California Occupational License

License Title:
    Personal Lines Broker-Agent
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Licensing Agency:
     Department of Insurance
     Producer Licensing Bureau

Licensing Agency Contact Information:
     Address: 320 Capitol Mall
Sacramento,  CA  95814 - 4309

     Phone Number: (800) 967-9331
     Fax Number: (916) 327-6907

     Internet Address: http://www.insurance.ca.gov

License Requirements, Fees, and Examination Information:
A Personal Lines Broker-Agent is a person authorized to transact automobile insurance, residential property insurance, including earthquake and flood insurance, personal watercraft insurance and umbrella or excess liability insurance providing coverage when written over one or more underlying automobile or residential property insurance policies, and a personal lines broker-agent license is. a license so to act.

Qualifications:

• Minimum Age: 18 years

• Residency: California residency is not required

• Pre-licensing Experience/Education: Complete 20 hours of approved personal lines pre-licensing study and 12 hours of ethics and the California Insurance Code

• Entity: Individual and Business Entity

• Application: $170 for two-year term

• Renewal: $170 (two-year term)

• Fingerprint processing: The fingerprint fee at the California Department of Insurance (CDI) test centers is $58.30. At PSI test centers, the fingerprint fee is $68.95.

Other license information and requirements:

• Examination required: Yes

• Examination information: PSI Services, LLC, schedules the examinations for CDI's personal lines broker­ agent applicants. For scheduling examinations use PSI's Examination Scheduling Service at http://media.psiexams.com/LC/apps/Attention.htm. Individuals may schedule their examinations with PSI either online or by telephone.

• Fingerprint impressions: Fingerprint impressions are required for all unlicensed resident and most non-resident applicants

• Average Time to Process Application: two to three weeks

• Renewal Period: Two-year license term

• Continuing Education: 24 hours of continuing education that includes 3 hours of ethics each two-year license term

For more information on this license type use this URL: https://www.insurance.ca.gov/0200-industry/0050-renew-license/0200-requirements/personal-lines/index.cfm.

Authority: Section 1625.5 of the California Insurance Code.
Occupations To Which This License Applies:
Occupation TitleSOC Code
Insurance Sales Agents 413021