State Requirements

Massachusetts / Resident Licensing / Individual

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  • Fees shown are state fees only. These fees do not include NIPR transaction fees.
  • Fee is waived for veterans or the legally blind.
  • Amendment Fee: Insurance Producer applicants applying for Property, Casualty and/or Personal Lines LOAs are charged an additional $75 lead paint surcharge fee.
  • Note: Reapplication fee is the same as initial license fee

Insurance Producer

  • Fee: $225.00
  • Fee Disclaimers: If applicant is applying for Property, Casualty and/or Personal Lines, they must pay a lead paint surcharge in the amount of $75.00

Surplus Lines Broker

  • Fee: $150.00

Auto Damage Appraiser

  • Fee: $100.00

Insurance Adviser

  • Fee: $200.00

Life Settlement Broker

  • Fee: $225.00

Public Ins Adjuster

  • Fee: $200.00

Reinsurance Intermediary Broker

  • Fee: $200.00

Reinsurance Intermediary Manager

  • Fee: $200.00

Motor Club

  • Fee: $25.00
  • Exam validations will occur for new licenses and for those licensees adding new lines of authority that require examinations.
  • Please note that license class names can vary by state.
PRODUCER

Insurance Producer

Exam Required

  • Life
  • Accident & Health or Sickness
  • Property
  • Casualty
  • Personal Lines
  • Credit

No Exam Required

  • Variable Life and Variable Annuity
  • Travel
Adjuster

Public Insurance Adjuster

Exam Required

  • Public Insurance Adjuster
BROKER

Surplus Lines Broker

No Exam Required

  • Property & Casualty

Life Settlement Broker

No Exam Required

  • Life

Reinsurance Intermediary Broker

No Exam Required

  • Life
  • Accident & Health or Sickness
  • Property
  • Casualty
OTHER

Auto Damage Appraiser

Exam Required

  • Auto Damage Appraiser

Insurance Adviser

Exam Required

  • Life
  • Accident & Health or Sickness
  • Property
  • Casualty

Reinsurance Intermediary Manager

No Exam Required

  • Life
  • Accident & Health or Sickness
  • Property
  • Casualty

Motor Club

No Exam Required

  • Motor Club

Applicant Can

  • Submit initial license for individuals electronically.
  • Submit major lines of authority.
  • Submit limited lines of authority.
  • Submit Surplus Lines for individuals.
  • Amend licenses electronically.
  • Print licenses electronically.

Applicant Cannot

  • Reinstate/reapply through NIPR's Resident License (RL) Application.

Business Rules

  • Applicant may not enter DBA name.

  • If applicant answers yes to "Are you legally blind?” Applicant must submit supporting documentation to the state.

  •  Insurance Producer only: If applicant answers yes to “Are you a Massachusetts resident military veteran?” Applicant must submit supporting documentation (DD-214) to the state.

  • Surplus Lines Broker applicants must actively hold both Producer Property and Casualty license on the Producer Database or must come from a state that does not require Property and Casualty before issuance of a Surplus Lines license.

  • Personal Lines applicants must hold a Producer/Travel or Property and Casualty  license or a Limited Lines Property and Casualty license in the resident state.

  • Reinsurance Intermediary Brokers and Reinsurance Intermediary applicants must actively be licensed as an Insurance Producer for at least 3 years. 

  • Variable applicants must supply FINRA Central Registry Depository (CRD) number on the application.  If you need to verify your CRD number you may use the Broker Search feature found on FINRA’s website.
    • Applicant must currently hold or be applying for Life

The following applicants must submit supplemental documentation to the NIPR Attachment Warehouse/ Additional Licensing Document section:

Contact Information

Mailing Address

Massachusetts Division of Insurance
1000 Washington Street, Suite 810
Boston, MA 02118-6200
United States

Frequently Asked Questions

Online printing information can be found by going to NIPR's license print page and selecting the state.  You may also view and print your license using State Based Systems.  

A licensee must place their termination letter in writing to the Division of Insurance at ProducerUpdateMailbox@mass.gov.  The letter must stipulate what they would like to have happen to their licenses, as well as contain the signature of the licensee.  

One year

The Division does not track changes to Partners, Owners, Officers, Directors or Managers. You should contact the Massachusetts Secretary of State for questions regarding these changes. (Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts (state.ma.us))

It depends whether one is moving into the state or whether one is moving out of state. A licensee would have to notify the Division of Insurance’s Producer Licensing Department in writing or may call the Department for further instructions at (617- 521-7794 and opt for line #3). 

  • If one is moving into MA, he/she has 90 days to make the changes without having to take the MA exams, of course they would have to terminate their old resident license first.  MA verifies prior licensure via PDB.  
  • If one is moving out of MA, we would need that info in writing and the license would be terminated, as the licensee has now moved out of state.  If the licensee becomes licensed in new state and wants to remain licensed as a non-resident in MA; he/she must notify the Producer Licensing Dept as soon as they hold a new resident license in his/her new resident state.   If there was time left on their MA license which now has a status of moved from state; MA will reactivate license and change to non-resident license.

Change Contact Information.  You may also contact ProducerUpdateMailbox@mass.gov.

Prometric:
or call 800-741-9380

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

  • Entities need to submit a Name Approval Request to DOINameApproval@mass.gov for approval of the new name. 
     
  • Once approved, Entities will need to change the filing with the Massachusetts Secretary of State, and provide the Division with a new Massachusetts Letter of Good Standing under the new name. Once the Letter of Good standing is received, the name will be changed.  

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

Click here to be directed to MyNIPR application. 

CE Transcripts are also available using State Based Systems.