How to become an insurance agent: license rules in every state
Each state sets its own rules for insurance agents. Pick a state for who issues the license, training and exam rules, fees and the steps, all from official state sources.
| State | State license | Term |
|---|---|---|
| Alabama | Yes | Two years, renewing in the birth month i |
| Alaska | Yes | Two years; renews on your birthday in od |
| Arizona | Yes | Four years (quadrennial), expiring the l |
| Arkansas | Yes | |
| California | Yes | Two years |
| Colorado | Yes | Two years, ending on the last day of the |
| Connecticut | Yes | Two years, expiring on the last day of t |
| Delaware | Yes | Two years; resident licenses renew by Fe |
| District of Columbia | Yes | Two years, expiring on the last day of t |
| Florida | Yes | License is perpetual (no renewal) while |
| Georgia | Yes | Two years, expiring on the last day of t |
| Hawaii | Yes | Two years (biennial renewal) |
| Idaho | Yes | Two years, expiring on the last day of t |
| Illinois | Yes | 2 years, expiring the last day of your b |
| Indiana | Yes | 2 years, expiring the last day of your b |
| Iowa | Yes | 3 years, running to the last day of your |
| Kansas | Yes | 2 years (biennial), due the last day of |
| Kentucky | Yes | Renews with the 24-hour CE biennium endi |
| Louisiana | Yes | 2 years; licenses renew on the last day |
| Maine | Yes | No renewal fee; resident licenses contin |
| Maryland | Yes | 2 years; licenses expire every other yea |
| Massachusetts | Yes | 3 years (renewals are three-year terms) |
| Michigan | Yes | |
| Minnesota | Yes | |
| Mississippi | Yes | 2-year license period; renewal invoices |
| Missouri | Yes | 2 years (biennial renewal) |
| Montana | Yes | Biennial; renew online through NIPR on t |
| Nebraska | Yes | Two years |
| Nevada | Yes | Three years |
| New Hampshire | Yes | Two years |
| New Jersey | Yes | Two years (biennial) |
| New Mexico | Yes | Two years; licensees generally have 24 m |
| New York | Yes | Up to two years; terms end on your birth |
| North Carolina | Yes | No renewal application for resident prod |
| North Dakota | Yes | The CE page says licenses must be renewe |
| Ohio | Yes | Biennial, based on birth month and year |
| Oklahoma | Yes | Biennial; individual licenses renew on t |
| Oregon | Yes | Biennial; individual licenses expire in |
| Pennsylvania | Yes | 2 years, based on the licensee's birth m |
| Rhode Island | Yes | Biennial license period (230-RICR-20-50- |
| South Carolina | Yes | Biennial, by the end of the producer's b |
| South Dakota | Yes | Biennial, based on birth month; due by t |
| Tennessee | Yes | Biennial (2 years) |
| Texas | Yes | Two years |
| Utah | Yes | 2 years, ending on the last day of the b |
| Vermont | Yes | Fixed two-year term: April 1 to March 31 |
| Virginia | Yes | Biennial; expires at the end of the birt |
| Washington | Yes | Two years (24 months between renewals) |
| West Virginia | Yes | Biennial, by the last day of the birth m |
| Wisconsin | Yes | Two years, expiring on the last day of t |
| Wyoming | Yes | Two years, ending on the last day of the |