Effective October 1, 2009, the State of Maryland will amend it’s Code (Ins. Section 10-116) to increase the total number of continuing eduction hours required of insurance producers each renewal period from 16 to 24. Ethics training must constitute at least 3 hours of the continuing education training.
Active agents with 25 years or more of experience are required to complete 8 CE hours. For renewal, a veteran agent with 25 or more years of experience must submit an affidavit attesting to her or her continuous licensure and selling of insurance in the State. This affidavit is to be filed along with proof that the 8 hours of continuing education, as required, has been obtained.
Also of note, the new LTCi initial training requirement of 8 hours and 4 hours of ongoing LTCi training is a distinct requirement from the 16 to 24 CE hour increase, however, the 8 LTCi hours can, of course, be used to fulfill the 24 hours requirement.
Michaela:
You are absolutely correct. We have also verified with Maryland DOI and Prometric. Thanks for the comment and I will correct the post!
Craig
Just spoke to the state of MD licensing division. This new requirement does not go into effect until Oct of 2009. You list is as 2008.