Last Updated: January 19, 2024
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Intermediary Individual (Producer/Agent) - Major Lines
$75 Initial License Fee Per Line of Authority/$10 Application Fee (residents only)
$35 Resident Biennial Renewal Fee/$70 Nonresident Biennial Renewal Fee
Accident & Health (also known as Disability Insurance)—Insurance coverage for sickness, bodily injury, accidental death, or dental, and may include benefits for disability income, credit accident & health, long-term care, Medicare supplement.
Casualty—Insurance coverage against legal liability, including that for death, injury or disability or damage to real or personal property (includes auto, homeowners, fidelity, steam boiler, title, workers' compensation, debtors, credit unemployment, prepaid legal expense, surety, town mutual nonproperty, mortgage guaranty, gap, errors and omissions). To sell auto and/or homeowners insurance, an agent must hold both property and casualty lines of authority. Coverage includes both personal & commercial products.
Life—Insurance coverage on human lives including benefits of endowment and annuities and may include benefits in the event of death or dismemberment by accident and benefits for disability income (includes credit life, pre-need funeral expense, fixed annuities, index annuities).
Personal Lines P&C—Property and casualty insurance sold to individuals and families for primarily noncommercial purposes. Personal Lines P&C is not needed if the agent holds property and casualty lines of authority. To sell auto and/or homeowners insurance only, an agent only needs to hold a personal lines P&C.
Property—Insurance coverage for the direct or consequential loss or damage to property of every kind (includes auto, homeowners, fire, hail, wind, livestock mortality, inland marine, crop, pet, mechanical breakdown, gap plus, window etching, identity theft). To sell auto and/or homeowners insurance, an agent must hold both property and casualty lines of authority. Coverage includes both personal & commercial products.
Variable Life/Variable Annuity—Insurance coverage provided under variable life insurance contracts and variable annuities.
Residents must hold an active life license and proof of FINRA registration of the SIE exam and either a for Series 6 or Series 7 exam. Individuals will be required to provide a Central Registration Depository (CRD) number. Fingerprinting is NOT required for this line of authority.
Nonresident agents must hold a variable license from their resident or designated home state. Nonresident agents do not need a life insurance license unless the agents would like to sell life or annuity non-variable insurance products.
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Intermediary Individual (Producer/Agent) - Limited Lines
$75 Initial License Fee Per Line of Authority/$10 Application Fee (residents only)
$35 Resident Biennial Renewal Fee/$70 Nonresident Biennial Renewal Fee
Credit—Credit life, credit disability, credit property, credit unemployment, involuntary unemployment, mortgage life, mortgage guaranty, mortgage disability, guaranteed automobile protection (gap) and any other form of insurance offered in connection with an extension of credit that is limited to partially or wholly extinguishing that credit obligation that the commissioner determines should be designated a form of limited line credit insurance. Agents may also sell credit insurance if they have a life, accident & health, property and/or casualty lines of authority.
Crop—Insurance providing protection against damage to crops from unfavorable weather conditions, fire or lightning, flood, hail, insect infestation, disease or other yield-reducing conditions or perils provided by the private insurance market, or that is subsidized by the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation, including Multi-Peril Crop Insurance. Agents may also sell crop insurance if they have a property line of authority.
Legal Expense—Insurance that covers only legal expenses incurred by or provided to an individual or business. Agents may also sell legal insurance if they have a casualty line of authority.
Surety—Insurance or bond that covers obligations to pay the debts of, or answer for the default of another, including faithlessness in a position of public or private trust. Agents may also sell surety insurance if they have a casualty line of authority.
Title—Insurance against loss by reason of defects in titles to property. Agents may also sell title insurance if they have a casualty line of authority.
Attorney Title—Insurance against loss by reason of defects in titles to property. Insurance title insurance limited license issued to Wisconsin licensed attorneys. License is only available for residents of Wisconsin.
Resident attorneys must complete at least six hours of continuing legal education approved by the Wisconsin Board of Bar Examiners dealing solely with title insurance and be completed within one year of the application date.
A copy of the applicant's current State Bar of Wisconsin membership card.
Travel—Insurance coverage for trip cancellation, trip interruption, baggage, life, sickness and accident, disability and personal effects when limited to a specific trip and sold in connection with transportation provided by a common carrier. Agents may also sell travel insurance if they have property, casualty and accident & health lines of authority.
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Other Licenses
Temporary Intermediary License—$75 per line of authority. A temporary license may be issued to the personal representative of a deceased or mentally disabled agent, or to a person designated by an agent who is otherwise disabled or has entered active duty in the U.S. Armed Forces.
Surplus Line Agent—$100 annual license fee and $100 annual renewal fee. Any person authorized to sell the insurance of a nondomestic insurer which has not obtained a certificate of authority to do business in this state.
Employee Benefit Plan Administrator (EBPA)—$100 initial license fee and $100 annual license renewal fee due August 1st. EBPA's are a Third-Party Administrator (TPA) that processes claims on behalf of an insurance company.
Intermediary Firm—$100 initial license fee. $35 resident renewal fee. $75 nonresident renewal fee. Renewal fees are due February 15 of even-numbered years. An intermediary firm is
any corporation or partnership for which or on whose behalf any licensed intermediary solicits, negotiates, places insurance or annuities, or advises on insurance needs and coverages.
any corporation or partnership that receives, shares, or accepts assignment of commissions or compensation for services performed as an intermediary.
any insurance agency whose legal form is a corporation.
Licensing is NOT required by the Office of the Commissioner of Insurance and does not provide the entity with the authority to act as an agent. Corporations are not appointed to do business with individual insurers. In addition, commissions can be assigned to an intermediary firm, with or without a license.
Life Settlement Broker—$750 initial license fee and a $250 annual renewal fee due July 1. Any person/firm authorized to act as a provider or broker for the sale of life settlement insurance.
Managing General Agent—$75 initial license fee. $35 resident biennial renewal fee. $70 nonresident biennial renewal fee. Individual agents must hold an active individual intermediary license. An individual Managing General Agent (MGA) must be licensed first before the firm can apply for MGA license. Any person that manages all or part of the insurance business of an insurer or manages a separate division, department or underwriting office; acts as an agent for the insurer; and with or without the authority, either separately or together with affiliates, directly or indirectly: produces and underwrites in any one quarter or year.
Managing General Agent Firm—$100 initial license fee. $35 resident biennial renewal fee. $70 nonresident biennial renewal fee. Designated Responsible Licensed Producer (DRLP) must hold an active Wisconsin MGA and Intermediary license.
Navigator Individual License—$75 exam fee. $35 annual renewal fee. Paper application only. Navigators are federally-funded individuals who help consumers determine their eligibility for public assistance programs. They also help consumers compare health insurance options displayed on the federal exchange website after consumers input their preferences.
Navigator Entity License—$100 initial license fee and $35 annual renewal fee. Paper application only. Navigators are federally-funded entities who help consumers determine their eligibility for public assistance programs. They also help consumers compare health insurance options displayed on the federal exchange website after consumers input their preferences.
Pharmacy Benefit Manager (PBM)—$100 initial license fee and $100 annual renewal fee. Entity administers or manages the pharmacy benefits for an insurer or another entity that provides prescription drug benefits to Wisconsin residents and does not collect premium or affect claims.
Public Adjuster—$50 exam fee. $50 initial application fee. $50 annual renewal fee. An individual who engages in adjusting services on behalf of the insured.
Reinsurance Intermediary Broker—$75 initial license fee. $35 annual renewal fee. Any person other than an officer or employee of ceding insurer who solicits, negotiates or places reinsurance cessions or retrocessions on behalf of a ceding insurer.
Reinsurance Intermediary Manager—$75 initial license fee. $35 biennial renewal fee. Any person who has authority to bind, manages a separate division, department or underwriting office with responsibility for, or manages all or part of, assumed reinsurance business of a reinsurer and acts as an agent for the reinsurer.
Reinsurance Intermediary Firm—$100 initial license fee. $35 resident biennial renewal fee. $70 nonresident biennial renewal fee.
Travel Insurance Firm - $100 initial license fee. $35 resident biennial renewal fee. $70 nonresident biennial renewal fee. Due February 15th of even numbered years.
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Insurance Product Types that do not Require an Individual License
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