DOI Pat Quinn Governor Andrew Boron, Director

Continuing Education

Changes in Compiled Statutes

The Illinois Department of Insurance (IDOI) wants to inform all providers of changes in the Illinois Compiled Statutes for continuing education (CE) and pre-licensing compliance.

 Effective January 01, 2010, the key changes are:

  • Pre-licensing hours go from 15 hours for each class of insurance  to 20 hours with  7.5 of the 20 hours must be completed in a classroom setting; except for Motor Vehicle will increase from 7.5 hours to 12.5 hours and 5 hours to be in a classroom setting.
  • Pre-licensing will be required to be completed prior to taking the exam. Candidates will be required to show proof of pre-licensing completion at the test centers before they will be allowed to sit for the exam.

To assist IDOI in implementing the new requirements, any course submitted for ethics credit shall only contain topics related to ethics and cannot be combined with other course material.

When Submitting new courses for ethics credit; please circle “yes” in the lower right corner of the request for course approval document to indicate the submission is for ethics.

Should you have any additional questions, please contact our Education Unit at 217-524-5355 or 217-782-1019 or e-mail: randall.strode@illinois.gov or John.montalbano@illinois.gov