52 Hour Insurance Course in California

There is also a beginning and continuingthis legislative change, the CDI will review these
professional education requirement for insurancecoursesprior to the Office of Administrative Law's
licenses. For example, California requires 52 hourapproval of the regulations. Courses approved by
insurance course, i.e. 52 hours of prelicensethe CDI will begiven "provisional approval," which
education before qualifying to take the lifemeans that the course may be offered
insurance exam. During the first four years,immediately as with the case of any
licensees must take at least 25 CPE hours perCDI approved course. However, these courses
year. Thereafter, the CPE requirement is 15 hoursare subject to further review once the regulations
annually in a course approved in advance by theare approvedwhich could potentially result in
California insurance department.required changes to the course.
General Course DescriptionUntil such time as the California Code of
This course will teach you the EducationalRegulations can be amended to reflect the change
Objectives that the California Department ofin the statute, thereviews of online prelicensing
Insurance has determined you need to know andeducation courses will be accomplished by ensuring
thus prepare you to pass the State exam. Thisthat they meet therequirements set forth in
includes 40 hours of Life, Health & Disability asSection 1749 of the California Insurance Code.
well as the 12 hours of Codes & Ethics.Section 1749 states, in part, thefollowing:
Package Includes:?? Applicants for a license as a fire and casualty
1. Online study manual as well as a hardcopybroker-agent, life agent, andpersonal lines
shipped directly to you.broker-agent are to complete the minimum
2. Lesson Quizzesprelicensing educationhours required (i.e. 20 or 40
3. E-mail & Phones Supporthours of product training, whichever is
4. Certificate of Completionapplicable,and 12 hours of code and ethics training);
5. Reporting directly to the California Department?? Review and approval of prelicensing courses
of Insurancenot conducted in a classroom shallinclude an
6. Online Review Questions Available for 90 Days |evaluation of the safeguards that are in place to
Excellent educational tool for students to study &ensure that the studentcompleting the course is
prepare to pass the state exam | Students scorethe person enrolled in the course; methods used
65% higher on the California state exam aftertomonitor the students' attendance are adequate;
using these online review questions.methods for the student to interactwith the
Effective January 1st, 2007 the Californiaentity providing the training exist; and, the
Department of Insurance has amended themethods used to record thetimes spent
California Code to allow online Insurancecompleting the course are adequate.
pre-license training. No more long commutes, highAssembly Bill 2387 also added Section 1749 (h)
costs or waiting until a lecture class starts. Withwhich will become effective on January 1, 2007.
over five years of insurance pre-license trainingThis sectionstates that all prelicensing certificates
experience in California, ISSC is at the forefrontof completion will now expire three years after
of the changing insurance training marketplace.the completion of theprelicensing course, whether
Look at the press release text below:or not a license is issued to the student.
Assembly Bill 2387 (Vargas, Chapter 590,You can feel certain you are studying the right
Statutes of 2006) was signed into law onmaterial when you study at ISSC. All of our CA
September 28, 2006 andwill take effect onInsurance course materials were completely
January 1, 2007. This law amends Section 1749 ofrevised in January of 2007 to better follow the
the California Insurance Code to removethe wordCalifornia Educational Objectives. Our courses
"classroom" from the prelicensing requirement andinclude a Flash Paper study manual, hundreds of
will add Section 1749 (g) to ensure thatonline exam questions with explanations and online
safeguardsare in place to maintain the integrity ofvideo instruction led by highly qualified insurance
prelicensing education. As a result of this change,professionals to give you the edge you need to
prelicensingeducation providers approved by thepass your exam. Click Available courses above to
California Department of Insurance (CDI) can nowview further information about our innovative
submit onlineprelicensing education courses to theprograms, or click register now above if you are
Commissioner for approval.ready to start your insurance career!
Although regulations will be required to implement