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The Florida 440 insurance license is the resident customer representative license. You can get the license in Florida in these easy steps.
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The basic steps for getting any insurance license in Florida are more or less the same. 1. Pre 1. Pre- -licensing education licensing education First, if your license has an education requirement, you attend an insurance school such as ours. The General Lines Agent license, which allows you to sell all types of Property and Casualty 440 insurance license in Florida, has a 200 hour education requirement. The requirement can be done online. When you pass our course, we notify the State right away. If you have insurance experience or an insurance designation, you may qualify for the license without taking a course (see “experience qualification form” below). 2. Pass the state exam 2. Pass the state exam After you pass a course, you need to pass the state exam. A good relicensing course should leave you in good shape to pass the state exam. You may need to do some studying if you want to be sure you pass on your first try. To help with that, we have a online courses for you. You can attend even if you did not attend our school for your licensing requirement – many people do just that. The exam prep cuts down study time and makes sure all the concepts you learned in your
course are clear and easy to remember. To sign up for the state exam, you can register online with us. This step does not apply to our designation course 440 insurance license which has no state exam. 3. Fingerprinting 3. Fingerprinting As an insurance professional, various parties trust you with their money. As a result, the law requires people applying for licenses to be fingerprinted. The fingerprints are used for a criminal background check, which can take up to 10 days (barring complications, it is usually faster). DFS may change their fingerprinting vendor from time to time. If you have been fingerprinted for DFS within 12 months (48 months if you are adding an additional license), you will not have to do it again 4. Complete your application with the Department of Financial 4. Complete your application with the Department of Financial Services (DFS) Services (DFS) By this time, the DFS has your course certificate, your exam score, and the background check from your fingerprinting. All that’s left is to complete your license application and pay the fee for your license. To complete the application and pay the fee
5. 5. Any time you need help, ever Any time you need help, ever If you’re looking for more information about which license to get and what the requirements are, call us. Later if you need help with what to do next, or you’ve run into a difficult situation in your career, give us a call. We help our students after they graduate, and we don’t charge for answering their questions.