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**NOTICE** The Department will no longer be mailing hard copy renewal notices to licensees. Please visit Online Services to update your email address.
All resident producers must complete the 24 hours of CE before the renewal becomes available on NIPR. Resident producers are encouraged to complete their CE hours at least a week in advance of their expiration date.
Effective July 8, 2019, you will log onto SBS’ website to view your CE transcript and South Carolina license information.
As a reminder to resident producers, fingerprinting is not required at every renewal. If a resident producer was fingerprinted at initial licensure or for their last compliance period, fingerprinting is not required a second time as long as the license remains active.
- Resident producers subject to a continuing education (CE) requirement may comply by earning 24 credit hours in each two-year period ending with the producer's month and year of birth. Producers born in an even numbered year must comply by the end of the birth month in even numbered years. Producers born in an odd numbered year must comply by the end of the birth month in odd numbered years.
- Resident producers who are dually licensed must complete a minimum of 8 hours in each line of authority in addition to the required 3 hours of Ethics to be compliant.
- Non-resident agents may comply by meeting the requirements of their home state.
- All South Carolina licensed resident insurance producers should first check the approved continuing education course list before taking a CE course. Courses taken from an unapproved sponsor or instructor will be declined.
- If you successfully complete an approved course, you may not repeat the course and receive certification within two years of its original completion date.
Application Information
Effective July 8 2019, applications for courses, instructors and providers will be submitted electronically through SBS. The Department will only accept paper applications if there are extenuating circumstances.
The CE Advisory Board meets the second Thursday of each month. In order for courses to be reviewed during the board meeting, course material should be submitted 30 days prior to the meeting.
Course Approval
Classroom: SBS online application, course material, a detailed time outline, and filing fee of $80 per application. The South Carolina Department of Insurance only approves courses for the following lines of authority: Life/Health, Property/Casualty, and Ethics.Correspondence/Online: SBS online application, course material, outline, sample exam questions, and filing fee of $80 per application.
If not approved in home state:
- Classroom: Detailed time outline and filing fee of $80 per application (3 credit hours or more, must provide course material).
- Correspondence/Online: SBS online application, outline, course description, sample exam questions, and filing fee of $80 per application (3 credit hours or more, must provide course material).
Instructor Approval
Instructor filing fee is $25 per application.
Renewals
Renewals for courses are due 3 years from the course approval date. In order to renew the course, the above listed requirements for approval should be submitted 30 days prior to the course expiration date. Due to the transition to SBS, instructors will no longer complete a renewal application. The sponsor will complete a new application within 90 days of the instructor's expiration date.Proctor / Disinterested Third-Party
In accordance with the changes to Regulation 69-50 regarding proctor approval, we are no longer approving proctors. Producers are no longer required to use a state approved proctor to proctor their continuing education courses. They may now use any disinterested third party. That third party may not be their employer, employee, supervisor, relative, spouse, or minor.
Address / Email / Phone Number / Name Changes
All of the above changes can now be made on SBS by the provider. Name changes will still need to be submitted to the Department.