Continuing Education (CE)

For Licensees:

Before renewing the resident Adjuster and Producer License (excluding limited lines licensees) 24 credit hours of CEs must completed total (21 General 3 Ethics). This also applies to any licensee who has selected NM as the home state. Non-residents adjusters who live in a state that does not have a CE requirement must complete the 24 hours required with a NM approved Provider or any other reciprocal jurisdiction.

If you’re a resident, you can find out which of your CE courses have been reported by logging into SBS. Please see “Find your transcripts”.

Only the hours in the “Credit Hours” column count toward the CE total.

CE credit is applied only to courses taken during the current renewal period. The renewal period begins the day after the expiration date until the next expiration date. If a course is taken outside of that time period, the licensee will not receive credit for those CEs.

Once the licensee has completed the CE credit hours (if they are a resident or DHS licensee), they must still submit the renewal application through NIPR.

**Note** Providers have up to 10 days to report completed hours on behalf of the licensee. Once banked, the licensee must wait 24 hours before they will be able to submit the renewal application.  We strongly encourage the licensee to complete the required hours a minimum of 90 days prior to license expiration.

Licensees generally have 24 months (2 years) to complete all required continuing education before the license expiration date. Failure to timely complete CE hours will result in a $50.00 penalty before we process the renewal application. Licensees will also be required to complete a new background check and additional late renewal penalties will be applied to the renewal application.

For more information on licensing renewals for individuals please see “Individual Renewal Instructions” listed under “Individual” on the licensing landing page.  

Specialized Training:

• Flood: 3 Credit hours
• Long-Term Care (LTC): 8 initial credit hours & 4 each compliance period
• Escrow: 3 Credits hours each compliance period
• Stop Loss: 8 Credit hours
• Suitability in Annuity: 4 Credit hours BEFORE product can be transacted 

Majority of license types require 24 credit hours, however the license types listed below follow specific credit hours requirements.

• Title & Escrow Producers: 10 Credit hours total – must include 3 credit hours of Escrow
• Bail Bondsmen: 14 Credit hours total

Continuing Education Exemption – NMAC 13.4.7.2.B

The Continuing Education requirements of this rule shall not apply to:

• Holders of limited licenses issued pursuant to Section 59A-12-18 NMSA 1978;
• licensees who have been continuously licensed by the superintendent for 25 years or more, without a lapse of more than 90 days;
• persons who maintain a license solely for the purpose of receiving renewal fee residuals and who do not otherwise transact the business of insurance;
• agents of fraternal benefit societies licensed pursuant to Section 59A-44-33 NMSA 1978; or
• nonresident insurance licensees who are licensed in another state or country that requires completion of continuing education courses.

To request an exemption for any of the reasons listed above please send an email to Agents.Licensing@osi.nm.gov. Please include your name, NPN, and the reason for the exemption request.

Governed by NMSA 59A-12-26, NMSA 59A-13-12, NMAC 13.4.7 

For Providers:  

All applications are to be submitted electronically to PSI via the SBS system. The Provider Information Handbook will contain a checklist of documents required for each course submitted based on the applications that will be utilized. If any applications need to be submitted manually, they should be sent by traceable courier to:

PSI Services
Attn: Continuing Ed. Dept.
450 North Stephanie Street
2nd Floor Suite#200
Henderson NV 89014
P: 1877-526-6833
nm-ceprocessing@psionline.com

For more information visit the Test Taker or PSI Exams site.