Licensing Services Division Notices – Archive

The following notices were issued by the California Department of Insurance's (Department) Licensing Services Division. The notices are listed by month and year. Each subject title contains a link to the notices. These notices are available in Adobe's Portable Document Format (PDF). To view these PDF forms on your browser you must have Adobe Acrobat Reader on your computer. A free copy of the Adobe Acrobat Reader can be downloaded from our Free Document Readers web page. Additionally, new notices will be added periodically, so keep checking back. Links are also provided to any available website containing more detailed information related to the notice.

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2025 Notices

November 2025

• Notice - New Law Repeals 20-Hour Prelicensing Requirements for Insurance Producers On October 10, 2025, Governor Newsom signed AB 943 (Rodriquez, Chapter 566, Statutes of 2025) Prelicensing Education. Effective January 1, 2026, this law repeals the requirement for insurance producer license applicants to complete the 20 hours of prelicensing education from California Insurance Code section 1749. This change affects individuals who are applying for the following insurance producer licenses: property, casualty, commercial lines, personal lines, limited line automobile, life, and accident and health or sickness.

October 2025 

• Notice - New Sircon Online “Additional State Service Requests” to Submit Paper Forms and Pay Fees Electronically The Department worked closely with Vertafore to launch Sircon’s new online Additional State Service Requests service to allow the following ten paper forms to be submitted and the fees paid electronically:
  • Agent Appointment/Affiliation Self-Termination - LIC 447-69
  • Agent Endorsee/Association Self-Termination Notice - LIC 411-8B
  • Agent Solicitor/Sponsorship Self-Termination Notice - LIC 417-32
  • Bond of Cargo Shipper's Agent - LIC 447-70
  • Bond of Insurance Broker - LIC 417-5
  • Bond of Special Lines' Surplus Line Broker - LIC 447-32
  • Bond of Surplus Line Broker - LIC 447-31
  • Clearance letter - LIC 074
  • Solicitor Appointment or Termination - LIC 417-31
  • Surplus Line Endorsements Only – Business Entity Endorsement - LIC 411-8A

July 2025 

• Notice - Fugitive Recovery Agent License Renewal Process- California Insurance Code section 1807.7, states all bail licenses issued shall be for a term of two years. Pursuant to California Insurance Code section 1808(a), applications for renewal of licenses may be filed on or before the expiration date upon payment of the fees for filing as specified in California Insurance Code section 1811. This Notice stated the items are required to be filed with the Department to renew a Bail Fugitive Recovery Agent license. 

March 2025 

• Notice - Requirement to Report Changes in Background Information (2025) -California Insurance Code section 1729.2 requires all licensees and applicants to report, in writing, any changes in background information to the California Department of Insurance (Department) within 30 days of the date the licensee or applicant learns of the change in background information. For more information, including a description of what constitutes a change in background, see California Insurance Code section 1729.2 and visit the Licensing Background Section website. 

February 2025 

• Notice - New Live Scan Fingerprint Vendor-Capital Live Scan - Beginning Friday, February 14, 2025, the Department selected Secure Screening Solutions Inc., dba Capital Live Scan (CLS) as its new Live Scan fingerprint provider for California resident license applicants. CLS will collect and transmit Live Scan fingerprint impressions for resident license applicants at a rate of $74.

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2024 Notices

October 2024

• Notice - New 2025 Eight-Hour Annuity Training Course is Available- Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara sponsored legislation, Senate Bill 263 (Dodd, Chapter 2, Statutes of 2024) related to annuities and life insurance policies, was signed by Governor Gavin Newsom on February 29, 2024, and will take effect on January 1, 2025. SB 263 creates new Article 9.5. “Suitability Requirements for Annuity Transactions on or after January 1, 2025.” Article 9.5 contains new requirements that life agents must comply with when recommending annuities to consumers, including new Insurance Code section 10509.9205(b), which requires life agents who sell annuities to satisfactorily complete an initial one-time eight hour class and four-hours of annuity training prior to each license renewal. This Notice is specific to the annuity eight-hour training requirement. 

Sept 2024

• Notice - New 2025 Four-Hour Annuity Suitability - "Best Interest Standard" in Annuity Transactions Training Course is Available. The California Department of Insurance (Department) recently approved the Commissioner-appointed Curriculum Board’s proposed creation of the new 2025 Annuity Suitability Transactions Four-Hour Course.

July 2024

• Notice - New 2025 Variable Life Insurance Policies Two-Hour Course - The California Department of Insurance (Department) recently approved the Commissioner-appointed Curriculum Board’s proposed creation of the new 2025 Variable Life Insurance Policies Two-Hour Course.

June 2024

• Notice - New 2025 Life Insurance Policies Four-Hour Course - The California Department of Insurance recently approved the Commissioner-appointed Curriculum Board’s proposed New 2025 Life Insurance Policies Four-Hour Course.
• Notice - License Examinations Available in Tagalog - License examinations in Tagalog for Accident and Health or Sickness, Life, Life, Accident and Health or Sickness, Life-Limited to the Payment of Funeral and Burial Expenses, Life and Disability Analyst, Property and Casualty, Property, Casualty, Personal Lines, Limited Lines Auto, and Commercial are offered beginning July 1, 2024.

April 2024

• Notice - Fingerprint Fee Increase Non-Resident Applicants Company Officers and Directors - Effective May 1, 2024, the California Department of Insurance’s contracted fingerprint vendor, Accurate Biometrics, will increase their fee to electronically submit the FBI fingerprint card (FD-258) to the California Department of Justice (DOJ) from $10 to $26. This will increase the fee for non-resident individual license applicants and insurance company officers and directors, who are required to submit an FBI fingerprint card (FD-258), from $59 to $75 for each set of fingerprint impressions. The $75 fee includes the FBI processing fee of $17, California DOJ processing fee of $32 and Accurate Biometrics’ new fingerprint submission fee of $26.

March 2024

• Notice - Requirement to Report Changes in Background Information (Annual Reminder) - California Insurance Code section 1729.2 requires all licensees and applicants to report any changes in background information to the California Department of Insurance (Department) within 30 days of the date the licensee or applicant learns of the change in background information.

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2023 Notices

September 2023

• Reminder of Bail Solicitation Laws - On August 24, 2023, the California Supreme Court issued an opinion upholding California Code of Regulations, title 10, section 2076, which prohibits bail bond agents from entering into arrangements whereby they are notified by jail inmates when individuals have been arrested and may need bail services.

June 2023

• Revised Public Insurance Adjuster Educational Objectives and Independent Insurance Adjuster Examination Objectives - The California Department of Insurance (Department) recently approved the Commissioner-appointed Curriculum Board’s revisions to the Public Insurance Adjuster Educational Objectives and Independent Insurance Adjuster Examination Objectives (Objectives).

May 2023

• New Bail Fugitive Recovery Agent Act and New Bail Online Services - This Act requires all individuals who are currently or would like to be a Bail Fugitive License Recovery Person to be licensed by the California Department of Insurance
  (Department).

April 2023

• Revised Bail Educational Objectives - The California Department of Insurance Department) recently Curriculum approved the Commissioner-appointed Curriculum Board’s revisions to the Bail Educational Objectives (EOs).

March 2023

• ANNUAL REMINDER - Required Reporting of Change in Background Information - California Insurance Code (CIC) Section 1729.2 requires all licensees and applicants for licenses issued by the CDI’s Producer Licensing Bureau to report any changes in background information to CDI within 30 days of the date the licensee or applicant learns of the change in background information.
• Notice - New Required Ethics One Hour of Study on Insurance Fraud - The California Department of Insurance hereby notifies you that sections 1749, 1749.3, 1749.31, 1749.32, and 1749.33 of the California Insurance Code were amended to require licensed California resident agents and brokers and applicants for a California resident agent-broker license to complete “one hour of study on insurance fraud” as a part of, and not in addition to, their ethics training requirement. (Senate Bill 1242 [Senate Committee on Insurance, Chapter 424, Statutes of 2022])

January 2023

• Revised Ethics Training Includes New Law Requiring Providers to Incorporate Department’s One Hour of Study on Insurance Fraud. The California Department of Insurance (Department) recently approved the Commissioner-appointed Curriculum Board’s proposed revisions to the 12-Hour Ethics and California Insurance Code Educational Objectives (EO) and the Three-Hour Ethics Training Course Development and Review Guidelines (Guidelines) to incorporate one hour of study on insurance fraud.

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2022 Notices

December 2022

• New Law Requires Licensees to Include Their License Number on Emails. Starting January 1, 2023, the new Cal. Ins. Code section 1725.5(c) will take effect and require specific resident and non-resident insurance producers, independent insurance adjusters, public insurance adjusters, and analysts include their license number on emails.
• Required Endorsement of Employees Who Sell Credit Insurance. Effective January 1, 2023, all individuals who sell credit insurance must be licensed as a credit insurance agent or endorsed by their credit insurance agency and organization* as stated in California Insurance Code (Cal. Ins. Code) section 1758.9.

August 2022

• Revised Eight-Hour Long-Term Care Course Outline and Attachments. The California Department of Insurance (CDI) recently approved the Commissioner-appointed Curriculum Board’s proposed revisions to the Eight-Hour Long-Term Care (LTC) Course Outline (Course Outline) and its attachments.

May 2022

• Update -Service Interruption Scheduled for Conversion of California Producer License Types and License Qualifications - There are new conversion dates listed below for the California Department of Insurance’s (CDI) project to convert specific producer license qualifications and producer license types listed below to provide uniformity with standards in the National Association of Insurance Commissioners Producer Licensing Model Act (PLMA).

April 2022

• Service Interruption Scheduled for Conversion of California Producer License Types and License Qualifications - The California Department of Insurance (CDI) will convert specific producer license qualifications and producer license types listed below to provide uniformity with standards in the National Association of Insurance Commissioners Producer Licensing Model Act (PLMA).

February 2022

• ANNUAL REMINDER - Required Reporting of Change in Background Information - California Insurance Code (CIC) Section 1729.2 requires all licensees and applicants for licenses issued by the CDI’s Producer Licensing Bureau to report any changes in background information to CDI within 30 days of the date the licensee or applicant learns of the change in background information.

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2021 Notices

December 2021

• New Exemptions - On January 1, 2022, exemptions to the independent insurance adjuster surety bond (bond) requirement will take effect. Specifically, Assembly Bill 1511 (Chapter 624, Statutes of 2021) amended California Insurance Code (Cal. Ins. Code) sections 14050, 14051, and 14052 to provide the following bond exemptions.

September 2021

• Notice - Revised Educational Objectives - The California Department of Insurance (CDI) recently approved the Commissioner-appointed Curriculum Board’s revisions to the following Educational Objectives (EOs): Property; Casualty; Personal Lines; Limited Lines Automobile Agent; and Commercial Insurance. The revised EOs include new curriculum on wildfire and pet insurance laws.

March 2021

• Notice - Annual Reminder - Required Reporting of Changes to Background Information - California Insurance Code (Cal. Ins. Code) Section 1729.2 requires all licensees and those who have pending license applications with the California Department of Insurance (CDI) Producer Licensing Bureau to report any changes to background information to CDI within 30 days of the date the licensee or applicant learns of the change in background information. This notice serves to remind all affected parties of the reporting requirements for changes to background information pursuant to Cal. Ins. Code Section 1729.2.

February 2021

• Launch of California Department of Insurance’s (CDI) enhanced Check a License online service. -& We are pleased to announce today’s launch of California Department of Insurance’s (CDI) enhanced Check a License online service.

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2020 Notices

August 2020

• License Examination Remote Testing to Begin Monday, August 24, 2020 - Beginning Monday, August 24, 2020, license applicants who are required to take a license examination will have the option to take a remote online proctored examination for all insurance licensing examinations.

May 2020 Notice

• Updated Bail Agent Educational Objectives - The Curriculum Board, appointed by the California Insurance Commissioner, recently revised and the California Department of Insurance approved minor revisions to the Bail Agent Educational Objectives

April 2020 Notice

• Prelicensing Requirements During COVID-19 Pandemic - This Notice responds to questions received from some insurance producers and insurance companies regarding issuance of temporary licenses or waiver of the prelicensing requirements during the course of the COVID-19 pandemic.

March 2020 Notice

• Health Care Sharing Ministries - Advisory to industry on do's and don'ts before signing up consumers to Health Care Sharing Ministries (HCSM).F

January 2020 Notices

• New Independent Adjuster Registration and Certification Online Services-The California Department of Insurance (CDI) launched its new Independent Insurance Adjuster Registration and Certification Online Services (Adjuster Online Services) for qualified licensed independent insurance adjusters, adjuster firms, and qualified managers to electronically register their employees.
• Proposition 64, the Adult Use of Marijuana Act- Proposition 64 commonly known as the "Adult Use of Marijuana Act", was approved by voters in November 2016 and may impact individuals with Medigap-related convictions.

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2019 Notices

July 2019 Notices

• Update on CDI’s Move to Sircon’s Enhanced Online Services and CDI's new Check License Application Status (CLASS)- the California Department of Insurance will be moving its online licensing services for insurers, agents and brokers, adjusters, and bail agents to Sircon, powered by Vertafore, in the Summer of 2019 to take advantage of Sircon's Sircon Enhanced Online Services - The California Department of Insurance recently partnered with Vertafore through its Compliance Express services, powered by Sircon, to offer continuing education (Sircon) providers faster online options to submit their continuing education course applications, course renewals, course completions, and course offerings.

February 2019 Notices

• Sales of Annuities and other Life Insurance Products to Veterans- Effective October 18, 2018, the Department of Veterans Affairs (“VA”) amended its regulations on net-worth-eligibility requirements for need based veterans' pensions, including the eligibility requirements to qualify for the Veterans Aid and Attendance Program.

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