IBEX offers Continuing Education credits to licensed insurance professionals

IBEX offers Continuing Education credits to licensed insurance professionals © IBEX

For the first time, Florida licensed insurance professionals can earn Continuing Education (CE) credit at North America's largest technical conference for the recreational marine industry.

IBEX LLC, an approved Continuing Education training provider through the Florida Department of Financial Services, will offer eight state-approved seminars worth up to 16 CE hours during IBEX, the International BoatBuilders' Exhibition & Conference, October 6-8, 2026, in Tampa, Florida.

As high-speed hull designs, organized theft, evolving regulations, and advanced electronics continue to transform today's boats, insurance professionals face increasingly complex questions surrounding risk, liability, claims, and accident investigation. IBEX's new CE offering gives attendees the opportunity to fulfill licensing requirements while gaining practical knowledge directly from the professionals designing, building, repairing, regulating, and investigating today's vessels.

Developed in collaboration with marine insurance professionals, the seminars are designed for insurance producers, claims adjusters, investigators, and surveyors alongside boat builders, repairers, designers, manufacturers, and service technicians. Sessions are led by experienced insurance investigators, attorneys, regulatory officials, law enforcement representatives, and other recognized experts.

"Whether investigating a vessel's casualty, evaluating emerging technologies, or understanding liability and risk, meaningful solutions require collaboration across disciplines," said Mary Velline, IBEX Show Director. "Unlike a traditional insurance conference, IBEX brings claims adjusters, producers, investigators, surveyors, boat builders, designers, repairers, manufacturers, and regulatory experts together in one place. That cross-disciplinary environment gives attendees a deeper understanding of how today's vessels are designed, built, maintained, and investigated. We believe this insight will translate into stronger underwriting, more informed claims decisions, and better risk assessment."

By bringing these diverse perspectives together, the IBEX seminars explore the complex issues where design, construction, operations, regulations, safety, and insurance all intersect. IBEX has long been recognized as a premier source of technical education and continuing education for the marine industry, and this new CE program extends that educational mission to Florida's licensed insurance professionals. Rather than learning in an insurance-only environment, attendees participate in discussions alongside the engineers, builders, technicians, surveyors, manufacturers, and regulators who are shaping the future of recreational boating. The result is a richer educational experience that provides broader context for the challenges facing today's marine insurance industry.

The IBEX team worked closely with professionals throughout the marine insurance community to develop the eight-session CE series. Together, the seminars address today's most pressing issues in marine claims, risk assessment, accident investigation, regulatory compliance, vessel construction, safety standards, and emerging technologies.

The following eight state-approved seminars qualify for Florida Continuing Education credit in General Lines (Property & Casualty):

• When Tragedy Strikes: Case Studies in Marine Accident Investigation and Liability
• On the Edge: Safety, Standards, and Liability in High-Speed Boats
• Failure Analysis of Gear Cases
• Organized Theft in the Marine Industry: How Boats Are Being Targeted and How to Fight Back
• Fuel Tank Best Practices and Failure Analysis
• When Carbon Conducts: Electrical Risks in High-Performance Boatbuilding
• Marine Manufacturing EHS & Regulatory Update: What You Need to Know
• When Inspectors Knock: What Compliance and Safety Visits Reveal

Attendees may register for as few as one approved seminar or attend all eight, earning CE credit for each qualifying session completed. Insurance CE hours are available only for designated, state-approved seminars; not all IBEX educational sessions qualify for Florida CE credit.

In addition to earning CE credits, IBEX 2026 conference attendees gain access to more than 40 technical education sessions, hundreds of exhibiting companies, live demonstrations, and unparalleled networking with the professionals driving innovation across the recreational marine industry.

Registration for IBEX 2026 is now open at www.ibexshow.com. Florida licensed insurance professionals should provide their license numbers when prompted during registration to receive CE credit. IBEX representatives will verify seminar attendance and report earned Continuing Education hours directly to the Florida Department of Financial Services following the event.

More information about the approved seminars and registration is available at ibexshow.com/education-insurance-ceu.

For year-round insights into the products, companies, and technologies shaping the industry, visit IBEX 365 and Professional BoatBuilder Magazine, the IBEX Technical Journal).

IBEX is scheduled to return to the Tampa Convention Center, with IBEX 2026 Show dates set for October 6-8, 2026. For tickets and more information on IBEX's full slate of educational opportunities, visit www.ibexshow.com.