State Requirements

Tennessee / Resident Renewal / Individual

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  • Fees shown are state fees only. These fees do not include NIPR transaction fees.
  • Fees are per application.

Insurance Producer

Line of Authority Combination: All Major LOAs

  • Renewal Fee: $60.00
  • Late Renewal Fee: $120.00

Insurance Producer

Line of Authority Combination: All Limited & Other LOAs

  • Renewal Fee: $30.00
  • Late Renewal Fee: $60.00

Automobile Club Agent

  • Renewal Fee: $20.00

Surplus Lines Agent

  • Renewal Fee: $120.00

Viatical Settlement Broker

  • Renewal Fee: $500.00

Viatical Settlement Investment Agent

  • Renewal Fee: $100.00

Viatical Settlement Provider

  • Renewal Fee: $500.00

Public Adjuster

  • Renewal Fee: $100.00
  • Late Renewal Fee: $200.00

Please note that license class names can vary by state.

PRODUCER

Insurance Producer

  • Life
  • Accident & Health
  • Variable Life and Variable Annuity
  • Property
  • Casualty
  • Personal Lines
  • Credit
  • Crop
  • Travel
  • Legal
  • Industrial Fire
  • Title
  • Title Practice Attorney
  • Vehicle Physical Damage
Adjuster

Public Adjuster

  • Public Adjuster
OTHER

Automobile Club Agent

  • Automobile Club Agent

Surplus Lines Agent

  • Surplus Lines Agent

Viatical Settlement Broker

  • Viatical Settlement Broker

Viatical Settlement Investment Agent

  • Viatical Settlement Investment Agent

Viatical Settlement Provider

  • Viatical Settlement Provider

Applicant Can

  • Submit renewals for individuals electronically.
  • Submit renewals for major lines of authority.
  • Submit renewals for limited lines of authority.
  • Submit renewals for surplus lines for individuals.
  • Late renew through NIPR's Resident License Renewal (RLR) Application.
  • Print license electronically.

Applicant Cannot

  • Submit partial renewals.

Business Rules

  • Applicant must not hold an active resident license in another state

  • In order to be eligible for Renewal or Late Renewal, the status reason on PDB must be 'Active' or 'Expired.' If the status reason is not 'Active' or 'Expired' the renewal will not be allowed.

  • Applicant's name, birth date, Tax ID, license number, and addresses must match current Producer Database (PDB) record for resident state.

  • Life must be renewed when renewing Variable Life and Variable Annuity in Tennessee.

  • Surplus lines agent applicant must have an active Insurance Producer license in Tennessee prior to renewing surplus lines agent license.

  • If applicant responds "yes" to one of the background questions please submit supporting documents electronically via NIPR's Attachments Warehouse. The documents may also be submitted to the state via mail, email, or fax.

All License Classes

Renewal Period Begins: Ninety (90) days prior to expiration date through license expiration date

Late Renewal Period: Up to one year past license expiration date

  • NIPR verifies compliance with the states CE requirement prior to allowing submission of a renewal application. You may select your resident state on the following link: Verify My CE to view your CE transcript and determine whether the state has updated your status to compliant in their system and on what date.  It generally takes up to 72 hours from the compliance date for the status to be updated in our system.

Insurance Producer

  • Life
  • Accident & Health
  • Property
  • Casualty
  • Personal Lines
  • Title

Public Adjuster

Contact Information

Mailing Address

Tennessee Department of Commerce and Insurance
Agent Licensing Section
500 James Robertson Parkway
Nashville, TN 37243-1134
United States

Special Instructions

Frequently Asked Questions

Online printing information can be found by going to NIPR's license print page and selecting the state.

Pearson VUE 1-800-274-4957
or
Tennessee Insurance 

  • One Year*

*Note: Fingerprint based criminal background checks are valid for 6 months.

Tennessee licensees can submit primary name changes electronically through NIPR. Please access the following link: https://pdb.nipr.com/my-nipr/frontend/identify-licensee

 

 

  • Entities may submit a request to update information by submitting a signed and dated request directly to the Tennessee Department of Commerce and Insurance. The request must include the entity name, Tennessee license number, and full name of individual/entity to be added or removed.

Applicants may submit DRLP through NIPR electronically. Please click here to be directed to the DRLP update informational page. 

  • Licensees attempting to change residency status from resident to nonresident or nonresident to resident must contact the Tennessee Department of Commerce and Insurance directly for assistance.

NIPR is currently working with Tennessee to make access to Continuing Education (CE) transcript data available via MYNIPR. 

 

Click here to be directed to MyNIPR application.