North Carolina Licensees
IMPORTANT INFORMATION REGARDING EXEMPTION FOR AGE:
April 8, 2011 NC DOI Notice: CE Exemption Eliminated
As of January 1, 2012, waiver from insurance CE will only be available for military and medical reasons (see notice above). Agents who may have qualified for the AGE exemption on or before December 31, 2011 must have applied for the exemption on or before December 31, 2011
IMPORTANT INFORMATION REGARDING REINSTATEMENT OF EXPIRED LICENSE
Reinstatement of License. If your license expired for failing to meet your continuing education requirements, your license may be reinstated by completing the continuing education requirements within four months after the end of your compliance year and paying a reinstatement fee of $105.00. Click here for the Request for Reinstatement of License application form.
Information for Licensees
Prometric provides continuing education (CE) services for the North Carolina Department of Insurance.
Services include:
- Reviewing provider and course applications
- Ensuring instructor qualifications
- Continuing education course roster processing
- Compliance calculation for licensees
- Approved course list
- Online CE transcripts for licensees
(Compliance calculation is in the final stages of refinement and will be available soon.)
Licensees may use online services to find the approved course list and check their CE credits.Click here for all available services.
Look Up your NPN on North Carolina's Licensee Lookup Service
North Carolina Insurance Frequently Asked Questions
North Carolina Insurance Continuing Education Licensee Handbook
The handbook contains full information about program requirements for compliance periods beginning in 2008.
Important Information from the NC Department of Insurance for Licensees with 2008 CE Compliance Dates
Click here for the chart of Ethics and Flood Requirement Due Dates for Existing Licensees.
Special Notice for Ethics & Flood Requirements Due December 31, 2009
Important Notice regarding change from SSN to NPN
Points to emphasize at this time are:
- The following items must be directed to the North Carolina Department of Insurance:
- Corrections to Date of Birth
- Corrections to License Status
- Name Changes
- Credits earned before January 1, 2008
- Carryover credits from 2007 to be applied to 2008. Prometric is not empowered to change carryover credits unless directed to do so by the Department.
- As part of Prometric's required services, a warning notice will be sent to licensees who are not yet compliant approximately 120 days before their due date and again around 45 days from their due date. If you are compliant, then a notice will not be sent.
- All individuals who hold a major line of authority license and adjusters will be required to complete three hours of an ethics training/CE within two years of January 1, 2008 and every two years thereafter.
- Individuals holding a Property, Personal Lines or adjuster license will also be required to complete three hours of flood insurance training/CE within two years of January 1, 2008 and every four years thereafter. There are no exceptions from these mandatory course requirements.
North Carolina Department of Insurance Extension Request Form
North Carolina Department of Insurance Waiver Request Form
Effective October 1, 2010, only those licensees who are unable to comply with continuing education requirements due to military service or long-term medical disability may request a waiver for continuing education requirements. Individuals who, prior to October 1, 2010, had been granted an "experience" exemption from continuing education requirements for age (65 or older) and years of licensure (continuously licensed in at least one line of insurance for 25 years or more) will continue to be exempt from the general CE requirements. The mandatory flood and/or ethics requirements for these individuals will still apply.
Licensees who were required to comply with CE in January 2008 through November 2008 have been granted additional time until December 31, 2008 to meet the requirements For more information please check the website at www.ncdoi.com/asd/asd_hot_topics.asp
Revised compliance period and credit requirements effective January 1, 2008 details
North Carolina Department of Insurance Rules on Continuing Education Effective February 1, 2008)
North Carolina Department of Insurance Web Site
If you have additional questions, please contact Prometric at 866.241.3121.
