Continuing Education Opportunities
Throughout the year, FSLSO travels around the state teaching continuing education classes in various locations.
For a current class listing with current locations and dates, visit the main education page.
Online Education Opportunities
Pre-Licensing Qualification Course
This online course gives agents the opportunity to complete their Pre-Licensing Qualification credits
for their 1-20 designation through the convenience of online access and self-study. This program is
designed to take approximately 60 hours in its entirety. If you stop at any time during the program,
your information will be saved for 90 days, and you may return to finish it during that time. If you
fail to complete the course material and final exam by the 90th day, you will not be allowed back
into the course to complete any remaining course material or take the final exam. This course is currently available for $495.
Enroll in this course
Retail Agent's Role in the Surplus Lines Marketplace
This two-hour course is designed to give the retail agent an overview of Florida's surplus lines
marketplace. The course qualifies for two hours of property and casualty continuing education credits. All
course content will be taught online via the Internet. This course will provide an introduction to the
Florida Surplus Lines Service Office (FSLSO), including the products and services that it offers.
Course provides an overview of Florida’s surplus lines marketplace, including a look at its history
and current state. Further exploration of the marketplace is included in a look at the distribution
system which focuses on the different individuals that make up the market and their roles in it.
The presence of illegal insurance entities in the market is also covered. The course concludes
with an overview of the Rules and Practice and the Florida Statutes applicable to the Surplus Lines Law.
After registration for this course has been completed, the student will be given 30 calendar
days to complete all modules of the course material, as well as, the required exam. The online
exam consists of 25 questions in a multiple-choice format. A score of 70% or higher is required
to receive credit for this course. The student is only allowed to attempt the CE Exam twice. The
course is currently available to Florida licensed surplus lines agents for FREE and available to
all others for $40.
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Unauthorized Insurance Entities
This course shall provide the student with an understanding of the differences between an
unauthorized insurer and an illegal insurance entity. It will also discuss the intricacies of
how specific insurance entities are regulated and how illegal insurance entities operate; how
to protect oneself from becoming a target for these types of fraudulent operations; and, how
the Florida Surplus Lines Service Office provides information regarding eligible surplus lines
insurers. This is an intermediate level course, approved by the Department of Financial Services
for two hours of property and casualty continuing education credits. The course is currently
available to Florida licensed surplus lines agents for FREE and available to all others for $40.
Enroll in this course
Surplus Lines Insurance Rules and Regulations
An overview of the Florida Surplus Lines Service Office and its services; surplus lines filing procedures;
a breakdown of common submission errors; a declaration page activity; the Rules of Practice applicable
to Florida Surplus Lines Law; and a listing of applicable Florida Statutes. This is an intermediate
level course, approved by the Department of Financial Services for three hours of property and casualty
continuing education credits. This course is currently available to Florida licensed surplus lines agents
for FREE and available to all others for $60.
Enroll in this course