How To Get Your Florida Insurance License

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How To Get Your Florida Insurance License

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Outline

• Step 1 Choose Which Licenses you Need
• Step 2 Pre-License Education
• Step 3 Insurance License Application
• Step 4 Fingerprinting and Background Check
• Step 5 Insurance License Exam
• Step 6 Application Review

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Step 1. Which Types of Insurance Licenses Do You
Need?

• Depending on what type of insurance agent you
  want to be or what types of policies you need to
  sell, you will need to choose what type or types
  of insurance licenses you need to get.
• These are examples of the types of insurance
  policies you can sell with each type of license
• Property Casualty Insurance License (2-20)
  Car Insurance, Home Insurance, Business
  Insurance, etc
• Life Health Insurance License (2-15) Life
  Insurance, Annuities, Health Insurance, etc.
• Most insurance agents choose to get both of these
  licenses, but if you will only sell one type of
  policy then you just need to choose which license
  fits your needs.

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Step 2. Insurance Pre-License Education

• After youve determined which licenses you need,
  you must now take your Florida insurance
  pre-license education courses.
• Most folks choose to take their insurance
  pre-license course online. These courses are
  created specifically to give you the skills you
  need to pass the test. The types of licenses you
  choose (also known as lines of authority) will
  determine which courses you take.
• Each line of authority in Florida varies in
  required hours of pre-license education. This
  means that if you wish to get a Property and
  Casualty 2-20 license, you must take two-hundred
  (200) hours of pre-licensing, and for Life and
  Health 2-15 (including Annuities and Variable
  Contracts) you must take sixty (60) hours.
• You will receive a certificate upon completion of
  the course. Keep this certificate, as you will
  need it when taking your exam.

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Step 3. License Application

• After you have completed all of your required
  pre-licensing education, the next step is to
  apply for your license. If you have more than one
  line of authority that you have taken the
  education for, be sure to apply for all of those
  lines.
• The fee for an online application is 50 plus a
  5 License ID fee, totaling 55.
• The application process is located within
  Floridas MyProfile account system. This system
  will essentially be your home base for all
  license actions from this point forward. After
  receiving your license, this is where you will
  take most other actions regarding your license
  and appointments.

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Step 4. Fingerprinting And Background Check

• The State of Florida requires that all insurance
  license applications provide fingerprints prior
  to licensing. Giving your fingerprints will
  initiate a background check. If you have any
  prior misdemeanors or felonies, this may affect
  the outcome of your licensing efforts. For more
  information on this topic, call the Florida
  Department of Insurance at [phone] or
  email the Insurance Department or check the
  information on this page.
• Fingerprinting must be completed through
  IdentoGO. You will schedule an appointment at one
  of the locations in Florida, and the will
  electronically record your fingerprint
  information using LiveScan (as opposed to ink and
  paper).
• The fee for fingerprint services is 48.05 plus
  the local Florida sales tax. Your fingerprints
  will be submitted automatically to the Florida
  Department of Law Enforcement.

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Step 5. Florida Insurance License Exams

• The next step after completing all of your
  pre-license coursework is to take the insurance
  exam. You will take one exam for each line of
  insurance you wish to carry. Life, Accident,
  Health 2-15 (LH) and Property Casualty 2-20
  (PC) lines are combined lines in Florida, so you
  will take two exams if you wish to attain all of
  these lines of authority Property, Casualty,
  Life, Accident, Health.
• This is a proctored test, which means that you
  will be in a controlled environment with a person
  watching over you. For people who havent tested
  in a situation like this should be aware of this
  fact, and work on taming their nerves prior to
  sitting for the exam.
• The fee for each attempt of the exams is 44 (one
  exam per combined lines of authority). When you
  show up you must have a photo ID any other
  documents that the testing facility has asked you
  to bring.

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The Life Health (including Annuities Variable
Contracts) 2-15 exam consists of one hundred
fifty (150) questions, and you have two hours and
forty-five minutes (245 hours) to complete the
exam. Here is a copy of the exam content outline
for the Life Health (including Annuities
Variable Contracts) 2-15 exam. The Property
Casualty General Lines 2-20 exam consists of one
hundred sixty (160) questions, and you have three
hours (3 hours) to complete the exam. Here is a
copy of the exam content outline for the Property
Casualty 2-20 exam. A total score of 70 is
required to pass each exam. You have a limit of
five (5) attempts at each exam per year.
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