Illinois retains separate Fire (Property) and Casualty Producer authorities. An ordinary applicant seeking both completes education and the required General and State examination components for each line, then applies through NIPR.
Eligibility
- Minimum age
- 18
- Residency requirement / status
- Resident individual applicant
- General eligibility explanation
- Ordinary first-time Illinois resident individual applying for both Fire (Property) and Casualty Producer authorities.
Prelicensing education
- Prelicensing education required
- Yes
- Required education hours
- 40 total; 20 per line
- Education requirement explanation
- Complete 20 approved hours with 7.5 classroom hours for Fire (Property), plus 20 approved hours with 7.5 classroom hours for Casualty. Course certificates are valid for one year.
- Exemptions available
- Yes
- Exemption explanation
- Current handbook designation exemptions and qualifying same-authority mover relief may apply; document the basis before omitting education or exams.
Background
- Fingerprints required
- No
- Background check required
- No
- Fingerprint / background instructions
- Current ordinary Producer instructions omit a separate fingerprint submission step, while Public Adjuster instructions expressly address fingerprints. This is a scoped ordinary-Producer conclusion, not a universal Illinois insurance rule.
Application
- Application required
- Yes
- Application fee
- $215 for a full two-year period; the initial amount may be prorated when fewer than 730 days are granted. NIPR transaction fees are additional and variable.
- Application channel / system
- NIPR
- Application instructions
- Complete both lines’ education and pass both General and State components for each line within the applicable 90-day pairing periods. Wait five days after passing all required parts, then apply through NIPR.
- Official application reference
- https://nipr.com/licensing-center/state-requirements/illinois-resident-licensing-individual
Renewal & maintenance
- Renewal cycle
- Two years, assigned by birth month
- Renewal fee
- $215 renewal; $430 total reinstatement within 12 months. After 12 months, repeat PLE and required exams and pay the ordinary fee. NIPR transaction fees are additional.
- CE required
- Yes
- CE hours
- 24
- CE cycle
- Each two-year term
- Ethics hours
- 3 classroom or webinar ethics hours
- CE explanation
- Maintain CE compliance for renewal or reinstatement; product-specific training remains separate.
Portability
- Nonresident licensing available
- Yes
- Reciprocity / nonresident overview
- A qualifying same-authority mover currently licensed or applying within 90 days after cancellation in good standing may avoid PLE and the corresponding examinations.
Military / veteran / spouse
- Veteran-specific provisions
- After notice, qualifying military service can preserve a Producer license without renewal filing or further fee; renewal relief and a narrow temporary-designee route also exist. No separate veteran, military-spouse, or surviving-spouse initial-license waiver was found in the reviewed official set.
Source governance
- Primary authoritative source
- https://idoi.illinois.gov/producers/licensescertificationsfaqs/become-resident-producer.html
- Secondary official sources
- Pearson Illinois Insurance Candidate Handbook 121400 and content outline 121402; NIPR Illinois resident-individual requirements; IDOI fee schedule
- Statute / regulation reference
- 215 ILCS 5/500-35 and 500-60; 50 Ill. Adm. Code § 3110.10
- Source reference URL
- https://www.pearsonvue.com/us/en/il/insurance.html
- Last verified date
- 2026-08-23
- Verification status
- Verified
- Review / recheck date
- 2026-11-23
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