Missouri
Verified Nov 8, 2026 · Source: Candidate Handbook, March 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 Insurance Producer$32License application basis: $100 · Source
- Accident and Health Insurance Producer$32License application basis: $100 · Source
- Combined Life, Accident and Health Insurance Producer$40License application basis: $100 · 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$100Official 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 Missouri 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
Apply through NIPR after passing and complete the state’s remaining licensing requirements.
Fingerprinting & background checks
- Requirement
- Not listed as required in reviewed official instructions; confirm with the state
- State instructions
- The standard resident Life/Health producer checklist lists no routine fingerprints. NIPR’s fingerprint rules name other license classes. Confirm with the state, especially if your circumstances require additional review.
- Vendor / contact
- Missouri Department 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.
Insurance Producer — Variable Life and Variable Annuities
- Examination
- No state insurance examination required for this authority
- Exam fee
- Not required — state insurance exam
- Application
- $100
Insurance Producer — Credit
- Examination
- No state insurance examination required for this authority
- Exam fee
- Not required — state insurance exam
- Application
- $100
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
- $100
- A&H-only state application
- $100
- Life + A&H in the same application
- $100
- 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.
The fee applies per application. Specialty bail-bond and public-adjuster exam or fingerprint rules are separate from ordinary Life/A&H licensing.
Fingerprinting & background
- Requirement
- Not required on the qualifying reciprocal pathway — see official scope and exceptions
- State instructions
- NIPR enumerates fingerprinted bail/surety-recovery classes; Insurance Producer is not among them.
Continuing education and other notes
Missouri checks home-state continuing education through the Producer Database; a certification letter is not required. If you lack a home-state license, Missouri education requirements apply and reciprocal eligibility needs review. Bail, surety-recovery and public-adjuster rules are separate from Life/A&H producer licensing.
Non-resident license types
Insurance Producer
- Lines
- Life
- Fee
- $100
Insurance Producer
- Lines
- Accident & Health (Health/Sickness)
- Fee
- $100
Insurance Producer
- Lines
- Life, Accident & Health (Health/Sickness)
- Fee
- $100
Both authorities on one application, not necessarily a distinct combined license class.
General non-resident rules
- Home-state license/CE verifiable in PDBMissouri verifies home-state CE through PDB; no letter of certification required.