Georgia’s resident Accident and Sickness Agent pathway requires eight approved prelicensing hours, the standalone examination, a Sircon application, citizenship documentation, and post-application fingerprints. The sponsored temporary-license route is a separate exception.
Eligibility
- Minimum age
- 18
- Residency requirement / status
- Resident individual applicant
- General eligibility explanation
- Ordinary initial Georgia resident individual seeking Accident and Sickness Agent authority.
Prelicensing education
- Prelicensing education required
- Yes
- Education requirement explanation
- Complete eight approved Accident and Sickness hours; pass within 12 months or retrain.
- Exemptions available
- Yes
- Exemption explanation
- Designation, degree, same-authority transfer, and sponsored temporary-license exceptions are separate from the ordinary pathway; the sponsored 60% route does not change the ordinary 70% standard.
Background
- Fingerprints required
- Yes
- Background check required
- Yes
- Fingerprint / background instructions
- Apply first, then use IdentoGO/GAPS 2TGJ6B and GA922954Z. Approximately $51.50 is a secondary estimate, not an official fixed fee; confirm during scheduling.
Application
- Application required
- Yes
- Application fee
- $120 total ($100 license plus $20 processing)
- Application channel / system
- Sircon
- Application instructions
- Pass, apply through Sircon, upload the notarized citizenship affidavit and ID, then fingerprint.
- Official application reference
- https://oci.georgia.gov/get-resident-insurance-agent-license
Renewal & maintenance
- Renewal cycle
- Biennial, last day of birth month
- CE required
- Yes
- CE hours
- 24 ordinary total
- CE cycle
- Each two-year term
- Ethics hours
- 3
Portability
- Nonresident licensing available
- Yes
- Reciprocity / nonresident overview
- Qualifying same-authority transfer within 90 days may avoid education, exam, and fingerprints.
Military / veteran / spouse
- Veteran-specific provisions
- On-base testing and documented military-duty absence handling apply; no broader applicant relief was found.
Source governance
- Primary authoritative source
- https://oci.georgia.gov/get-resident-insurance-agent-license
- Secondary official sources
- Pearson handbook 121100; Georgia Rules 120-2-3; OCI fingerprint procedure
- Statute / regulation reference
- Georgia Rules 120-2-3-.06 through .09
- Source reference URL
- https://oci.georgia.gov/document/document/licensing-background-check-fingerprinting-procedure
- Last verified date
- 2026-08-21
- Verification status
- Verified
- Review / recheck date
- 2026-11-19
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