How to Get Your Insurance License in Utah

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Quick Answer:

  • Pass the Prometric exam for each line you want to sell, then apply through Sircon or NIPR within 90 days.
  • Get fingerprinted at a Prometric test center in Utah, and get appointed by an insurer or agency before you sell.
  • Renew every two years at the end of your birth month, with 24 hours of CE that include 3 hours of ethics.

To get your insurance license in Utah, you pass the Prometric exam for each line you want to sell, apply to the Utah Insurance Department within 90 days of passing, get fingerprinted at a Prometric test center in Utah, and get appointed by an insurer or agency. Then you keep it active by renewing every two years with continuing education. The exam is the hard part. Everything after it is paperwork, as long as you do it in the right order.

This guide covers the whole path, start to finish. Still choosing a line? Start with our Utah license typesPre License Utah Insurance License Types Resources breakdown. Already studying? Our Utah exam guidePre License Utah Insurance License Exam Resources goes section by section.

What Does the State of Utah Require for an Insurance License?

To get a resident producer license, the Utah Insurance DepartmentLicensees Producers Exam Insurance.utah.gov requires that you:

  • Are at least 18 years old
  • Live in Utah
  • Pass the Prometric exam for every line of authority on your license
  • Pass a fingerprint background check through the Utah Bureau of Criminal Identification and the FBI
  • Apply online through Sircon or NIPR after you pass

Be thorough on the application's background questions. The Department reviews every civil and criminal disclosure before it issues a license, and leaving something off can get an application denied, or a license revoked later.

There's one more requirement before you can actually sell: an insurer or agency has to appoint you. Your license stays active without an appointment, but you can't write a single policy until you have one.

How Utah Insurance Licensing Works, Step by Step

  1. Choose your lines. Life, Life and Health, Property and Casualty, or both. Each line has its own exam, so this decides what you study.
  2. Prep for your exam. Prometric publishes a content outline for every Utah exam. Prep built to that outline is the fastest way through, and our study tipsPre License How To Study Insurance Licensing Exam Resources help you skip what barely shows up.
  3. Register with Prometric. Register and pay online with PrometricInsurance Utah, then pick a test center or remote proctoring.
  4. Pass the exam. You need 70%, and your score shows on screen the moment you finish.
  5. Apply within 90 days. Use the kiosk in the test center right after you pass, or apply online through Sircon or NIPR. Miss the 90 day window and you take the exam again.
  6. Get fingerprinted. Prometric scans your prints at a Utah test center. Bring your passing score report and your application confirmation.
  7. Get appointed. Once your license is issued, your insurer or agency appoints you and you're selling.

Animated tip: You passed. Now the clock starts. A counter runs from day 1 to day 90 to apply for your license. Miss day 90? You take the exam again. Insider move: apply at the test center kiosk the day you pass. Ends on the Aceable Insurance logo.

Insider tip: testing in person? Knock out the exam, the application, and your fingerprints in one trip. If you pass and leave without your prints, you have to book another visit and bring your paperwork back. And hold off on paying Prometric's $6 fingerprint fee until you've passed, since every fee is nonrefundable.

Which Utah Insurance License Should You Get?

Utah licenses you by line of authority, and most new agents choose from four paths:

  • Life: life insurance and annuities
  • Life and Health: adds health, disability, Medicare supplements, and long term care
  • Property and Casualty: home, auto, and business coverage
  • Both lines: everything above, with two combined exams

The right one depends on what you want to sell and where you want to work. Our Utah license types guide compares each line, and what agents do shows what the day to day looks like.

What to Look for in Utah Insurance Prelicensing Courses

Shopping for Utah insurance prelicensing courses? Here's the thing: in Utah, the course's whole job is getting you through the Prometric exam. Judge every option on that.

  • Built to the Utah outline. The prep should follow Prometric's Utah content outline, Utah law included, not a generic national script.
  • Adaptive practice. You want something that finds your weak topics and drills them, not a question bank you scroll through.
  • A full mock exam. Sitting a timed, full length practice test is the closest thing to a dress rehearsal.
  • Room to finish. Life happens. Look for enough time to finish without rushing.
  • A guarantee. If a provider believes in its prep, it should back it.

Aceable's Utah exam prep checks every box: it's built to the Prometric outline, Ace Mode tracks every topic and tells you when you're ready to book, and you get 6 months to finish with a Pass Guarantee. For the exam itself, see our Utah exam guide.

How Much Does a Utah Insurance License Cost?

  • Exam fees: $32 per single line exam or $44 per combined exam, paid to Prometric when you register
  • Fingerprinting: Prometric's $6 processing fee, plus the state and FBI background check fee you pay with your application
  • License fee: paid when you apply through Sircon or NIPR
  • Exam prep: the course you use to get ready

Going for both lines? That's two combined exams, or $88 in exam fees. Every retake costs a full exam fee again, so passing the first time is the cheapest route by far.

How Long Does It Take to Get an Insurance License in Utah?

Most of the timeline is up to you, because it starts with how quickly you're ready for the exam. After you pass, Prometric sends your results to the Department within 48 hours. The Department then reviews your application and your fingerprint results before it issues your license, and the background check is usually the slowest piece.

Want to speed it up? Apply and get fingerprinted at the test center the day you pass, and answer every application question completely so nothing comes back to you. Then plan for your first months in the job with a look at first year earnings.

Working With the Utah Department of Insurance

The Utah Insurance Department licenses every producer in the state, and nearly everything happens online:

  • Applications: filed through Sircon or NIPR. The Department doesn't accept paper applications.
  • Printing your license: the Department doesn't mail one. Print it yourself from Sircon once it's issued.
  • Checking a license: look up any Utah licensee with the Department's licensee search, or check an application's status on Sircon.
  • Keeping your info current: report any change to your address, phone number, or business email within 30 days, through Sircon or NIPR.

Moving to Utah With an Out of State License

Already licensed somewhere else? Your timing decides your path:

  • Within 90 days of moving: cancel your old resident license, apply through Sircon or NIPR, get fingerprinted at a Prometric test center, and send proof of Utah residency. No exam.
  • Between 90 days and a year: you'll pass the 50 question Utah Laws and Regulations exam first, then apply and get fingerprinted.
  • After a year: you take the full exams and apply like a new applicant.

How to Renew Your Utah Insurance License

Every 2 years. Utah insurance licenses renew at the end of your birth month, after 24 hours of CE that include 3 hours of ethics.

Utah licenses renew every two years on the last day of your birth month. Your first renewal lands anywhere from 24 to 35 months after your license is issued, depending on your birthday, then every two years after that.

  • Continuing education: 24 hours of Utah insurance continuing education, including 3 hours of ethics, from CE courses the Department recognizes, finished before you renew
  • Proof: keep your completion records on file, since the Department runs random CE audits
  • Reminder: the Department emails your business address about 90 days before your license expires
  • Renewing: online through Sircon or NIPR

Licensed in Utah as a nonresident? Meeting your home state's CE requirement covers your Utah CE.

Utah Insurance License FAQs

Do You Need a License to Sell Insurance in Utah?

Yes. To sell, you need a current license for the line you're selling and an appointment from an insurer or a designation from a licensed agency.

Can You Get a Utah Insurance License With a Criminal Record?

Sometimes. Convictions involving fraud, theft, or dishonesty can make you ineligible for a set period. A felony involving dishonesty or breach of trust requires written consent from the Utah Insurance Commissioner before you apply. Either way, disclose everything on your application.

How Do You Check the Status of Your Utah Insurance License?

Check your application status on Sircon, or look up your license with the Department's licensee search once it's issued.

Can You Hold a Utah License and Sell in Other States?

Yes. Apply for a nonresident license in each state where you want to sell, usually through NIPR. Most states base a nonresident license on an active home state license, so your Utah resident license is the starting point.

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