California Occupational License

License Title:
    Fire and Casualty 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 fire and casualty licensee is a person authorized to act as an insurance agent, broker, or solicitor, and a fire and casualty broker-agent license is a license so to act.

Qualifications

• Minimum Age: 18 years;
• Residency: California residency is not required;
• Prelicensing Experience/Education: Complete prelicensing requirements
consisting of 40 hours of approved fire and casualty prelicensing study and
12 hours of approved prelicensing study on ethics and the California
Insurance Code;
• Entity: Individual and Business Entity

Fees:

• Application: $128 for two-year term;
• Re-examination: $37;
• Renewal: 128, two-year term;
• Fingerprint processing: $60.95

Other license information and requirements:

• Exam required: Yes;
• Examination Frequency and Locations: Monday through Friday in San
• Francisco, San Diego, Sacramento, and Los Angeles;
• Fingerprint impressions: Fingerprint impressions are required for all
unlicensed resident and most non-resident applicants.
• Average Time to Process Application: 1 to 2 weeks;
• Renewal Period: Renewal Period: Biennially (every second year)

Special License Requirements:

Continuing Education: During each of the first four 12-month periods following issue of license, complete 25 hours of continuing education, thereafter, complete 24 hours of continuing education during each two-year license term.

For more information on this license type use this URL http://www.insurance.ca.gov/0200-industry/0050-renew-license/0200-requirements/fire-casualty/auth-act.cfm

Authority: California Insurance Code, Division 1, Part 2, Chapter 5, Sections 1621-1758.5.
Occupations To Which This License Applies:
Occupation TitleSOC Code
Insurance Sales Agents 413021