Texas CE rules, in plain English
What Texas insurance agents need each license renewal period, and how ComedyCE.com classes count.
How our webinars count
Every ComedyCE.com webinar gives classroom credit, the same as attending in person. There is no test or quiz. Instead, we monitor attendance during the class and ask a couple of attendance checks each hour, either a poll that pops up on your screen or a question you answer in the GoToWebinar question box. Keep the presentation open and answer the checks, and you get credit.
Medicare-related products certification
If you sell Medicare Advantage or Part D plans, you need the Medicare-related products certification: 8 hours to start, then 4 hours of Medicare-related CE each renewal period. This requirement continues even if you are grandfathered.
Grandfathered agents
After 20 years of being licensed, you can apply for grandfathered (exempt) status and no longer need general CE. You are always welcome in our classes, and the Medicare-related requirement above still applies if you sell those products.
To apply, go to the Sircon inquiry page, click "Services" in the menu on the left, and select "Texas CE Exemption or Extension Request." The same request covers extensions when illness, military service, or something beyond your control kept you from finishing your CE.
Life and health or property and casualty
Anyone with a general lines license, life and health or property and casualty, can take any course approved for general lines credit. That includes our property and casualty courses: life and health agents can take them and still receive credit.
Professional designations
Some industry designations require their own CE or ethics hours. Check with the organization that issued yours.
Check your own record
This page is a plain-language summary. The Texas Department of Insurance has the final word on your requirements.