Updated November 20, 2024
ExamFX Provider #3680
NEW MEXICO CE COURSES
The following courses are currently available for New Mexico:
| Course Name | Credit Hours | Line of Authority |
| Anti-Money Laundering | 2.00 | Ethics |
| Annuity Suitability and Best Interest Standard Training | 4.00 | Annuity Best Interest 4 hr |
| Ethical Practices: Avoiding E&O Claims | 3.00 | Ethics |
| Ethics & Insurance: How to Sell Ethically & Comply with the Law | 3.00 | Ethics |
| Indexed Product Training | 4.00 | L - Life/Health/Variable |
| Distribution Planning | 4.00 | Life/Health/Variable |
| Group Benefits & Worksite Insurance | 4.00 | Life/Health/Variable |
| Health Insurance Policies: Protecting Clients from Health-Related Loss | 5.00 | Life/Health/Variable |
| Life Insurance Policy Types & Suitability | 6.00 | Life/Health/Variable |
| Medicare Supplement Insurance: Closing the Gap | 4.00 | Life/Health |
| Principles of Life and Health Insurance | 12.00 | Life/Health/Variable |
| Retirement Planning | 4.00 | Life/Health/Variable |
| Variable Life & Annuities: Understanding Investment Potential and Risks | 5.00 | Life/Health/Variable |
| Long-Term Care Certification Training | 8.00 | LTC |
| Long-Term Care Certificate Refresher | 4.00 | LTC |
| NFIP Flood Insurance | 3.00 | P (prop/cas/veh) |
| Businessowners Policy (BOP) | 4.00 | Property/Casualty |
| Commercial Lines: Property/Auto/Liability | 4.00 | Property/Casualty |
| Personal Lines: Protecting Your Client's Home, Auto, & Critical Risks | 7.00 | Property/Casualty |
REQUIRED HOURS
Producers and adjusters are required to complete
24 hours of continuing education, including 3 hours of Ethics, every 2 years. The license term end on the last day of the producer's birth month, biennially. Even birth years renew in even years, odd birth years renew in odd years.
Producers must complete a minimum of 3 hours of CE course hours for each compliance period in a formal classroom or in a live webinar course that permits the licensee to interact with a live instructor. Licensees are responsible for tracking this requirement.
No carry over of excess credit hours are allowed. A course may not be repeated for credit more than once within 3 years from the original completion date.
NOTE: Be sure to complete all of your CE credit hours BEFORE submitting your license renewal application.
CATEGORY RESTRICTIONS
Producers must take approved courses in the line of authority in which they are licensed.
SPECIAL TRAINING
• FLOOD INSURANCE TRAINING – New Mexico licensed Property & Casualty and Personal Lines producers who sell National
Flood Insurance Policies are required to take a one-time state approved 3-hour course on Flood
Insurance.
• ANNUITY BEST INTEREST TRAINING – New Mexico licensed producers must complete a state approved one-time 4-hour Annuity Suitability Best Interest Standard course before selling, soliciting or negotiating any annuity products. The ExamFX Annuity Suitability Best Interest Standard course satisfies this requirement.
• LONG-TERM CARE TRAINING – Before a producer can sell or solicit Long-Term
Care Insurance, they must complete a state approved, one-time 8-hour Long-Term Care Training course. Producers must then complete a 4-hour ongoing training requirement
every 2 years following the initial completion of the 8-hour training. The satisfaction of the training requirement in any state will satisfy the training requirement in New Mexico for non-resident agents.
COURSE PRESENTATION
• CERTIFICATE EXAM – Licensees are required to pass the certificate exam with a 70% or better.
• STUDY BY TOPIC QUIZZES – ExamFX recommends that all Study by Topic Quizzes are passed with a 70% or better.
• ATTESTATION – The attestation must be completed following the certificate exam.
CERTIFICATES OF COMPLETION AND REPORTING
Your certificate of completion will be processed within two (2) business days and can be downloaded/printed from the "View Certificate(s)" link in the course launch portal. Completions are normally reported to the state entities within two (2) business days of the certificate having been issued. There is a state charge of $2.00 per credit hour to report your completion. This fee will be charged prior to accessing the certificate exam.
NON-RESIDENT PRODUCERS
Non-resident producers are not required to take CE in New Mexico if they have completed CE in their home state and remain in good standing.
CE EXEMPTIONS
The following producers are exempt from New Mexico continuing education:
• Hold a limited license.
• Has been continually licensed and in good standing for 25 years or more with a lapse of more than 90 days, is eligible to apply for a Grandfather Exemption.
• Maintains a license for the purposes of receiving renewal fee residuals ONLY.
• Is an agent of a fraternal benefit society.
• Non-resident producers who have met the CE requirements of their home state.
ADDITIONAL LICENSE RENEWAL INFORMATION
Once the course requirements have been met ExamFX will report course completions to State Based Systems (SBS) and you may file a renewal application, pay all fees and follow the online renewal process at NIPR.
STATE CONTACT INFORMATION
Office of the Superintendent of Insurance
Phone: (855) 427-5674 Option 1
Fax: (505) 827-4734
Email: [email protected]
Website: https://www.osi.state.nm.us/
Mailing Address:
P.O. Box 1689
Santa Fe, NM 87504-1689
The information displayed
above is for informational purposes only. ExamFX is not responsible for the accuracy of the information on this page. All steps have been taken to make sure that the information relayed on this page is accurate; however, information is subject
to change without notice. It is the responsibility of the producer to be compliant per their states requirements.
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