Maine
Verified Nov 8, 2026 · Source: Candidate Handbook, cover March 2026; revision footer February 2026
- Testing vendor
- Pearson VUE
- Testing format
- Test centers are listed. Remote availability is needs confirmation on the current program page; check before booking.
- Before registering
- Review the resident-producer eligibility and any education or approval requirements on the official state licensing page before booking.
Exam options & fees
- Life Producer$55License application basis: $25, including $15 application portion · Source
- Accident & Health Producer$55License application basis: $25, including $15 application portion · Source
- Combined Life, Accident & Health Producer$80License application basis: $25, including $15 application portion · Source
- Credit Producer (12-ME-28)$55License application basis: $25 · Source
License application amounts are not a new charge for every exam component. Separate examinations, combined examinations and discounted sessions are labeled above.
Other licensing costs
- License application — standard Life / Health route$25, including $15 application portionOfficial source
- NIPR transaction — only if applying through NIPR$5.60 per applicationOfficial source
- Other vendor / processing chargesCheck the official page for any additional processing chargesOfficial source
- Fingerprinting / backgroundFingerprinting costs are listed below. Some states collect them with your application; any included charge is not an additional fee.
Go directly to the official source
Location and remote availability depend on examination eligibility, date and vendor rules.
Register for the Maine insurance agent exam
- Review the resident-producer eligibility and any education or approval requirements on the official state licensing page before booking.
- Open the official testing program; create an account using the legal name on your identification.
- Choose the correct examination and permitted testing format, select an appointment, and pay the official examination fee.
- Keep the confirmation. Review the handbook’s exact name-match, photo ID, certificate, check-in, cancellation and retake requirements.
After passing
Follow the state licensing authority’s instructions to complete your license application after passing.
Fingerprinting & background checks
- Requirement
- Not listed as required in reviewed official instructions; confirm with the state
- State instructions
- Official producer licensure page uses NAIC uniform applications and does not specify routine fingerprints.
- Vendor / contact
- Maine Bureau of Insurance
- Separate cost
- See official page — amount not confirmed
When to fingerprint, fee details & official sources
- When in the process
- No routine fingerprint timing stated; answer all application background questions and follow individual DOI requests.
- Fee / route notes
- Not applicable to a routine fingerprint requirement; no separate fingerprint fee verified. This does not waive criminal-history disclosures or possible additional investigation.
Additional life-related, restricted & specialty license types (2)
These are not shortcuts to unrestricted Life & Health authority. Appointment, securities, employer, tenure and exemption conditions can apply.
Individual Producer (Resident) — Variable Contracts
- Examination
- No state insurance examination required for this authority
- Exam fee
- Not required — state insurance exam
- Application
- $25
Producer Limited Resident — Credit
- Examination
- Credit Producer (12-ME-28)
- Exam fee
- $55
- Application
- $25
Non-resident licensing summary
Already licensed in another state? Qualifying matching Life / A&H authority usually does not require a new target-state exam. Home-state-dependent fees, fingerprint exemptions and other conditions differ from the resident path. Confirm your final eligibility and payment total on the official application.
Non-resident state fees
- Life-only state application
- $55
- A&H-only state application
- $55
- Life + A&H in the same application
- $55
- NIPR transaction — separate, only for NIPR applications
- $5.60 general initial-application transaction fee; confirm the final charge for your selected state and application with NIPR before paying.
Per application, includes $15 application fee. Individual nonresident producer license is perpetual; no renewal fee.
Fingerprinting & background
- Requirement
- Not required on the qualifying reciprocal pathway — see official scope and exceptions
- State instructions
- No routine additional fingerprint submission on the qualifying reciprocal pathway. 24-A M.R.S. §1420-O(1) expressly waives requirements except §1420-G for valid reciprocal home-state licensees. The enumerated nonresident conditions impose no routine fingerprint submission. This conclusion rests on the EXPRESS waiver, not merely silence in a checklist. Separate disciplinary/1033 consent review is outside this ordinary pathway.
Continuing education and other notes
Individual nonresident producer license is perpetual with no renewal fee; no active affiliation/appointment needed merely to keep license active. No certification/clearance letter required for a standard nonresident application. Home-state CE reciprocity applies; home-state 1033 consent documentation required if applicable.
Non-resident license types
Insurance Producer
- Lines
- Life
- Fee
- $55
Insurance Producer
- Lines
- Accident & Health (Health/Sickness)
- Fee
- $55
Insurance Producer
- Lines
- Life, Accident & Health (Health/Sickness)
- Fee
- $55
Both authorities on one application, not necessarily a distinct combined license class.
General non-resident rules
- Standard nonresident producer applicationNo letters of certification or clearance required.
- Valid active resident home-state producer license in good standing; reciprocal home-state licensing24-A M.R.S. §1420-O(1) expressly waives requirements except §1420-G for valid reciprocal home-state licensees. Ordinary reciprocal licensing requires no additional target-state exam; maintain the matching home-state authority.