Arizona PreLicensing Requirements

Individual Resident Producer Requirements

To qualify for an Arizona resident insurance producer license, the applicant must satisfy all the following requirements:

PLE Requirements

Before making an exam reservation Candidates should thoroughly review the Arizona Insurance Licensing Candidate Handbook, which contains the exam content outlines and important information regarding eligibility and the examination and licensing application process.

Course Delivery

Applicants must read each lesson before they can proceed to the next lesson.

Exam Requirements

Certificate of Completion

The Arizona Department of Insurance does not require a PLE certificate of completion.

State Reporting Requirements

The Arizona Department of Insurance does not require PLE course completions to be reported.

State Licensing Exam

Methods of Registration

Materials Needed to Present at Exam Site

Candidates must present a valid form of identification. The primary identification must be government-issued and photo-bearing with a signature.  Identification must have a name that exactly matches the name used to register for the examination.

Testing Centers and Exam Fees

State Exam Passing Score

Candidates must pass the state licensing exam with a 70% or higher to file a license application.

Important: You are limited to four attempts to pass an exam for a particular line of authority (LOA) within a 1-year period.  After a fourth unsuccessful attempt, you must wait one year from the date of the last attempt to retake the exam.

License Application Process

Ways to Apply

Materials Needed to Apply

Candidates who receive a passing score on the state exam will need to forward the materials listed below to the Arizona Department of Insurance.

Fingerprinting Requirements

If you are an Arizona resident, a nonresident relocating to Arizona, or a nonresident adjuster whose home state does not license adjusters, you must submit fingerprints with your license application (if you have not done so in the past year). If you are adding a line of authority to an existing Arizona insurance license, you are not required to submit fingerprints.

The Arizona Department of Public Safety (AZDPS) and the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) use the fingerprints to conduct a criminal history background check.  Additional detail on how to satisfy the fingerprint requirement are provided in the Arizona Insurance Licensing Candidate Handbook. Fingerprints must be applied to Form FD-258 by a professional fingerprinting service.  Fees charged by fingerprinting service providers may vary.

Nonresident Producer Requirements

License Application Process

Ways to Apply

Materials Needed to Apply

Applicants who wish to obtain a nonresident insurance license in Arizona will need to forward the materials listed below to the Arizona Department of Insurance.

Nonresidents are not required to submit fingerprints or to fulfill the License Eligibility Requirement. They must be licensed in good standing in their home state.

New Resident Producer Requirements

If you held a resident insurance license in another state and are relocating to Arizona, you must submit a license application to the Department within 90 days after canceling the resident license in your former state to avoid having to take an Arizona insurance exam.   Your application must include a “clearance letter” issued by the insurance department in your former state.  The letter must specify the following:

License Application Process

Ways to Apply

Materials Needed to Apply

Applicants who wish to obtain an Arizona insurance license will need to forward the materials listed below to the Arizona Department of Insurance.

Fingerprinting Requirements

If you are an Arizona resident, a nonresident relocating to Arizona, or a nonresident adjuster whose home state does not license adjusters, you must submit fingerprints with your license application (if you have not done so in the past year). If you are adding a line of authority to an existing Arizona insurance license, you are not required to submit fingerprints.

The Arizona Department of Public Safety (AZDPS) and the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) use the fingerprints to conduct a criminal history background check.  Additional detail on how to satisfy the fingerprint requirement are provided in the Arizona Insurance Licensing Candidate Handbook. Fingerprints must be applied to Form FD-258 by a professional fingerprinting service.  Fees charged by fingerprinting service providers may vary.

State-Required Product Training

Your state has special training requirements in order for licensed agents to sell the following products:

Long-Term Care: Before selling, soliciting or negotiating LTC insurance products in Arizona, a producer must be licensed with the "Accident and Health or Sickness" line of authority; and have completed eight (8) hours of Arizona approved initial LTC training.

Purchasing State-required Product Training with your exam prep course from the PreLicense.com catalog will allow you to take one of the special training requirement courses from WebCE. Additional fees for state filing, books or shipping may apply at the time you register to begin taking the product training course.

Contact Information

Arizona Department of Insurance
2910 N. 44th Street, Ste, 210 (2nd Floor)
Phoenix, AZ  85018-7269
Website:  
http://www.azinsurance.gov/index.html
Phone (Producer Licensing): 602-364-4457
Email (Producer Licensing): 
licensing@azinsurance.gov

Prometric
https://www.prometric.com/en-us/clients/insurance/Pages/arizona.aspx
Phone: 800-853-5448