Colorado Personal Lines Producer — Pre-Licensing
This course is approved by the Colorado Division of Insurance for Pre-Licensing Education credit, 50.00 hours, self-study. Course #67710, Provider #237818 (Elite Online Training Academy LLC). Colorado requires approved pre-licensing education before you sit for this exam, and this course satisfies that requirement. Cost is shown above; see our cancellation and refund policy.
You may not need this course if you were previously licensed for the same line in a reciprocal state, or if you completed the full curriculum for a designation Colorado Regulation 1-2-5 accepts for this line (for example CPCU, CIC, AAI or ARM for property and casualty, or CLU or ChFC for life). Check with the Colorado Division of Insurance before you enroll. Compare Colorado courses.
What you'll learn
Every section below is aligned with the Colorado content outline.
Section 1I. Insurance Fundamentals and General Concepts6 lessons+
- What insurance is: risk transfer, pooling, and the law of large numbers
- Risk, hazard (moral/morale/physical), peril, and loss
- Insurable interest, indemnity, and the principle of no profit from loss
- Loss valuation: ACV, replacement cost, market/agreed/stated value, salvage, coinsurance
- Proximate cause, deductibles, limits of liability, occurrence vs. claims-made
- How insurers operate: admitted/nonadmitted, stock/mutual, reinsurance, rating basics
Section 2II. Insurance Contracts and Legal Principles6 lessons+
- Elements of a valid contract: offer/acceptance, consideration, competent parties, legal purpose
- Distinct characteristics: adhesion, aleatory, unilateral, conditional, utmost good faith
- Warranties, representations, concealment, and misrepresentation
- Policy structure: declarations, insuring agreement, conditions, exclusions, endorsements
- Parties and duties: the insured, additional insureds, insurer obligations, waiver and estoppel
- Common conditions: subrogation, other insurance, assignment, mortgagee/loss payee rights
Section 3III. Homeowners and Dwelling Property6 lessons+
- Homeowners forms: HO-2, HO-3, HO-4, HO-5, HO-6, HO-8 and when each applies
- Homeowners coverages A–F and Section I vs. Section II
- Named-perils vs. open-perils; the standard perils and key exclusions
- Dwelling forms: DP-1, DP-2, DP-3 and the dwelling vs. homeowners choice
- Common HO endorsements: scheduled property, ordinance/law, water backup, inflation guard
- Flood (NFIP) and other catastrophe perils: earthquake, windstorm, residual markets
Section 4IV. Personal Liability4 lessons+
- Legal liability: negligence and its elements; absolute, strict, and vicarious liability
- Defenses and damages: comparative vs. contributory negligence; compensatory and punitive
- Personal liability and medical payments under homeowners Section II
- Umbrella and excess liability: drop-down, self-insured retention, and underlying requirements
Section 5V. Personal Automobile4 lessons+
- Personal Auto Policy: liability, medical payments, and the covered-auto rules
- Uninsured/underinsured motorist and PIP/no-fault concepts (limits and rules vary by state: see your state section)
- Physical damage: collision, other-than-collision, and exclusions
- Financial responsibility and compulsory insurance concepts (minimums vary by state: see your state section)
Section 6VI. Personal Lines Coverages in Depth15 lessons+
- Homeowners forms compared: HO-2, HO-3, HO-5, and HO-8 by peril basis and coverage trigger
- Homeowners endorsements: scheduling, ordinance or law, water backup, service line, home business, and identity theft
- Dwelling policies: DP-1, DP-2, and DP-3 for tenant-occupied, seasonal, and rental risks
- Renters and condominium coverage: HO-4, HO-6, loss assessment, and walls-in vs. bare-walls responsibility
- Valuable articles and scheduled property: the personal articles floater, scheduling vs. blanket, appraisals, and agreed value
- Personal Auto Policy: Parts A through D in depth
- Personal Auto Policy endorsements: tailoring the base form
- Insuring miscellaneous vehicles: motorcycles, RVs, ATVs, and more
- Watercraft and boatowners coverage: from dinghy to yacht
- Personal umbrella policy in depth: underlying limits, retention, and drop-down
- Personal inland marine and floaters: scheduling high-value property under the Nationwide Marine Definition
- Flood insurance for personal lines: the NFIP, Write-Your-Own, Preferred Risk Policy, and the dwelling form
- Earthquake and other catastrophe perils: endorsements, difference-in-conditions, and earth-movement exclusions
- Identity theft and personal cyber coverage: expense reimbursement, social engineering, and coverage triggers
- Home-sharing, in-home business, and mobile/manufactured home coverage forms
Section 7VII. Policy Provisions, Underwriting, and Claims Handling5 lessons+
- Reading the policy: declarations, insuring agreement, conditions, exclusions, definitions
- Underwriting: sources of information, acceptability, and the FCRA in underwriting
- Binders, endorsements, and certificates of insurance
- The claims process: notice, proof of loss, investigation, appraisal, and settlement (timelines vary by state, see your state section)
- Cancellation, nonrenewal, and premium audit (notice periods vary by state: see your state section)
Section 8VIII. Insurance Regulation and Federal Law5 lessons+
- How insurance is regulated: McCarran-Ferguson, the NAIC, and state insurance departments
- Producer licensing, appointment, and CE: the NAIC producer model
- Unfair trade and claims-settlement practices: the NAIC model framework
- Federal law touching P&C: TRIA, GLBA privacy, FCRA, and Fair Credit / privacy notices
- Guaranty associations and residual markets: the NAIC model
Section 9IX. Insurance Ethics5 lessons+
- The producer as a fiduciary: duties to the client, the insurer, and the public
- Fair dealing, suitability, and avoiding conflicts of interest
- Prohibited practices: misrepresentation, twisting, churning, rebating, and defamation (generic NAIC framing)
- Handling client money and information: trust accounts, privacy, and record integrity
- Professionalism in practice: case studies in ethical decision-making
Section 10X. Colorado Insurance Code and Division of Insurance5 lessons+
- Colorado Division of Insurance — Authority, Examinations, Orders, Penalties
- Colorado Producer Licensing — Qualifications, Prelicensing, CE, Appointment, Termination
- Colorado Unfair Trade Practices, Statutory Bad Faith, and Algorithmic Discrimination
- Colorado Claims Handling — Acknowledgment, Investigation, Wildfire Protections
- Colorado Rating, Underwriting, Cancellation, and Residual Markets
Section 11XI. Colorado Statutes Pertinent to Personal Lines5 lessons+
- Colorado Personal Auto Law — 25/50/15, UM/UIM, MedPay, Tort Fault, and SR-22
- Colorado Homeowners Cancellation and Nonrenewal — Notice Requirements
- Colorado Residual Property Market — The FAIR Plan
- Colorado Insurance Guaranty Association — Protection on Insurer Insolvency
- Colorado Claim Handling and Consumer Protection — Prompt Claims, Bad Faith, Wildfire Rules, Credit Scoring
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Read the lesson library, take section quizzes, and work through the practice-question bank as many times as you need.
Complete the course
Finish every section and the final exam to earn your completion certificate, then follow the Colorado Department of Insurance steps to apply for your license. Check the DOI to see whether you still need to sit for the state exam.
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