Wisconsin Producer Licensing & CE
The final state topic is how a person becomes and stays a licensed property and casualty producer in Wisconsin, including appointments and continuing education.
Getting Licensed
To sell property and casualty insurance in Wisconsin a person obtains a resident insurance intermediary (producer) license with the property and casualty lines of authority from the Office of the Commissioner of Insurance. Applicants generally must complete an application, pass the state licensing examination through the OCI's testing vendor, submit to a background check, and pay the required fee. Any prelicensing course-hour requirement is set by the OCI; confirm the current rule before scheduling the exam.
Appointments and Renewal
A license lets a person act as a producer, but to transact business for a specific insurer that company must appoint the producer with the OCI; a producer may hold appointments with several insurers at once. Licenses renew on a set cycle and require the renewal fee, and continuing education, including an ethics component, is required each renewal period. The exact CE hour totals are set by the OCI and should be verified with the Office of the Commissioner of Insurance before renewal.