question on continuing education in state of Indiana producers license?
By admin on Jan 5, 2009 in Insurance & Registration
i obtained my property/casualty producer license in the state of Indiana in Jan 2004; there is a 4 year requirement that states i need 40 hours of continuing education to renew this license.
i went to a school called pathfinders for a week to prepare and subsequently passed the exam; the cost was around $900 to complete.
they have classes scheduled in the next 2 months that will give me about 26 hours, but not the required 40. the site now states that without the 40, would have to pay 2 or 3 times the amount to renew my license which would run about 100+. it also states that if the required number of classes not received, i may need to re-take my exam??
1; does anyone know if i can get an extension of time to accumulate my 40 hours?
2; other than pathfinders which will cost me about 300 to 400 more just to get those 26 hours, is there anywhere else in the state of indiana (indianapolis area) where i could get these addtl credits needed?
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3; has anyone used the online schools to obtain their credits? if so, which ones;
i found a couple out there, but state i have to take a test in front of someone licensed?? they dont state where this would be done;
with so many people licensed out there in insurance agencies that are required to be licensed and continue their education, where/how have you accomplished this?
On Jan 7, 2009, mbrcatz17 said:
You’re doing it the MOST expensive and time consuming way possible.
You CANNOT get an extension, but you can take any pictoral classes (www.pictoral.com) or online classes ( I like ) for a fraction of the time and cost.
You can have someone proctor an exam, even at the local library.
If you take the pictoral courses, they are great, because you can use the books for reference later on.
If you’re going to stick with insurance for the long haul, you can start to self study for the CPCU exams – each exam usually is worth 32 – 40 hours, depending on state, and eventually you also get a designation. That makes it a win-win situation. And it’s still cheaper than the courses you’re using.