Publication Date
2024-11-25
effective date
2024-11-15
jurisdiction
Nevada Annuity CE Requirements For Resident And Nonresident Producers
Effective November 15, 2024, Nevada added specific training requirements for resident and nonresident producers who transact annuity products. Please see the attachment for more information. 
- A producer must have adequate annuity product knowledge and comply with the insurer's standards for product training. Producers may rely on insurer-provided product-specific training standards and materials to comply with this rule.
- In addition to the insurer-provided product-specific training, producers must complete an approved one-time training course qualifying for at least 4 CE credits.
- Producers who hold a life line of authority and who sell annuities must complete the course:
- By 5/15/2025, if already licensed on 11/15/2024; or
- Prior to selling annuities, if the producer was licensed on or after 11/15/2024.
- A producer who has completed an annuity training course approved by the Commissioner or a designated representative before 11/15/2024 must complete either of the following by 5/15/2025:
- A new 4-credit training course approved by the Commissioner or a designated representative after 11/15/2024; or
- An additional 1-time, 1 credit training course approved by the Commissioner or a designated representative on appropriate sales practices, replacement, and disclosure requirements
- The training must cover:
- The types of annuities and various classifications;
- Identification of the parties to an annuity;
- How product-specific annuity contract features affect consumers;
- The application of income taxation of qualified and non-qualified annuities; and
- Appropriate standards of conduct, sales practices, replacement, and disclosure requirements.
- Additional topics may be offered in conjunction with the required topics.
- The training course may not cover:
- Marketing information;
- Sales techniques; or
- Specific information about a particular insurer's products.
- Training may be completed by classroom or self-study methods.
- Satisfaction of substantially similar requirements in another state will satisfy this regulation's requirement.
- Satisfaction of the training requirement components
- Of a course with components substantially similar to this regulation's provisions, including, without limitation, a course that satisfies FINRA Manual Rule 1240 CE requirements, or any amendment or successor to the rule, will satisfy this regulation's training requirements.
- Insurers must verify that a producer has completed training before allowing the producer to sell annuity products.  An insurer may satisfy its responsibility by obtaining:
- Training course completion certificates;
- Reports provided by Commissioner-sponsored database systems or vendors; or
- Reports from a reasonably reliable commercial database vendor that has a reporting arrangement with approved insurance education providers.

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