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Arkansas Insurance Producer License: Requirements, Cost & How to Apply (2026)

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Required hours: At least 20 instruction hours for each line: life, accident and health or sickness, casualty, or property. All licenses issued or renewed for a period of two (2) calendar years will expire on the last day of the licensee's birth month in the calendar year of expiration.

24 hours

Continuing education

minimum of twenty-four (24) hours
Official source

Verified Oct 25, 2026 · 3 official sources

How to get an insurance producer license in Arkansas

Application steps: Not verified yet. See the official instructions.

What are the Arkansas insurance producer license requirements?

Required hours

At least 20 instruction hours for each line: life, accident and health or sickness, casualty, or property.

All applicants for an Arkansas life line of authority are hereby required to complete a course of instruction with a minimum of twenty (20) hours of instruction All applicants for an Arkansas accident and health or sickness (A & H) line of authority are hereby required to complete a course of instruction with a minimum of twenty (20) hours of instruction All applicants for a casualty line of authority are hereby required to complete a course of instruction with a minimum of twenty (20) hours of instruction All applicants for a property line of authority are hereby required to complete a course of instruction with a minimum of twenty (20) hours of instruction
Official source

Licensing agency and application

Board

Arkansas Insurance Department, Licensing Division

Arkansas Insurance Department
Official source

Apply with the agency

Open the official agency page

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Official source

Verified Oct 25, 2026 · 2 official sources

What else should I know?

Agency guidance

The department licenses producers who solicit, sell or negotiate insurance in Arkansas.

resident and nonresident producers, adjusters, title agents, and business entities that are soliciting, selling, or negotiating insurance in the State of Arkansas.
Official source

Agency guidance

Nonexempt producers complete CE biennially on or before their birthdays.

any nonexempt persons licensed as producers shall, biennially on or before their birthdays
Official source

Agency guidance

Apply and renew through https://insurance.arkansas.gov/industry-regulation/licensing/.

Use NIPR to apply, renew or review license information online
Official source

Agency guidance

The administrative and regulatory fee is $35 per year, collected biennially for individual licenses.

The annual administrative and regulatory fee for an insurance license is thirty-five dollars ($35.00) per year. (2) All initial licenses and all renewal licenses for the above referenced individual licensees will be issued on a biennial basis, and the annual administrative and regulatory fee will be collected biennially.
Official source

Verified Oct 25, 2026 · 3 official sources

How do I renew my insurance producer license in Arkansas?

Renewal

All licenses issued or renewed for a period of two (2) calendar years will expire on the last day of the licensee's birth month in the calendar year of expiration.

All licenses issued or renewed for a period of two (2) calendar years will expire on the last day of the licensee's birth month in the calendar year of expiration.
Official source

License term in years

All initial licenses and all renewal licenses for the above referenced individual licensees will be issued on a biennial basis

All initial licenses and all renewal licenses for the above referenced individual licensees will be issued on a biennial basis
Official source

Continuing education hours

24 hours

minimum of twenty-four (24) hours
Official source

Continuing education topics

At least 3 ethics hours in each two-year renewal cycle.

at least three (3) hours of ethics in each two-year license renewal cycle
Official source

Verified Oct 25, 2026 · 2 official sources

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How do I look up a insurance producer license in Arkansas?

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What are the common questions?

How often do I renew a insurance producer (life/health and property/casualty) license in Arkansas?

All licenses issued or renewed for a period of two (2) calendar years will expire on the last day of the licensee's birth month in the calendar year of expiration.

All licenses issued or renewed for a period of two (2) calendar years will expire on the last day of the licensee's birth month in the calendar year of expiration.
Official source

Verified Oct 25, 2026 · 1 official source

Which official sources support this guide?

Verified Oct 25, 2026 · 4 official sources

Official sources and verification (11)

Last verified Oct 25, 2026. Each quotation supports the corresponding published value.

Board

Arkansas Insurance Department, Licensing Division

Arkansas Insurance Department, Licensing Division

Arkansas Insurance Department
Official source

Last verified Oct 25, 2026

Apply with the agency

Open the official agency page

https://insurance.arkansas.gov/industry-regulation/licensing/

Use NIPR to apply, renew or review license information online
Official source

Last verified Oct 25, 2026

Qualifications / Required hours

At least 20 instruction hours for each line: life, accident and health or sickness, casualty, or property.

20 prelicensing hours for each line: life, accident and health or sickness, property, and casualty, subject to Rule 31 exemptions.

All applicants for an Arkansas life line of authority are hereby required to complete a course of instruction with a minimum of twenty (20) hours of instruction All applicants for an Arkansas accident and health or sickness (A & H) line of authority are hereby required to complete a course of instruction with a minimum of twenty (20) hours of instruction All applicants for a casualty line of authority are hereby required to complete a course of instruction with a minimum of twenty (20) hours of instruction All applicants for a property line of authority are hereby required to complete a course of instruction with a minimum of twenty (20) hours of instruction
Official source

Last verified Oct 25, 2026

Continuing education hours

24 hours

24

minimum of twenty-four (24) hours
Official source

Last verified Oct 25, 2026

Continuing education topics

At least 3 ethics hours in each two-year renewal cycle.

At least 3 ethics hours in each two-year renewal cycle.

at least three (3) hours of ethics in each two-year license renewal cycle
Official source

Last verified Oct 25, 2026

Agency guidance

The department licenses producers who solicit, sell or negotiate insurance in Arkansas.

The department licenses producers who solicit, sell or negotiate insurance in Arkansas.

resident and nonresident producers, adjusters, title agents, and business entities that are soliciting, selling, or negotiating insurance in the State of Arkansas.
Official source

Last verified Oct 25, 2026

Agency guidance

Nonexempt producers complete CE biennially on or before their birthdays.

Nonexempt producers complete CE biennially on or before their birthdays.

any nonexempt persons licensed as producers shall, biennially on or before their birthdays
Official source

Last verified Oct 25, 2026

Agency guidance

Apply and renew through https://insurance.arkansas.gov/industry-regulation/licensing/.

Apply and renew through https://insurance.arkansas.gov/industry-regulation/licensing/.

Use NIPR to apply, renew or review license information online
Official source

Last verified Oct 25, 2026

Agency guidance

The administrative and regulatory fee is $35 per year, collected biennially for individual licenses.

The administrative and regulatory fee is $35 per year, collected biennially for individual licenses.

The annual administrative and regulatory fee for an insurance license is thirty-five dollars ($35.00) per year. (2) All initial licenses and all renewal licenses for the above referenced individual licensees will be issued on a biennial basis, and the annual administrative and regulatory fee will be collected biennially.
Official source

Last verified Oct 25, 2026

License term in years

All initial licenses and all renewal licenses for the above referenced individual licensees will be issued on a biennial basis

2

All initial licenses and all renewal licenses for the above referenced individual licensees will be issued on a biennial basis
Official source

Last verified Oct 25, 2026

Renewal

All licenses issued or renewed for a period of two (2) calendar years will expire on the last day of the licensee's birth month in the calendar year of expiration.

All licenses issued or renewed for a period of two (2) calendar years will expire on the last day of the licensee's birth month in the calendar year of expiration. Applies to: Individual producer licenses

All licenses issued or renewed for a period of two (2) calendar years will expire on the last day of the licensee's birth month in the calendar year of expiration.
Official source

Last verified Oct 25, 2026

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