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Georgia Insurance Licensing & Training Tips

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Want to get into selling insurance in Georgia? The first and most important step you’ll take is enrolling in a Georgia Insurance training course from AB Training Center. You’ll get the most comprehensive and highest quality training to ensure your success in insurance licensing.

More Information on Georgia Insurance Licensing:

A Georgia Insurance License is regulated at the state level and, as such, state government establishes its own insurance licensing requirements and examination procedures. Below are general Georgia pre-licensing requirements, and those for each line of insurance:

General Requirements

  • Effective January 1, 2010, the application process for an agent license will no longer require sponsorship by an insurer. Upon issuance of the agent license, the licensee must obtain a certificate of authority from each insurer that they will represent.
  • Candidates must complete an approved Georgia pre-licensing course, this requirement may be met in either a Classroom, Online, or Self-Study format
  • Candidates must pass the required examination for licensure within 12 months of the completion of the pre-licensing course, then must apply for licensure within 12 months from receiving a passing grade on the examination

Adjuster License

  • Candidates must complete an approved 40-hour pre-licensing Classroom, Online or Self-Study course
  • Pre-licensing Course Exemption – none

Life, Accident & Sickness License

  • Candidates must complete an approved 40-hour pre-licensing Classroom, Online, or Self-Study course
  • Pre-licensing Course Exemption – Applicants for licenses in lines or sublines of life or health insurance who hold the Chartered Life Underwriter (CLU) designation are exempt

Life Insurance License

  • Candidates must complete an approved 20-hour pre-licensing Classroom or Online course
  • Pre-licensing Course Exemption – Applicants for licenses in lines or sublines of life or health insurance who hold the Chartered Life Underwriter (CLU) designation are exempt

Accident & Sickness Insurance License

  • Candidates must complete an approved 20-hour pre-licensing Classroom or Online course
  • Pre-licensing Course Exemption – Applicants for licenses in lines or sublines of life or health insurance who hold the Chartered Life Underwriter (CLU) designation are exempt

Property and Casualty License

  • Candidates must complete an approved 40-hour pre-licensing Classroom, Online, or Self-Study course
  • Pre-licensing Course Exemption – Applicants for licenses in lines or sublines of property or casualty insurance who hold the Chartered Property Casualty Underwriter (CPCU) designation are exempt

Property and Casualty Limited Subagent License

  • Candidates must complete an approved 20-hour pre-licensing Classroom course
  • Pre-licensing Course Exemption – none

Variable Products License

  • Candidates must complete an approved 8-hour pre-licensing Classroom course
  • Pre-licensing Course Exemption – none

 

SUPPLEMENTAL GEORGIA INSURANCE SELF STUDY MATERIALS

Supplemental to the required courses referenced above, ABTrainingCenter offers excellent Georgia insurance training materials to help Candidates pass their Georgia insurance licensing exams, plus state-approved Continuing Education courses to help fulfill an insurance licensee’s annual CE requirement.

Select one of the recommended courses below, or simply search under “Licensing” or “Continuing Education” in the following search box for your desired Insurance License, select ‘Georgia’, and press ‘Go!’

CONTACT INFORMATION – GEORGIA INSURANCE LICENSE

Georgia Insurance Department – Licensing Division
Address: 908 West Tower | 2 Martin Luther King, Jr. Dr. | Floyd Memorial Building | Atlanta, GA 30334
Phone: 404.656.2101
Fax: 404.656.0874
Email: agents@mail.oci.state.ga.us
Website: http://www.gainsurance.org

Examination Facility
Provider: Pearson VUE
Phone: 1-800-274-0488
Website: http://www.pearsonvue.com/ga/insurance/