Effective 10/01/09 All Resident licensees holding a major line of authority, with the exception of Title, will be required to complete 24 hours of continuing education including 3 hours in Ethics, before their license can be renewed every 2 years. Title producers will still have a 16-hour requirement.
All continuing education credits must be completed at least 1 day before the agents expiration date
Licensees must take CE courses that pertain to the lines of insurance they hold. L/H only licensee must take all of their credits in L/H courses, same for P/C only licensees. Licensees who hold multiple lines must take a total of 6 credits in each line (6 hours in L/H and 6 hours in P/C). The remaining credits may be taken in either category.
P/C producers need 24 hours CE including 3 hours of Ethics, every 2 year cycle.  FLOOD INSURANCE -All Maryland licensees authorized to sell flood insurance policies must complete 2 hours of flood every 2 years, which we do not offer at this time.
Title producers are expected to fulfill their CE requirements by taking title insurance CE courses.
Resident licensees who are selling long-term care insurance must earn 2 of their total CE hours by taking a long-term care course. This will count toward their L/H requirement.
Exams are non-monitored but closed book.
If a course is taken during 2 consecutive renewal cycles, there must be at least 6 months between the course.
Excess credit hours may not be carried forward.
Effective June 17, 2015 all course rosters will be submitted electronically via the Vertafore System.
If Resident Producer (Licensees) do not complete their 24 hours CE, Producers Have up to ONE-Year from the expiration date to complete their missing CE hours and pay the $100 late renewal
** Note: Effective October 1, 2013 an insurance producer may obtain all or part of the credit hours of continuing education required for renewal of a license from correspondence or online courses approved by the Commissioner.**