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Review the Requirements
AccordionTab/Accordion Items- New Resident License Process Effective May 11, 2012 – Pearson VUE Website
- North Carolina Resident License Application Fees – Effective 1/2/2017
- Licensing Checklist for New Resident License Process
- New Resident License Process Flow Chart
- Resident Prelicensing Requirements and Exemptions Chart
- CE Requirements
- North Carolina Non-Resident License Application Fees– Effective 1/2/2017
- CE Requirements
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Understand Prelicensing Requirements
All North Carolina applicants for an insurance license must obtain an Insurance Licensing Examination Candidate Guide (free of charge) by visiting the Pearson VUE Website or by calling Pearson Vue at 866-265-6329. The Candidate Guide contains pertinent information relating to prelicensing and examination requirements. On both websites is a list of approved prelicensing providers that an applicant may contact for scheduling of courses.
All applicants must complete the following:
- An approved twenty (20) hour course for the Life examination
- An approved twenty (20) hour course for the Accident and Health or Sickness examination
- An approved twenty (20) hour course for the Property examination
- An approved twenty (20) hour course for the Casualty examination
- An approved twenty (20) hour course for the Personal Lines examination
- An approved ten (10) hour course for the Medicare Supplement/Long-Term Care examination
Exemptions from the prelicensing requirement are as follows:
- Resident applicants that are qualifying by clearance letter within 90 days after establishing legal residence do NOT have to take prelicensing education or the examination.
- An individual who is licensed in another state or jurisdiction for the same kind of insurance as that for which applied.
- Adjusters are not required to take prelicensing education but must take the examination
Individuals holding one or more of the following insurance designations are exempt from prelicensing education requirements but the individual must take and pass the examination:
AccordionTab/Accordion Items- Registered Health Underwriter (RHU);
- Certified Employee Benefits Specialist (CEBS);
- Registered Employee Benefits Consultant (REBC);
- Health Insurance Associate (HIA) or
- Holder of degree in insurance (associate or bachelors)
- Certified Insurance Counselor (CIC);
- Certified Employee Benefits Specialist (CEBS);
- Certified Financial Planner (CFP)
- Fellow Life Management Institute (FLMI); or
- Holder of degree in insurance (associate or bachelors)
- Accredited Advisor in Insurance (AAI);
- Associate in Risk Management (ARM);
- Certified Insurance Counselor (CIC) or
- Holder of degree in insurance (associate or bachelors)
- Accredited Advisor in Insurance (AAI);
- Associate in Risk Management (ARM);
- Certified Insurance Counselor (CIC) or
- Holder of degree in insurance (associate or bachelors)
- Accredited Advisor in Insurance (AAI);
- Associate in Risk Management (ARM);
- Certified Insurance Counselor (CIC) or
- Holder of degree in insurance (associate or bachelors)
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Submit Licensing Documentation
Initial & Renewal Insurance License Documentation Submission
Submit required documentation for initial & Renewal insurance license applications for review directly to the NC Licensing Office of Pearson VUE through one of the below methods and be sure to indicate your name and NIPR application transaction number on the documentation:
US Mail:
NC Licensing Office of Pearson VUE
PO Box 14209
Raleigh, NC 27620Phone (Toll Free): 866-265-6329
Fax (Toll Free): 888-959-3010
E-mail: NorthCarolinaLicensingOffice@pearson.com
Forms
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Get Fingerprinted
AccordionTab/Accordion ItemsApplicants for a Resident Insurance Producer’s License must give the Commissioner a complete set of their fingerprints, North Carolina G.S. 58-33-48. Fingerprints are not required for non-resident insurance producer license applicants. Insurance producers licensed prior to 10/1/2010 do not need to submit fingerprints for additional line of authority/licenses unless there are certain lapses of license authority. Applicants required to submit fingerprints and submission requirements are outlined in North Carolina Administrative Code 11 NCAC 06A.0418.
Initial applicants for Insurance Producer Licenses will need to submit fingerprints within 30 days of applying for a license. Once the application is submitted, follow the instructions, by clicking the link in the email notification from the National Insurance Producer Registry (NIPR). Fingerprint submission forms and instructions are only available after a resident application is submitted.
An applicant for a Resident Public Adjuster License is required to give the Commissioner a complete set of their fingerprints for a state and federal criminal history background check, North Carolina G.S. 58-33A-15. Fingerprints are not required for non-resident public adjuster license applicants.
Business Entities acting as a public adjuster in North Carolina are required to obtain a license as a Public Adjuster. Resident Business Entities acting as a Public Adjuster are also required to submit fingerprints for a state and federal criminal history background check for each “key person”. A “key person” is considered an owner, partner, officer or director of the business entity, or member or manager of a limited liability company.
Applicants for a Public Adjuster license and "key persons" of Public Adjuster Business Entities need to submit fingerprints within 30 days of applying for a license. Once the application is submitted, follow the instructions, by clicking the link in the email notification from the National Insurance Producer Registry (NIPR). Applicants required to submit fingerprints and submission requirements are outlined in North Carolina Administrative Code 11 NCAC 06A.0906. Fingerprint submission forms and instructions are only available after a resident application is submitted.
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