Illinois requires approved Accident/Health education and both the General and State examination components. This pathway uses one Exam record that transparently represents both required components.
Eligibility
- Minimum age
- 18
- Residency requirement / status
- Resident individual applicant
- General eligibility explanation
- Ordinary first-time Illinois resident individual seeking Producer—Accident and Health authority.
Prelicensing education
- Prelicensing education required
- Yes
- Required education hours
- 20
- Education requirement explanation
- Complete 20 approved hours, including 7.5 classroom hours, before testing.
- Exemptions available
- Yes
- Exemption explanation
- Use only an applicant-specific exemption expressly recognized by Illinois; confirm before omitting education or testing.
Background
- Fingerprints required
- No
- Background check required
- Yes
- Fingerprint / background instructions
- The ordinary resident Producer instructions do not list a separate fingerprint submission. Public Adjuster fingerprint rules do not apply to this pathway.
Application
- Application required
- Yes
- Application fee
- $215 for a full two-year resident producer license, prorated where applicable; NIPR transaction charge additional.
- Application channel / system
- NIPR
- Application instructions
- Complete education, pass both required components within 90 days, wait five days, and apply through NIPR.
- Official application reference
- https://nipr.com/licensing-center/state-requirements/illinois-resident-licensing-individual
Renewal & maintenance
- Renewal cycle
- Two years
- Renewal fee
- $215 resident renewal; reinstatement penalty may add $215
- CE required
- Yes
- CE hours
- 24
- CE cycle
- Every two years
- Ethics hours
- 3 ethics hours
- CE explanation
- Complete the current Illinois producer CE requirements.
Portability
- Nonresident licensing available
- Yes
- Reciprocity / nonresident overview
- Matching-authority portability rules apply as stated by Illinois and NIPR; confirm applicant-specific eligibility.
Military / veteran / spouse
- Veteran-specific provisions
- No line-specific initial veteran or military-spouse waiver was verified.
Source governance
- Primary authoritative source
- https://idoi.illinois.gov/producers/licensescertificationsfaqs/become-resident-producer.html
- Secondary official sources
- Pearson VUE Illinois Insurance Candidate Handbook #121400 and Content Outlines #121402; Illinois fee schedule; NIPR resident requirements
- Statute / regulation reference
- 215 ILCS 5/500-30 and 500-135
- Source reference URL
- https://www.pearsonvue.com/content/dam/VUE/vue/en/documents/publications/121400.pdf
- Last verified date
- 2026-08-24
- Verification status
- Verified
- Review / recheck date
- 2026-11-24
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