- 924
Nightmare of nightmares. I realized a couple of days ago that my license is up for renewal by the end of September -the end of my birth month in even-numbered years (in my state). This was changed a couple of years ago from everyone's license being renewed on the same date.
So, we renew every two years and we have to have 24 hours of CE during the 2-year period before the renewal can be accepted.
So, here it was Sunday and I have to do 24 hours of CE and there is a delay between completing the CE and getting it reported through the portal system to the Insurance Commissioner.
In answer to several questions I see in this Forum, I used WebCE, purchased 24 hours of "on sale" topics, found a discount coupon on line (use Google) and signed up for what I needed for $30.
Now, I have to say it was boring as hell and the fact it was in two 12 hours pieces with two tests is a bit chancy. If you screw up twelve hours you are, well, screwed. My preference would be to take several 3-4 hour courses with topics I found more interesting.
However, it was what it was. I needed hours and I needed them fast. So, the 24 hours on sale was 12 hours of dealing with seniors and the issues therein and 12 hours of "Life Insurance" which was, OMG, torture.
I did the senior thing in about 2 hours including the test. When I submitted it, I realized by looking at the WebCE site on completed seminars that I had done the exact same course 4 years ago. Maybe, just maybe, that is why it seemed familiar and why I got 100% on the test.
The life insurance was boring. It took about 4 hours to complete, including the test. I am guessing that is probably pretty average.
In any event, here it is the last day of September and I found out minutes ago that WebCE reported the completed courses through the Portal as promised and I am now good to go for another two years.
I have no doubt I will end up waiting to the bitter end once again. Maybe I will just take the same courses each time, not bother reading the materials, and just ace the tests in about 10 minutes. There doesn't seem to be any restriction on what courses you take or how often, as long as they add up to the right number of hours.
So, we renew every two years and we have to have 24 hours of CE during the 2-year period before the renewal can be accepted.
So, here it was Sunday and I have to do 24 hours of CE and there is a delay between completing the CE and getting it reported through the portal system to the Insurance Commissioner.
In answer to several questions I see in this Forum, I used WebCE, purchased 24 hours of "on sale" topics, found a discount coupon on line (use Google) and signed up for what I needed for $30.
Now, I have to say it was boring as hell and the fact it was in two 12 hours pieces with two tests is a bit chancy. If you screw up twelve hours you are, well, screwed. My preference would be to take several 3-4 hour courses with topics I found more interesting.
However, it was what it was. I needed hours and I needed them fast. So, the 24 hours on sale was 12 hours of dealing with seniors and the issues therein and 12 hours of "Life Insurance" which was, OMG, torture.
I did the senior thing in about 2 hours including the test. When I submitted it, I realized by looking at the WebCE site on completed seminars that I had done the exact same course 4 years ago. Maybe, just maybe, that is why it seemed familiar and why I got 100% on the test.
The life insurance was boring. It took about 4 hours to complete, including the test. I am guessing that is probably pretty average.
In any event, here it is the last day of September and I found out minutes ago that WebCE reported the completed courses through the Portal as promised and I am now good to go for another two years.
I have no doubt I will end up waiting to the bitter end once again. Maybe I will just take the same courses each time, not bother reading the materials, and just ace the tests in about 10 minutes. There doesn't seem to be any restriction on what courses you take or how often, as long as they add up to the right number of hours.