ND Insurance Continuing Education Requirements

• Most Licenses

  • 24 CE hours every 2 years, 3 of which must be approved for Ethics.

• Long Term Care -LTC

  • Agents wishing to sell Long Term Care are required to take a one time only 8 hour Department of Insurance certified course.
  • Each license term thereafter each agent must complete a 4 hour Long Term Care Partnership CE course that is approved by the department.
  • NOTE: On August 31, 2012 North Dakota Insurance Department issued the following bulletin: 2012-02 - A producer who fails to timely complete the four hour ongoing training will no longer be required to retake an initial training course of no less than eight hours. Instead, a producer who fails to timely complete the four-hour ongoing training must complete a four-hour training course to be considered compliant and, therefore, able to sell long-term care insurance.

• Flood Insurance Training

  • An insurance producer who sells flood insurance may satisfy the minimum training and education requirements by completing a 3-hour course related to the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP).

• CE completions are submitted electronically the next business day after a passing completion is acquired.

• Last day of the licensee's birth month, every 2 years.

• Online courses
• Independent Self-study
• Classroom Study

• Final exams do not need to be monitored and are open book.
• Must score at least a 70% for a passing grade.

• 12 CE hours may be carried over from one renewal period to the next.

• Courses may not be taken more than once in each renewal period.

• Certificates of completion are available as soon as a course is completed with a passing grade. Certificates should be printed and kept on file for future reference.

Third Party Contact: SBS
Phone: 816-783-8500

Email: help@naic.org

Toll Free Phone: (800) 247-0560
Phone: 701) 328-3548 ext. 1 or ext. 2
Fax: (701) 328-4880
Email: ndlicensing@nd.gov

Mailing Address:
North Dakota Insurance Department
License Division
State Capitol, Fifth Floor
Dept. 401
600 E. Boulevard Ave.
Bismarck, ND 58505-0320

Web site: North Dakota Insurance Division