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HowtoGetaMississippiResidentInsuranceLicense

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1.CompleteaPre‐licensingCourse

ForMississippiResidentswhoseekalicenseasaninsuranceproducer,anindependentadjuster,public

adjuster,ortobecomeabailagentyoumustpassthestatelicensingexam.Toprepareforalicensing

exam,youmusttakeastateapprovedpre‐licensingcourse.Allpre‐licensingcoursesrequireacourse

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exam.ASampleInsuranceExaminationContentOutlineforProperty,Casualty,PersonalLines,Life,

AccidentandHealth,IndependentAdjuster,PublicAdjuster,andProfessionalBailAgentisfoundon

PearsonVue’swebsiteat:www.pearsonvue.comintheMScontentoutlinesorintheDepartment’s

prelicensingandcontinuing educationguidelines.LicenseinformationisalsofoundinthePearsonVue

MississippiHandbook.

MSresidentswhoseekalicenseasanInsuranceProducer,anIndependentAdjuster,PublicAdjuster, or

tobecomeaBailAgentmustpassastatelicensingexam.Toprepareforalicensingexam,candidates

musttakeastateapprovedpre‐licensingcourse.Pre‐licensingcoursesrequireafinalcourseexam.

The

stateexaminationContentOutlinesfortheLinesofAuthority(LOA)Property,Casualty,Personal

Lines,Life,AccidentandHealth,andIndustrialFire,aswellasforlicensesforIndependentAdjuster,

PublicAdjuster,andBailAgentarefoundonthePearsonVue‐MississippiLandingPage:

www.pearsonvue.com/ms/insurance/orontheDepartment’swebsiteinthePre‐licensingand

ContinuingEducationGuidelines.

LineofAuthority Hours

Life 20

AccidentandHealth 20

Property 20

Casualty 20

Personallines 20

IndependentAdjuster 20

WorkersCompAdjuster 20

PublicAdjuster 20

BailAgent 40

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TheInsuranceProducercandidateshallsatisfactorilycompletetwenty(20)hoursofpre‐licensing

educationperlineofauthority(LOA).IndependentAdjustercandidates,includingPublic Adjuster

candidatesshallcompletetwenty(20)hoursofpre‐licensingordemonstrateexperience. Independent

AdjusterLOAsare:P&CincludingWorkersComporWorkersCompOnly.Bail

Agentcandidatesshall

satisfactorilycompleteforty(40)hoursofpre‐licensingeducation.

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Candidateswhosatisfytherequirementsforthepre‐licensingcourse,youwillreceiveaCertificateof

Completion.TheEducatio n Providerisrequiredtoenteracandidate’spre‐licensingcoursecompletion

intotheDepartment’ssystemwithinfive(5)business

daysafteracourseisproperlycompletedandan

affidavitreceived.Tolocateanapprovededucationproviderandpre‐licensingcourse,access:approved

coursesinquiry.

2.PassaLicensingExam

MakingExamReservations

Candidateexamreservationsarerequiredbyeithervisitingwww.pearsonvue.comorcallingPearson

VUE:Monday –Friday,7:00a.m.–7:0 0p.m.CT;closedonlocalholidays.Telephone:888‐293‐4222

(toll‐free).

Candidatesshouldmakeareservationonlineatleasttwenty‐four(24)hoursbeforethedesired

examinationdate.Walk‐inexaminationsarenotavailable.

First‐timeusersarerequiredtocreatean

accountonthePearsonVuewebsite.TocreateanaccountID

andbeassignedapassword,thecandidatewillneedtofillinallrequiredfields(*),ontheonlineform.

Step‐by‐stepinstructionswillleadthecandidatethroughtherestoftheexaminationreservation

process.

Detailedinstructionsmay

befoundonthePearsonVue–MississippiLandingPageintheCandidate

Handbook.

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WhattoBring

Allcandidatesarerequiredtobringidentificationthatisdeemedacceptabletothetestcenteronthe

dayofexamination.Seelistunder“ AcceptableFormsofCandidateIdentification.”

Candidateswhohavechangedtheirnamesmustprovidewrittendocumentationofthechange.This

documentationmaybea

copyofamarriagelicense,divorcedecreeorotherofficialdocument.

Candidateswhodonotpresenttherequired itemswillbedeniedadmissiontotheexamination,willbe

consideredabsentandwillforfeittheexaminationfee.

Note:Youwillnotbepermittedtobringyourowncalculatorintothetesting

room.

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AcceptableFormsofCandidateIdentification

Candidatemustpresenttwo(2)formsofcurrentsignatureidentification.Thenameonthe

identificationmustexactlymatchthenameontheregistration.Theprimaryidentificationmustbe

governmentissued,photo‐bearingwithasignatureandthesecondaryidentificationmustcontaina

validsignature.IdentificationmustbeinEnglish.

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PrimaryID(withphotographandsignature,notexpired)

 Government‐issuedDriver’slicense

 U.S.DepartmentofStateDriver’slicense

 U.S.Learner’spermit(plasticcardonlywithphotoandsignature)

 National/State/CountryIdentificationCard

 Passport/Passportcard

 MilitaryID/MilitaryIDfo r spousesand dependents

 AlienRegistrationCard(GreenCard,PermanentResidentVisa)

SecondaryID(with

signature,notrequired)

 U.S.SocialSecuritycard

 Debit(ATM)orCreditcard

 AnyformofIDonthePrimarylist

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IftheIDpresentedhasanembeddedsignaturethatisnotvisible(microchip),orisdifficultor

impossibletoread,thecandidatemustpresentanotherformofidentification fromthe

PrimaryID

orSecondaryIDlistthatcontainsavisiblesignature.

PersonVUEdoesnotrecognizegraceperiodsonIDs.Forexample,ifacandidate’slicenseexpired

yesterdayandthestateallowsa30‐daygraceperiodforrenewingtheID,theIDisconsideredtobe

expired.

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ExamProcedures

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Candidatesshouldreporttothetestcenterthirty(30)minutesbeforetheexaminationandcheckinwith

thecenteradministrator.Thecandidate’sidentificationandotherdocumentationwillbereviewedand

theywillbephotographedforthescorereport.

CandidatesarerequiredtoreviewandsignaCandidateRulesAgreementform.

IftheCandidateRules

Agreementisnotfollowedand/orcheatingortamperingwiththeexaminationissuspected,the

incidentwillbereportedassuchandtheappropriateactionwillbetaken.Theexaminationfeewillnot

berefunded,theexammaybedeterminedinvalid,and/orthestatemaytakefurtheraction

suchas

decertification.

ExamFormat

ThepassingexaminationscorewassetbytheMississippiInsuranceDepartmentwww.mid.ms.govafter

acomprehensivestudy.Rawscoresareconvertedintoapercentage(%).Thispercentageislistedon

thecandidate’sscorecard.Lifeonly,Accident&Healthonly,andcombinedLife,Accident&Healthhave

apassingscoreof65%.Allotherexamshaveapassingscoreof70%.

MississippiExamInformation

LINEOFAUTHORITY EXAM

TIME

TOTAL

QUESTIONS

LifeProducer 2hours 75

Accident&HealthProducer 2hours 75

Life,Accident&HealthProducer 2hours 125

PropertyProducer 2hours 75

CasualtyProducer 2hours 75

PersonalLinesProducer 2hours 75

IndustrialFire 2hours 50

Property&CasualtyProducer 2hours 100

P&Cincl.WorkersCompAdjuster 2hours 60

WorkersCompAdjuster 2hours 50

PublicAdjuster 2hours 50

BailAgent 2hours 60

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3.ApplyforLicense

Aftersuccessfullycompletingtheexamination,candidatescancompleteanonlineapplicationforthe

licenseatwww.sircon.comorwww.nipr.com.Onlineapplications aretransmittedtotheDepartment

within24hoursandareavailableforDepartmentreview.Paperapplicationsareavailabletodownload

fromtheMississippiInsuranceDepartmentwebsite atwww.mid.ms.gov.Paperapplicationsmaytake

upto10businessdaystoprocess.

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4.Questions:

FortheDepartment:email[email protected]orcall601‐359‐3582

ForPearsonVue:email[email protected],call888‐293‐4222or

theirwebsiteatwww.pearsonvue.com.Livechat:w ww.pearsonvue.com/ms/insurance/contact