Please be aware a course cannot be applied toward your license renewal requirements more than once within a two-year licensing period. We encourage you to review your education transcript to verify whether you’ve already completed this course. You can access your transcript here.
Tuesday, August 19, 2025 8:00 AM - 10:00 AM Central Standard Time
Webcast Remote,
2 CE Hours
Member $64 / Non-member $142
Instructor: Catherine Trischan, CPCU, CRM, CIC, ARM, AU, AAI, CRIS, MLIS, TRIP, CBIA
This course will familiarize the participants with some of the endorsements that can severely restrict coverage under the Commercial General Liability (CGL) Policy. We will review several ISO endorsements and see examples of non-standard endorsements often used by insurers. In each case, we will discuss the effect that the endorsement has on the coverage that would otherwise have been afforded by the CGL policy.
*Per Texas Insurance Department regulations, you may not duplicate a course and receive credit within the same licensing period. Please refer to the course title and number and to your CE transcript at www.sircon.com to verify you are not duplicating a course.
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Tuesday, August 19, 2025 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM Central Standard Time
1 CE Hour
Member $32 / Non-member $71
Instructor: Cathy Trischan, CPCU, CRM, CIC, ARM, AU, AAI, CRIS, MLIS, TRIP, CBIA
This course reviews property deductibles, including a discussion of flat, percentage, and catastrophe deductibles as well as deductible buyback policies. We will discuss the different types of general liability deductibles that may apply, as well as how the self-insured retention in an Umbrella policy functions. Lastly, we will address the application of deductibles for auto physical damage coverages.
Thursday, August 21, 2025 8:00 AM - 11:00 AM Central Standard Time
3 CE Hours
Member $96 / Non-member $213
Instructor: Catherine Trischan, CPCU, CRM, CIC, ARM, AU, AAI, CRIS, MLIS, TRIP
Many businesses do not carry Employment Practices Liability Insurance (EPLI) and some that do have confusing policies with limited coverage. This course begins with a discussion of why ALL businesses big and small must consider EPLI. The course will discuss some important concepts to understand when writing claims made policies and address many employment-related liability exposures faced by today’s employers: discrimination and harassment claims by employees and third parties, employee privacy concerns, retaliation claims, wage and hour claims and more as well as how common EPLI policies address such exposures.
Thursday, August 21, 2025 12:00 PM - 3:00 PM Central Standard Time
3 Hours CE
Instructor: Kym Martell, CRM, CIC, CRIS, AAI, MLIS
Personal lines insurance pros often face challenges when trying to identify and place exposures unique to high-net-worth individuals. This course is a deep-dive into many such exposures and will assist agents in the risk management process as well as providing needed insurance solutions for such insureds.
Tuesday, August 26, 2025 8:00 AM - 10:00 AM UTC
2 Hours CE
Member $56 / Non-member $80
Instructor: Sam Bennett, CIC, AFIS, CRIS, CPIA, CPRM
This presentation will concentrate on often-used ISO Farm Property Coverage Forms with a goal of familiarizing the participant with the structure and coverage intent of the farm property program. Even though many carriers do not use ISO forms in their farm program, the information is consistent also for AAIS and most proprietary farm programs.
Tuesday, August 26, 2025 8:00 AM - 10:00 AM Central Standard Time
Instructor: Scott Treen, CIC, CPIA
Someone moves in. Someone moves out. Stuff moves in. Stuff moves out. As your insureds’ situations change so do their insurance needs. Insurance pros who attend this course will gain expertise in how to handle several coverage issues found in a typical home or umbrella policy.
Tuesday, August 26, 2025 12:00 PM - 3:00 PM Central Standard Time
Instructor: Chris Amrhein, AAI
This course, created and taught by a veteran insurance educator (and one who has personally run the Social Security/Medicare sign-up gauntlet) will reveal lessons learned about both programs and bring much clarity to the chaos. Whether you are seeking info to help a customer, spouse, parent, relative or preparing for your own journey through the retirement “right of passage”, harvest the value of experience and take this course!
Wednesday, August 27, 2025 12:00 PM - 3:00 PM Central Standard Time
Instructor: Robin Federici
Annual transportation policies, Trip Transit policies, Motor Truck Cargo policies and Owners Form Motor Truck Cargo policies – all non-standard policy forms BUT most businesses have a transportation exposure! This course will provide information on the “general” and “usual” policy provisions found in many of these non-standard forms including covered property interests, excluded property, valuations, coinsurance, subrogation and coverage territories.
Thursday, August 28, 2025 8:00 AM - 10:00 AM Central Standard Time
Instructor: Nicole Broch, CIC, CISR, PLCS
Personal Lines markets continue to deteriorate. Agents and account managers are scrambling, carriers are changing course daily, and the insured often is left with reduced coverage and higher premiums. This course will explain how we got here and what insurance pros can do to understand, explain, and advise insureds as to how to protect themselves until conditions (hopefully!) improve.
Thursday, August 28, 2025 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM Central Standard Time
The Insurance Services Office (ISO) forms may be the standard but there are variations in commonly used non-standard forms that, if not identified, could lead to coverage problems. Personal lines insurance pros who take this course will be better positioned to search for and remedy such discrepancies.
Tuesday, September 09, 2025 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM Central Standard Time
1 Hour CE
Instructor: Patrick Wraight, CPCU, ITP, CIC, CRM, CISR, AU, AINS
Reinsurance costs always figure into the cost of providing insurance to the consumer but most of the time that’s in the background. Recently, reinsurance has figured prominently in the insurance marketplace because of a rise in reinsurance premiums and a reduction in reinsurance availability. This session is designed to help us to understand what reinsurance is, why companies need it, and what that means to the insurance market as a whole.
Tuesday, September 09, 2025 12:00 PM - 3:00 PM Central Standard Time
Instructor: Steve Lyon
This course will review the gaps in the Commercial Property and present options for closing those gaps. We will consider covered property, property not covered, additional coverages, and coverage extensions.
Wednesday, September 10, 2025 8:00 AM - 11:00 AM Central Standard Time
To save a buck, consumers are quick to strip off coverage and/or buy coverage that doesn’t match their exposure. This course provides many examples and risks insurance pros can use to talk insureds through coverage that is best for their policy and how to get it in the most affordable way possible. Discussion includes reference to many endorsements - some common, some not – insureds should consider.
Wednesday, September 10, 2025 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM Central Standard Time
Deductibles are commonly understood when agents sell and service a policy. However, applying deductibles to a loss may not work how they expect. This course will go through several examples to assist insurance pros in finally understanding homeowners deductibles.
Thursday, September 11, 2025 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM Central Standard Time
This course covers the most important concepts to understand when writing claims-made coverage. We will discuss the coverage trigger, retroactive date, extended reporting period, prior and pending litigation and continuity dates. We will review some common coverage features of policies written on a claims-made basis including defense provisions and consent to settle clauses. Lastly, we will discuss the importance of the policy application.
Tuesday, September 16, 2025 12:00 PM - 3:00 PM Central Standard Time
Instructor: Terry L. Tadlock, CIC, CPCU, CRIS
Ride-sharing, drones, home rental, furnished autos, remote work and other issues testing common personal lines policies are reviewed in this course. Agents who attend will learn the depth of exposures and the best practices of how to address them with insureds.
Thursday, September 18, 2025 8:00 AM - 10:00 AM Central Standard Time
Instructor: David Thompson, CPCU, AAI, API, CRIS
While many are commonly used, commercial insureds and agents are often confused by the purpose of certain endorsements to their insurance policies. Insurance pros who take this course will gain expertise on several endorsements often used to limit or enhance coverage in the Business Auto policy as well as a few designed for the Commercial Property policy.
Thursday, September 18, 2025 12:00 PM - 3:00 PM Central Standard Time
This course begins with a discussion of what ethics is and different approaches to decision making. It addresses the ethical responsibilities of the insurance producer to prospects and clients, to insurance carriers and to third parties. Throughout the course, participants will discuss ethical dilemmas faced by insurance producers in order to determine the best course of action. We also discuss the E&O implications in many of the areas discussed.
Thursday, September 25, 2025 12:00 PM - 3:00 PM Central Standard Time
Bad actors are finding more sophisticated ways to utilize their bad machines. The harm caused by a cyber-attack can destroy businesses big and small. This course will examine the most common first and third-party cyber exposures facing businesses today. We will review some of the coverages available in the cyber insurance market and discuss things to consider when selecting a product.
Tuesday, September 30, 2025 8:00 AM - 11:00 AM Central Standard Time
They’re out there. And with a bit of misfortune, some may find their way into your book of business. You already know that insureds and prospects who engage in fraud are bad news but some are harder to spot then others. This course reviews techniques agents can use to identify and deal with insurance fraud. With an abundance of examples and case studies, agents will gain expertise in sniffing out the liars.
Thursday, October 09, 2025 12:00 PM - 3:00 PM Central Standard Time
Instructor: Steven Lyon, CPCU, CIC, CRM, CRIS, AAI, ARM, AIS, MLIS, AFIS, TRIP
This course reviews many examples of situations faced by agents which may test ethical resolve as well as E&O management practices. Agents who take this course will learn some coverage lessons, better understand the critical functions of a successful agency operation, and be more prepared to handle difficult situations commonly faced by insurance agencies.
Tuesday, October 14, 2025 8:00 AM - 11:00 AM Central Standard Time
Contractor insureds and their agents are all-too-familiar with issues regarding Certificates of Insurance as well as endorsements often requested with them. This course will review many considerations for agents when issuing a certificate and discuss ways to avoid some of the common problems and errors. Issues regarding Additional Insureds, Waivers of Subrogation and other requests frequently made of agents will be discussed.
Tuesday, October 14, 2025 12:00 PM - 3:00 PM Central Standard Time
Instructor: Terry Tadlock, CIC, CPCU, CRIS
This course uses examples of several commercial property claims to illustrate how the policy may not function in the manner expected by either the agent or insured. Insurance pros who take this course will gain expertise on a variety of commercial property issues such as reconstruction costs, setting limits, insurance to value, tenant lease insurance requirements, and acts of civil authority.
Thursday, October 16, 2025 8:00 AM - 10:00 AM Central Standard Time
Thursday, October 16, 2025 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM Central Standard Time
Sponsored by Texas Surplus Lines Association
2 CE Hour
Instructors: Emily Carstens, Amwins
This class will discuss the differences in hard vs soft insurance markets, and the dynamics of the current insurance market including aspects of Social inflation. The bulk of the course is designed to educate insureds on the Hard Market and put emphasis on putting the best policy together for their coverage needs.
Thursday, October 16, 2025 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM Central Standard Time
Tuesday, October 21, 2025 8:00 AM - 10:00 AM Central Standard Time
Tuesday, October 21, 2025 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM Central Standard Time
Thursday, October 23, 2025 8:00 AM - 10:00 AM Central Standard Time
Vehicles, houses, garage space, swimming pools, scooters and many other exposures stemming from the shared economy require special attention from an insurance standpoint. Insurance pros who take this course will better understand the breadth of sharing exposures, how they’re addressed in common insurance policies, and how to obtain adequate coverage.
Thursday, October 23, 2025 12:00 PM - 3:00 PM Central Standard Time
Instructor: Steven Lyon, CPCU, CIC, CRM, CRIS, AAI, ARM,AIS, MLIS, AFIS, TRIP
Incomprehensible advancements in technology, regulatory changes, and many other factors are fueling new and rapidly-evolving risks for agents and insureds to address. Insurance pros who attend this course will better understand risks presented by electric vehicles, alternative energy systems, artificial intelligence, supply chain issues, parametric insurance, virtual currencies, pollutants, and many other issues.
Tuesday, October 28, 2025 8:00 AM - 11:00 AM Central Standard Time
Tuesday, October 28, 2025 12:00 PM - 3:00 PM Central Standard Time
This course reviews the definitions, liability coverage and policy provisions of the Homeowners forms. We will look at the eligibility for the HO-3, HO-4, HO-5, HO-6, HO-8 an the HO-14 and compare the forms. We will then dig into the Liability side and discuss insuring agreements and Section II Exclusions. We will wrap up the session with Personal Liability Exclusions and Additional Coverages. Most importantly, we will share E&O tips through the discussion with scenarios.
Wednesday, October 29, 2025 8:00 AM - 11:00 AM Central Standard Time
Instructor: Robin Federici, CPCU, AAI, ARM, AINS, AIS, CPIW
Society as we know it depends on the trucking industry getting from A to B unscathed. Sometimes, accidents happen. The Motor Carrier Coverage Form (MCCF) is at the core of many Motor Carrier/Trucking accounts. This course takes a deep dive into the Insurance Services Office (ISO) MCCF, exclusions, and conditions. It will emphasize how understanding “who is an insured” shapes the coverage, provide the answer to a variety of coverage questions on the effect of ISO symbols and how exceptions to exclusions provide some surprising expansions of coverage.
Wednesday, October 29, 2025 12:00 PM - 3:00 PM Central Standard Time
Thursday, October 30, 2025 8:00 AM - 11:00 AM Central Standard Time
This course discusses several home and auto exposures that most everyone knows are there yet, for some reason, continue to cause coverage problems. Furnished vehicles, trailers, personal property, kids earning cash, watercraft, and several other common exposures will be discussed with the hope of addressing them in a way that finally produces a different result: adequate coverage!
Thursday, November 06, 2025 8:00 AM - 11:00 AM Central Standard Time
Join flood guru David Thompson for a discussion on many factors regarding flood insurance and the National Flood Insurance Program. This course follows the general curriculum for flood insurance training as set forth by FEMA. Completion of this course will satisfy FEMA’s 3-hour Basic Flood Insurance Course requirement for agents to sell flood insurance.
Thursday, November 06, 2025 12:00 PM - 3:00 PM Central Standard Time
Thursday, November 13, 2025 8:00 AM - 11:00 AM Central Standard Time
Thursday, November 13, 2025 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM Central Standard Time
Tuesday, November 18, 2025 8:00 AM - 11:00 AM Central Standard Time
Instructor: Patrick Wraight, ITP, CIC, CRM, CISR, AU, AINS
This course reviews many factors of a building’s construction and occupancy and how underwriters use data to determine and classify a property risk. After taking this course, insurance pros will have a better understanding of construction strategy, mitigating risks such as fire and wind, and tools used by property underwriters.
Tuesday, November 18, 2025 12:00 PM - 3:00 PM Central Standard Time
Wednesday, November 19, 2025 12:00 PM - 3:00 PM Central Standard Time
Thursday, November 20, 2025 8:00 AM - 11:00 AM Central Standard Time
Thursday, November 20, 2025 12:00 PM - 3:00 PM Central Standard Time
Tuesday, December 02, 2025 8:00 AM - 11:00 AM Central Standard Time
Tuesday, December 02, 2025 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM Central Standard Time
Wednesday, December 03, 2025 12:00 PM - 3:00 PM Central Standard Time
Thursday, December 04, 2025 8:00 AM - 10:00 AM Central Standard Time
Thursday, December 04, 2025 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM Central Standard Time
Tuesday, December 09, 2025 8:00 AM - 11:00 AM Central Standard Time
Wednesday, December 10, 2025 12:00 PM - 3:00 PM Central Standard Time
Thursday, December 11, 2025 12:00 PM - 3:00 PM Central Standard Time
Tuesday, December 16, 2025 8:00 AM - 11:00 AM Central Standard Time
Tuesday, December 16, 2025 12:00 PM - 3:00 PM Central Standard Time
Wednesday, December 17, 2025 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM Central Standard Time
What’s in the rental car contract you signed but didn’t read? Is the LDW a rip-off? Is that credit card coverage legit? How does your personal auto respond? Learn the answers and discuss several “horror story” claim scenarios involving rental cars in this outstanding program from instructor David Thompson.
Thursday, December 18, 2025 8:00 AM - 10:00 AM Central Standard Time