State Information

Resident Iowa Agents Renewal Information

Credit Requirements:

• · 36 credits are required of which at least three (3) credits must be in the subject of Ethics
• · Self-study credits that do not count towards obtaining a national designation are limited
• · Only half the producer's credits (18) may be obtained as self-study if they are non‐designation courses
• · The exams must be closed book and monitored. A passing grade of 70% is required

Please visit the Iowa Insurance Division Website for more detailed information on CE requirements and renewal.

Kansas Information

Insurance Agents

CE REQUIREMENTS LINE OF AUTHORITYHOURS              REQUIRED COURSE TYPESingle or dual major lines**183 Ethics; remainder at producer’s discretion†Crop Only2CropTitle Only4TitlePre-need Only—Affirm pre-need business only ‡

* Note: Producers may renew their license (if they have appropriate CE credit) up to 90 days prior to their biennial renewal date. Producers with biennial renewal dates after January 1, 2022, but who renew within their 90- day window prior to January 1, 2022, must comply with the CE requirements in effect prior to January 1, 2022 (as shown in Table I, above). Those renewing after January 1, 2022, must comply with the CE requirements shown in Table II. Examples:

• A single lines licensed agent with a renewal date in the first 90 days of 2022 will need 12 hours of CE if the renewal is processed prior to December 31, 2021. If the renewal is processed after December 31, 2021, the agent will need 18 hours of CE.
• A dual-lines licensed agent with a renewal date in the first 90 days of 2022 will need 24 hours of CE if the renewal is processed prior to December 31, 2021. If the renewal is processed after December 31, 2021, the agent will need 18 hours of CE.

** Major lines are Life and/or Health Authority, Property and/or Casualty, Personal.

† The hours must be approved for CE credit by the Kansas Insurance Department. There is no limit for the number of hours of “Insurance Agency Management” (IAM) courses an agent may take.

‡ Resident Producers who hold a limited line license for pre-need do not have a CE requirement; however, at their biennial renewal date they must provide a certification from an officer of each insurance company that has appointed the producer that certifies the producer transacted no other insurance business during the renewal period.

 

Resident/Public Adjusters

• -Resident Public Adjusters must satisfy continuing education requirements. Public Adjusters must complete 12 hours of approved property/casualty credit every two years. The hours must have at least one hour must be instruction in insurance ethics, and no more than three hours can be in insurance agency management
• -Nonresident Public Adjusters must satisfy designated home state continuing education requirement
• -$100 license renewal fee (resident & non-resident)
• -Public Adjuster license will renew their license on the biennial due date
• -The biennial due date is the adjuster’s birth date in each odd year for adjusters born in an odd-numbered year or each even year for adjusters born in an even-numbered year. -For newly licensed adjusters, such due date shall not be earlier than two years from the date of the initial licensure
• -Course certificates must be submitted to the Insurance Department prior to the biennial due date

Resident Missouri Agents Renewal Information

CE Requirements:
Once a producer receives a license, that producer must satisfy continuing education requirements. These biennial requirements for a resident producer are:

• · Life and/or Health* - 16 hours
• · Property and/or Casualty* - 16 hours
• · Combines Life and/or Health & Property and/or Casualty* - 16 hours any combination
  

Please visit the Missouri Insurance Website for further information.

Resident South Dakota Agents Renewal Information

Resident producers must complete the Continuing Education (CE) by the end of their birth month every two years.

CE Requirements by License: 

• · Life/Health only - 10 hours
• · Property/Casualty only - 10 hours
• · Life/Health and Property/Casualty - 10 hours Life/Health and 10 hours Property/Casualty
• · Crop only - 4 hours
• · Crop and Life/Health - 2 hours Crop and 8 hours Life/Health
• · Crop and Property/Casualty - 2 hours Crop and 8 hours Property/Casualty
• · Crop, Property/Casualty and Life/Health - 2 hours Crop, 8 hours Property/Casualty and 10 hours Life/Health

 

Please visit the SD Dakota Division of Insurance Website for more information or call them at 605-773-3563.