State Requirements

• Applicants may not enter DBA name. 
• Applicants who are required to submit supplemental documentation will need to visit the WAOIC website for required forms and additional information. Documents may be uploaded to the Additional Licensing Documents (ALD) section of the NIPR Attachments Warehouse. 
• Washington applicants must be fingerprinted by Idemia (IdentoGO). To schedule and pay for fingerprinting, the application must be in Washington’s system and the NIPR transaction number must be provided to Idema (IdentoGO). Please wait 24- 48 hours after submitting your application to visit Washington Services . Additional information can be found on Washington’s website at Fingerprint requirements | Office of the Insurance Commissioner . If applicant has submitted fingerprints to the Washington Office of the Insurance Commissioner's office in the last 12 months, fingerprints are not required.
•  Applicant is exempt from license exam if applying within ninety (90) days of cancellation of their former resident state’s license.  

• Amendments are NOT allowed through NIPR. Individuals are required to submit amendments directly to Washington Office of the Insurance Commissioner.  More information can be found here:  Washington State Website - Amendments

• Applicants are allowed to apply for a Limited Lines Insurance Producer license through NIPR. 
  • Surety 
  • Credit 
  • Travel 
• Note: Amendments are not allowed at this time. 
• Applicants cannot apply for Surety if they already hold Casualty or are applying for Casualty at the same time.    
• Applicants cannot apply for Credit if they already hold any Major lines or are applying for any Major lines at the same time.

• Applicants that need to reinstate a license sixty-one (61) days through one (1) year after expiration date must apply directly to Washington Office of the Insurance Commissioner on  Get licensed | Washington state Office of the Insurance Commissioner.   

• Insurance Producer  
• Surplus Line Broker
• Life Settlements Broker

• Applicants for the Variable Life and Variable Annuity line of authority must supply FINRA CRD number on application.  
• Variable Life and Variable Annuity applicants must hold active resident Life LOA, or apply concurrently for Life LOA, to be eligible for Variable Life and Variable Annuity.

• Applicants cannot apply for Personal Lines if they already hold Property and Casualty or are applying for Property and Casualty at the same time. 

• Surplus Line Broker applicants must first hold an active Insurance Producer license with Property and Casualty in Washington before applying.

• Insurance Producer Life license must be active in any state, for one year before applying for a Life Settlements Broker license.  
• Applicants applying for Life Settlements Broker license must also hold an active Insurance Producer Life license in Washington. 

• Crop Adjuster Applicants: There are three types of crop losses an applicant may be adjusting. Washington State requires CAPP certification for crop adjusters adjusting either Federal crop or both Federal and Private-market crop. If applicant will be adjusting Federal crop or both Federal crop and Private-market crop, please provide a current CAPP card with application to the Additional Licensing Documents (ALD) section of NIPR's Attachments Warehouse.  For resident Crop Adjusters adjusting Private only, a passing adjuster exam is required. 
• Public Adjusters and Independent Adjusters must apply for both Property and Casualty lines of authority. 
• Crop Adjuster, Independent Adjuster, and Public Adjuster applicants are required to submit supplemental documentation. Please visit  https://www.insurance.wa.gov/producers-adjusters/licensing/get-licensed for Adjuster licensing requirements and submit documents electronically to the Additional Licensing Documents (ALD) section of NIPR's Attachments Warehouse.
  

Background Questions: If an applicant responds "yes" to one of the background questions, please submit supporting documents electronically via NIPR's Attachments Warehouse.