North Carolina Pre-Licensing Education Requirements Updated
Effective October 1, 2025, North Carolina residents and nonresidents will see changes to pre-licensing education requirements.
Previous language:
- Pre-licensing education is required for the following:
- Accident and health or sickness - 20 hours;
- Casualty - 20 hours;
- Life - 20 hours;
- Personal lines - 20 hours;
- Property - 20 hours; and
- Medicare supplement/long-term care - 10 hours.
Updated language:
- Each applicant must comply with all education, training requirements to be licensed as a producer, limited representative, adjuster, or motor vehicle damage appraiser.
- The Commissioner will not require an individual producer license applicant to complete any specific amount or course of instruction.
Previous language:
- They are currently licensed in their home state for the same lines of authority; or
- The application is received within 90 days after cancellation of the applicant's previous license,and the applicant's home state certifies that:
- At the time of cancellation, the applicant was in good standing in that state; or
- The home state's producer database records (PDB) indicate that the producer is or was licensed in good standing for the lines of authority requested.
Updated language:
A nonresident applicant who fails the North Carolina licensing exam must comply with the prelicense education requirements as a RESIDENT of NC
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