Certificates of Insurance
Agent Licensing & Renewals
Certificates of Insurance
The Office of the Commissioner of Insurance oversees the licensing of insurance agents, subagents, adjusters and counselors. The information in this section is provided as a guide for new resident applicants and answers the most commonly asked licensing questions.
You can read detailed information about licensing, prelicensing and application requirements, exams, licensing fees, links to forms, and more, in the Georgia Insurance Licensing Candidate Handbook.
Licensing and Renewals
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Get an Agent License
To get a license, you need to meet specific requirements, which vary depending on the category, also called class, of insurance you wish to sell.
- Just starting? Review our step-by-step guide to qualify and apply for your initial resident license.
- Already familiar with the steps? Login to the Georgia Licensing portal to apply.
- If you have applied but need to attach any required documents to your application in NIPR or Sircon, these are the helpful instructions on how to upload to
NIPR
Warehouse
or
Sircon
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- Emailed or mailed documents will not be attached to your application. You must upload the required documents to your application.
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Renew an Agent License
You are required to renew your license annually or biannually, depending on when it was first issued.
- First time renewing? Review our step-by-step guide to renewing your resident license.
- Already familiar with the steps? Login to the Georgia Licensing portal to renew your license.
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Register as a Life Settlement Broker
- To be eligible to register as a Life Settlement Broker, you must hold a Life license for one year either in this State or in your home state. Non-resident producers must also have a valid non-resident producer license in Georgia. Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. r.. 120-2-93-.04(4).
- You must provide the Life Settlement Providers that you are associated with.
- The application fee of $50 plus a $5 processing fee is required when applying.
- Apply online at Sircon.com.
- When the application is approved, you will receive an email with the license.
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Continuing Education Requirements
Once you become a licensed agent, you need to meet certain criteria to maintain that licensure. This criteria also varies depending on the type of insurance you sell.
Review Continuing Education requirements for maintaining your license.
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Annuity Best Interest Requirements
Rule 120-2-94 - Suitability in Annuity Transactions becomes effective on August 1, 2023.
- Producers licensed prior to August 1, 2023, who engage in the sale of annuity products in Georgia must complete the one time, 1-hour best interest standards course - Annuity Best Interest 1. This 1-hour course will not be available after January 31, 2024. The 4-hour course will be required after that date.
- Producers licensed after August 1, 2023, who will engage in the sale of annuity products in Georgia must complete the one time, 4-hour course - Annuity Best Interest 4.
FAQs are provided for your information.
Please contact our Education Team with any questions.
- Agents, please call 888-274-1212 or by email at [email protected]
- Education Providers, please call 800-475-8304 or by email at [email protected]
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Adjuster, Broker & Counselor Requirements
In addition to the basic agent licensing requirements, Adjusters, Brokers, and Counselors must meet specific submission requirements.
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Request an Address Change, Duplicate License, Check Your Status or a Name Change
To request a change to your address, request a duplicate license, check status of your license, print a license and more login to the Georgia Licensing portal.
To request a name change, complete the Name Change form and send with payment to the addresses provided on the form.
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Request a Letter of Certification
- The associated fee is $10.00 per letter plus a $5 processing fee.
- You can request electronically via Georgia Licensing portal.
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Request a Letter of Clearance
- This form and the applicable payment should be sent to the address on the form. This form cannot be emailed.
- Once processed, the Letter of Clearance will be sent to the business email on record in Sircon. To avoid confusion, be sure to verify and update your contact information at www.sircon.com. Select View a List of All Services and then select Change Individual Email.
- Multiples of the letter will not be sent. Be sure to save the letter for your records and make copies as needed.
- Your Resident License will not be converted into a Non-Resident License. Once you are licensed in your new resident state, you will need to apply for a non-resident license in Georgia if you want to maintain a license in Georgia.
- Complete the Request for Clearance Letter . The associated fee is $10 per letter plus a $5 processing fee.
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Request to Add or Remove a Non-Active Status
To request a non-active status,
- You must be licensed for ten (10) consecutive years or more to request non-active status.
- A request to put a license in non-active status can only be submitted in the 90 days preceding license expiration.
- The completed form and payment must be mailed to the address on the form. This form cannot be emailed.
To remove non-active status,
- A request to remove the non-active status for a licensee can be submitted at any time.
- The completed form and payment must be mailed to the address on the form. This form cannot be emailed.
Complete the Request to Add-Remove Non-Active Status form . The associated fee is $25 plus $5 processing fee.
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Request to Cancel License
- No fee is required.
- You must provide your Georgia license number and designate the license type and lines to cancel.
- Complete the License Cancellation Form - State of Georgia .
- Email completed form to [email protected].
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Transfer a License to Georgia from another State
To transfer a resident license from another state to Georgia:
- Request a letter of clearance from your current state
- Check and confirm your license is Inactive in your current state
- Within 90 days of that date, apply via Sircon for your Georgia license
- This must be done within that time period to be exempted from pre-licensing courses, exams and fingerprinting
If you submit an incomplete application, you will receive one deficiency notice via email to the business email address in your application submittal. You will have 60 days to resolve any deficiencies. If your application remains incomplete after 60 days, it will be closed as incomplete and you will need to reapply. There will be no refunds considered for incomplete applications that are closed.
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