Find out how to become an approved continuing education (CE) provider, maintain CE provider status and get CE course approval.
Become a CE provider
CE provider forms must be submitted electronically via fax or email to the attention of "education mailbox." The Request for course- and credit-approval form below has instructions about where to submit the form.
- Submit the CE provider application form (PDF, 137.88 KB) with your first course application.
- Request for course- and credit-approval form (PDF, 224.03 KB). A provider will not be approved until their first course is approved.
- Submit your course for approval. New courses must be submitted at least 20 days before the first offering.
Once you've been approved, be sure to review our CE procedures and records page for instructions on how to maintain your provider information.
CE courses
We approve insurance courses and ethics courses for insurance producers. Insurance courses should help licensees build on prior insurance training and experience to achieve a higher level of insurance knowledge.
Ethics courses should address the standard of moral conduct and judgment guiding the behavior of insurance professionals in their fiduciary duties and obligations to the industry and the general public.
Course approval process
CE provider forms must be submitted electronically via fax or email to the attention of "education mailbox." The Request for course- and credit-approval form below has instructions about where to submit the form.
Requests for CE course- and credit-approval (PDF, 224.03 KB) must be submitted to the commissioner at least 20 days before the first date the course is offered for credit. Please be aware that:
- Course credit will not apply to any course offered less than 20 days from the date the application was received by the Office of the Insurance Commissioner.
- Once a course is approved or declined, CE providers will receive a notification via email.
- You cannot reuse documentation when applying for multiple courses or course types.
- If submitted via fax, each course must be faxed separately.
CE course renewal
A CE course is effective until the provider's next master course expiry date, unless cancelled. All the provider's active courses have the same expiry date.
We’ll send a renewal notice to the provider's registered email address 60 days before the course expires.
- The provider's request to renew courses must be completed online. Submit the online Request CE Course Renewal form even if you do not intend to renew any active courses. New courses cannot be processed until the Request CE Course Renewal is processed.
- If the provider's courses are renewed, a course renewal summary notification will be emailed to the provider's registered email address.
- If a course is declined, the course renewal summary notification will provide a reason.
- If you do not receive the renewal summary, contact our office for a status before the course expiry date.
Courses may be renewed if the course outline has not changed, the course meets current standards and the course has not been renewed four times since the original approval date.
If a course renewal request is declined, the provider can update the course and reapply by submitting a new course-application (PDF, 224.03 KB).
The renewal request must be received by the OIC before the courses expire. There is a 30-day late renewal period, but a course cannot be offered until it is renewed.
A CE provider's authority remains active for one year after their last CE course expires. If a CE provider's authority has become inactive, it can be activated again by submitting a provider-application form (PDF, 137.88 KB) with a course-application form (PDF, 224.03 KB). A provider will not be approved until their first course is approved.