California Insurance Code §1666.5 requires each applicant for a resident producer license to:

Explanation

California Insurance Code §1666.5 requires every resident applicant for an insurance producer license to be fingerprinted as a condition of licensure, which is the response describing Live Scan submission so the CDI can run state and federal criminal background checks. The standard procedure is the Live Scan electronic fingerprint service, which the CDI uses to request state (California Department of Justice) and federal (FBI) criminal-history background checks. Results may disclose convictions that the Commissioner can weigh under §1668 in deciding whether to deny, restrict, or condition a license. The notarized credit report response fabricates a credit-report requirement (credit history is not a general licensing condition for individuals, though it may be relevant for some business entities and for surety considerations). The response requiring sponsorship by three appointing insurers is wrong; sponsorship is not required; an appointment from an insurer is needed to actually transact, but not to take the exam or hold a license. The four-year-degree response fabricates an education requirement; California has no such college-degree mandate.