How To Become An Insurance Agent In Nevada

Getting your insurance license is the first step to becoming an insurance agent in Nevada. Life insurance, car insurance, home insurance, or business insurance all require a license to sell in any state.

Follow our step-by-step guide to get your insurance license in Nevada.

Get Your Nevada Insurance License in Six Easy Steps

Step 1: Choose Which Licenses you Need
Step 2: Pre-License Education
Step 3: Insurance License Exam
Step 4: Fingerprinting and Background Check
Step 5: Insurance License Application
Step 6: Application Review

How To Get Your Insurance License In Nevada

Step 1. Which Types of Insurance Licenses Do You Need?

Depending on what type of insurance agent you want to be or what types of policies you need to sell, you will need to choose what type or types of insurance licenses you need to get.

These are examples of the types of insurance policies you can sell with each type of license:

Property & Casualty Insurance License – Car Insurance, Home Insurance, Business Insurance, etc…
Life & Health Insurance License – Life Insurance, Annuities, Health Insurance, etc…

Most insurance agents choose to get both of these licenses, but if you will only sell one type of policy then you just need to choose which license fits your needs.

Step 2. Insurance Pre-License Education

After you’ve determined which licenses you need, you must now take your Illinois insurance pre-license education courses.

Most folks choose to take their insurance pre-license course online. These courses are created specifically to give you the skills you need to pass the test. The types of licenses you choose (also known as “lines of authority”) will determine which courses you take.

Each line of authority in Nevada requires twenty (20) hours of pre-license education. This means that if you wish to get a Property and Casualty license, you must take forty (40) hours of pre-licensing, and for Life, Accident, and Health you must also take forty (40) hours.

You will receive a certificate upon completion of the course. Keep this certificate, as you will need it when taking your exam.

Scaled Score and Percent Score
The passing score of an examination was set by the State of Nevada Insurance (in conjunction with Pearson VUE) after a comprehensive study was completed for each examination. Currently, the State of Nevada Insurance uses a scaled cut of 80 for all examinations except for the Bail Bonds exam. Raw scores are converted into scaled scores that can range from 0 to 100. The scaled score that is reported to candidates is neither the number of questions they answered correctly nor the percentage of questions you answered correctly. With a passing score of 80, any score below 80 indicates how close the candidate came to passing, rather than the actual number or percentage of questions the candidates answered correctly. Nevada Administrative Code 697.125 requires that an applicant for a license as a bail bondsman, bail solicitor or property bondsman achieve a score of at least 67 percent to pass the licensing examination. For Bail Bond exams, it is the percentage of questions answered correctly on the examination. Candidates need to answer 67% of questions correctly in order to pass the examination. As such, a percent correct score is printed on the candidate score report for the Bail Bonds exam and a scaled score is printed on the candidate score report for all other Nevada Insurance exams.
Pearson Vue

Check out our Insurance Exam Guide. It’s extremely in-depth, and will hopefully help you pass the first time.

Insurance license tests are intentionally difficult, but not impossible by any means. You should study to the point of comfortability with the information before you attempt the test. Failing the exam isn’t the end of the world, but keep in mind that you will need to pay the fee each time you attempt the test.

Note: StateRequirement recommends that you study for one exam at a time, then after passing, starting on your next line. The exams are difficult enough on their own without confusing information from one line to another.

You may register to take your exams and find more information on the Pearson Vue Nevada Insurance page.

Note: When scheduling your exams, ask them about fingerprinting services as well, as this is your next step.

Step 4. Fingerprinting And Background Check

The State of Nevada requires that all insurance license applications provide fingerprints prior to licensing. Giving your fingerprints will initiate a background check. If you have any prior misdemeanors or felonies, this may affect the outcome of your licensing efforts. For more information on this topic, call the Department of Insurance at (775) 687-0700.

Fingerprinting is easiest completed through Pearson Vue. These can usually be taken on the same day as your exam.

The fee for fingerprint services is $60, plus a processing fee. Your fingerprints will be submitted automatically to the Insurance Department.

Step 5. License Application

After you have passed your exams, the next step is to apply for your license. If you have more than one line of authority that you tested for, be sure to apply for all of those lines.

The fee for an online application is $185. If you wish to add another line of authority at a later date, there is a $50 license amendment fee.

When completing the application, be sure to upload any documentation that the state doesn’t already have. This may include the pre-license completion certificate, exam score certificate, fingerprint documentation, etc.

Apply for your license online with the Sircon Nevada Insurance website.

Step 6. Application Review

Once you have submitted your application and passed your exams, your license application will be reviewed by the state. Your background check will also be reviewed.

If everything is to acceptable standards your license should be issued quickly. If there are any items from your background check that need to be reviewed, it may slow down the process of issuance. If this is the case, the state may contact you to provide context to the issues that they have run into.

The biggest hold-up with the process is waiting for the fingerprints to return from the FBI. The process could take between two to six (2-6) weeks. When the license is issued, you should receive an email from Sircon with verification that the process is complete.

Congratulations!

You’ve done the work, put in the time and effort, and now hold the key to your own success! We’re proud of you. Take five (5) minutes and celebrate.

Nevada Department Of Insurance Contact Information

Mailing Address:

Nevada Division of Insurance
1818 East College Parkway Suite 103
Carson City, Nevada 89706

Phone: (775) 687-0700

Fax: (775) 687-0797

Website: http://doi.nv.gov/

Information on this page has been gathered by a multitude of sources and was most recently updated in October 2019.

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