Illinois Insurance Continuing Education (CE) Courses for License Renewal

Any of our three 24-hour bundles satisfies your full Illinois CE requirement. For L&H agents, the Insurance Protection & Fundamentals bundleIllinois Continuing Education is the strongest fit. It covers life insurance concepts, disability, term life renewal, and HIPAA compliance, the topics most relevant to an L&H book.

Any of our three 24-hour bundles satisfies your full Illinois CE requirement. For P&C agents, the Ethics, Policies & Principles bundleIllinois Continuing Education leans hardest into commercial property, workers comp, auto, and homeowners content.

All three of our 24-hour bundles fully satisfy your Illinois CE requirement, ethics + 21 self-study hours, regardless of which one you pick. 

Choose based on the topic mix you find most useful: Insurance Protection & FundamentalsIllinois Continuing EducationIllinois Continuing Education leans toward life insurance and risk fundamentals, Ethics, Policies & PrinciplesIllinois Continuing EducationIllinois Continuing Education leans toward commercial property and core insurance lines, and Insurance Ethics, Concepts & SolutionsIllinois Continuing Education covers claims handling and insurance solutions. Any of the three keeps your license current.

Your Illinois insurance license expires on the last day of your birth month every two years. The exact year depends on when you were originally licensed. You can confirm your specific expiration date through the SBS portalIndex.html Solar or by contacting the Illinois Department of InsuranceIdoi.illinois.gov. Plan to complete your CE well in advance; the IDOI does not grant extensions for late completion, and falling behind on your renewal timeline can result in steep penalties.

Your hours need to be posted to the SBS portal at least 10 business days before your renewal date. A few things to know:

• Your provider has up to 10 days to report completions after you finish
• A certificate of completion is not the same as state-posted credit
• Finishing the week of your deadline is cutting it too close

Our guide to what happens after completing your IL CEContinuing Education What Happens After Completing Your Illinois Insurance Ce Requirements Resources covers the full posting and verification timeline.

It has to be a live, IDOI-approved 3-hour ethics course either in a classroom or via live webinar. Self-paced online ethics isn't accepted. When choosing a provider, look for:

• Flexible scheduling (multiple times per week)
• Fast state reporting
• A solid review history

New to the ethics requirement? Our first-timer's guide to Illinois CEContinuing Education New To Ce Your First Timers Guide To Illinois Insurance Continuing Education Resources walks through what to look for in an approved provider.

Almost:

• 21 of the 24 hours can be online self-study
• The 3 ethics hoursIllinois Ethics Ce Webinar Continuing Education must be live classroom or live webinar 
• If you only need ethics, a standalone 3-hour webinar works
• If you need everything, a 24-hour package bundles ethics + self-study

The 24 required hours can fit most schedules:

• Full grind: about 3 working days if you block out time and power through
• Spread out: ~1 hour per week over your 2-year cycle
• Ethics webinar: a single 3-hour live session (morning or afternoon)
• Self-study portion: go at your own pace, log in and out as needed

Most agents land somewhere in the middle.

Yes. Aceable Insurance is an official Illinois Department of Insurance–approved CE provider, IDOI Provider #102877. A few things that come with that:

• All courses are pre-approved by IDOI and count toward your 24-hour CE requirement
• Completions are reported directly to the state through the SBS portal
• You can verify any provider's approval status on the SBS provider lookupIndex.html Solar before enrolling

If you need to confirm your own license status alongside your provider's, our Illinois license lookup guidePre License How To Look Up Your Illinois Insurance License In 3 Steps Resources walks through the process.

Depends on whether you've already completed your ethics:

• 24-hour package — covers everything, including the 3-hour live ethics webinar + 21 self-study hours
• 21-hour package — only the self-study hours, for producers who already completed live ethics elsewhere

If you're not sure where your ethics stand, check your CE transcript on the SBS portal first. Our first-timer's guide to Illinois CEContinuing Education New To Ce Your First Timers Guide To Illinois Insurance Continuing Education Resources walks through how to check.

You can enroll in just the 3-hour live ethics webinarIllinois Ethics Ce Webinar Continuing Education without buying a full package. This is the right option if:

• You've already completed 21 hours of self-study through another provider
• You need to catch up on ethics specifically before your renewal date
• You're a multi-state agent who completed self-study elsewhere but still needs live ethics for Illinois

Aceable runs the ethics webinar multiple times per week with morning and afternoon CST time slots.

Upon enrollment, you will receive the following:

• Access to the program instructions, which will serve as your step-by-step guide through the program
• Access to your digital textbook for the self-study portion of the program
• A scheduling confirmation for your instructor-led ethics webinar

The Illinois Department of Insurance (IDOI) requires a reporting fee for all CE courses (currently $1.50 per credit hour). This fee is added to your course tuition and collected upon enrollment.

State fees are subject to change without notice. We recommend completing your courses promptly to minimize the risk of a fee increase during your enrollment.
 

We report the completed credit hours to IDOI on your behalf. Our team reports students’ earned credits every business day (M-F). You will also receive a certificate of completion for your records upon completing your course(s).

Your license goes inactive. Consequences:

• You can't legally sell, solicit, or negotiate insurance in Illinois
• Carriers can drop your appointments while you're lapsed
• Reinstating within a year means paying the renewal fee plus a late penalty
• Past a year, you may need to redo pre-licensing and retake the state exam

Our CE on-track before renewalContinuing Education Illinois Insurance Agents Is Your Ce On Track Before Your Renewal Deadline Resources guide covers how to build a compliance plan to avoid a lapse.