Application Procedures-Individual Residents

License Information

Follow the steps noted below to schedule your license examination and complete an application online:

1) 12 Hours of Study on Ethics and the California Insurance Code

Complete the 12 hours of Ethics and the California Insurance Code education requirements by selecting and registering for the 12 Hours of Ethics and the California Insurance Code course using the California Department of Insurance’s (the Department) Education and Provider Course search.

• Select an education provider and register for a course that is online or in a classroom. You can register online or call the education provider directly.
• Print and study the Casualty License Examination Objectives document and the 12 Hours of Ethics and the California Insurance Code Training from the California website to study for your license examination.

2) Schedule and take license examination

Once the 12 Hours of Ethics and the California Insurance Code coursework requirement has been completed and you studied the Licensing Examination Objectives for the examination you are taking, schedule an appointment to take the Casualty license examination. PSI now provides license applicants who are required to take a license examination with the option to take a remote online proctored license examination (remote testing) for all insurance licensing examinations.

3) License Application

After passing the license examination, go to sircon.com to submit an electronic license application. If documents are required, please attach those documents to the electronic license application or these documents can be submitted to the National Insurance Producer Registry’s Attachments Warehouse or they can be submitted by via U.S. Mail – Applicants may mail documents to the following address:

California Dept. of Insurance
Attn: Online Line Application
300 Capitol Mall, 16th Floor
Sacramento, CA 95814

4) Fingerprinting

For California resident license applicants, the Department’s contracted live scan vendor is Capital Live Scan. Please review the following web page for instruction on how to schedule a fingerprinting appointment: California Resident Licensing Fingerprint Requirements.  This web page also provides instructions on how to check the status of your fingerprint results

5) Check License Application Status Service

License applicants can check the status of a license application by going to the Department’s Check License Application Status Service (CLASS). Please have your business address zip code from your license application to be able to retrieve your application record using CLASS.