Pursuant to Article 21 of the Insurance Law, you will need to be 18 years of age or older to apply for an insurance license.

Licenses are eligible for renewal if it is within 180 days of the expiration date of the licenses.  Most licenses can be renewed online. Learn more in our Agents and Brokers section. 

You can search for licensing information by name via our Producer Licensee Search.

If you find no licensing information there, the license has not yet been issued. To inquire about status send us an email at [email protected].

The Department does not mail paper licenses. As soon as a license is issued (in PDF format) the licensee should save and print the license. 

Use the Producer/Licensee Search application to determine if a license has been issued and to view the license number.

Once a license is printed, there is a statutory $15.00 duplicate license fee for any future license print requests. 

Follow these instructions to request/print a license.

If you are a resident and your license has been expired more than two years, you must retake the exam and submit a paper application with the passing score report and fee.

If you are a nonresident and your license has been expired more than two years, you must be currently qualified in your home state and submit a paper application with fee. 

If your license expired within the last two years, you may relicense via this website. 

No. It is the responsibility of the Producer to maintain course completion documents. For any further information, contact the Continuing Education Provider.

Individuals and individuals with trade names applying for a life agent, life broker, property/casualty agent and/or property/casualty broker license can apply via this page.

Residents must be qualified by examination; non-residents may use the National Insurance Producer Registry (NIPR) at www.nipr.com.

For more information about producer licensing visit our Agents & Brokers section.

Use the Producer/Licensee Search application to determine if a license has been issued and to view the license number.

You may search by name or license number; instructions are posted.

If there are no current company appointments on file for an agent, the agent's license is considered to be inactive. An agent is required to have at least one company appointment on file in order to sell insurance. The appointment must be filed within 15 days of either the date an agency contract is executed with the insurance company or the date the first insurance application is submitted. 

If the agent's license is in an inactive status at the time of renewal, a renewal application may be completed. However, if the agent is still in an inactive status at the next renewal, the agent will not be eligible to renew unless an appointment is filed on behalf of the agent.

Sections 2103, 2104 and 2108 of the NYS Insurance Law require an individual who is seeking an agent, broker or public adjuster license to complete a pre-licensing course approved by the Superintendent of Insurance.

Applicants applying for a broker or public adjuster license under Sections 2104 or 2108 of the NYS Insurance Law are exempt from the pre-licensing course if they are able to complete a Statement of Employer form based on work experience.

An agent or broker applicant is exempt from the pre-licensing course if either of the following designations are held: Charter Property Casualty Underwriter (CPCU), Charter Life Underwriter (CLU) Chartered Life Underwriter Associate (CLUA), Charter Financial Consultant (ChFC), Masters of Science, Financial Services (MSFS).