d. participate in other formal insurance business activities of a state or national chapter of the insurance association.

2. To qualify for continuing education credit under this provision, members must participate in qualified activities as described in Paragraph O.1 of this Section. The state or national insurance association shall be responsible for verifying participation. Attendance at meetings which are otherwise approved for continuing education credit do not qualify under the terms of this provision. The state or national insurance association shall submit a formal request to the commissioner for approval of continuing education credits issued under the terms of this provision. The request shall include the name and Louisiana license number for all producers for whom credit is being requested and information on the completed activities including the dates, times and descriptions of those activities. Such requests shall be made to the commissioner no more than 365 days after completion of the activity and shall be made in increments of not less than one hour. The commissioner shall review the requests and grant credit to the producers only after determining that the request is consistent with the provisions of this Rule.

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4. Regardless of the number of state or national insurance associations in which an insurance producer actively participates, under no circumstances shall an insurance producer receive more than four credit hours per renewal period for such participation.

La. Admin. Code tit. 37, § XI-711

Promulgated by the Department of Insurance, Office of the Commissioner, LR 37:2173 (July 2011), Amended LR 47600 (5/1/2021), Amended LR 482762 (11/1/2022).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 22:11, R.S. 22:1547, R.S. 22:1573, R.S. 22:1673, R.S. 22:1678, R.S. 22:1702, R.S. 22:1708, R.S. 22:1808.4 and the Administrative Procedure Act, R.S. 49:950 et seq.