Continuing Education and Renewal Requirements in Wisconsin: Insurance Agents

1/22/2020 (Permalink)

Providing quality service to insurance customers rests on the ability of the Insurance Agent. They need to be able to offer the right products and knowledgeable service while abiding by the laws and regulations defined by their home state. This includes understanding the products and needs of the customer, as well as keeping current with the state's current laws and regulations.

The sole purpose of continuing education helps insurance agents to update their industry expertise persistently. The license terms typically last only two years and require renewal upon expiration.

Wisconsin Continuing Education

• Wisconsin renewal requires 24 hours of CE (including 3 in Ethics).
• Licenses renew every two years on the last day of the licensee's month of birth.
• Excess CE credit hours cannot carry over to subsequent license renewal periods.
• Courses may not be repeated for credit within one renewal period.

Every state has its license renewal and continuing education requirements. Although some states give professionals with more experience more flexibility after an extended period in the insurance industry, other states require a certain number of continuing education hours before the renewal of the license. The most typical requirement is 24 hours of continuing education, with three of the 24 hours pertaining to ethics.

Wisconsin Renewal Requirements

• 24 hours of CE are required every two years.
• 3 of the 24 hours must be in Ethics.
• Any courses approved for CE in Wisconsin may be taken for credit.
• Online, textbook, or classroom courses are acceptable.
• You must pass your course completion examination with a 70% or better.
• Excess credits cannot be carried over to the next renewal period.
• Courses cannot be repeated for credit in one renewal period.
• Courses completion exams must be taken with a proctor and are not open book.

SERVPRO of Brown County has an opportunity for the Insurance Agents in our area to take our continuing education classes.

Two courses, Understanding Mold in the Restoration Industry and Ethics are going to be held on Tuesday, January 28, 2020, at the Marq on French Road in De Pere. The cost is $10.00 per attendee. The class size is Limited.

For the complete details on how you can register to attend our seminar, check our Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/pg/SERVPRO10198/events/

We hope to see you there!