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New Mexico Life & Health Insurance Agent Exam: Fees, Registration & Licensing Steps

Official exam fees, registration links, fingerprinting, license types, and non-resident notes — all in one place.

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Verified Nov 8, 2026 · Source: Candidate Information Bulletin, June 4, 2026

Testing vendor
PSI Services
Testing format
Available — test center or remote proctoring is described in the official bulletin. Confirm eligibility and run the system 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$75License application basis: $30 · Source
  • Accident and Health or Sickness Insurance Producer$75License application basis: $30 · Source
  • Combined Life, Accident and Health or Sickness Insurance Producer$75License application basis: $30 · 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$30Official 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

Register / schedule your examFind test centers / locationsCandidate handbook / official exam guideOfficial examination fee sourceState insurance licensing authorityResident license application requirements

Location and remote availability depend on examination eligibility, date and vendor rules.

Register for the New Mexico insurance agent exam

  1. Review the resident-producer eligibility and any education or approval requirements on the official state licensing page before booking.
  2. Open the official testing program; create an account using the legal name on your identification.
  3. Choose the correct examination and permitted testing format, select an appointment, and pay the official examination fee.
  4. 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.

Source differences & fee cautions

  • Fraternal-specific examination selection · Confirm with the stateThe PSI fee for the named Life/A&H exams is $75. Confirm the exact fraternal test selection and price with the state before scheduling.

Fingerprinting & background checks

Requirement
Required, subject to listed exemptions
State instructions
Resident Life/Health producer applicants must complete electronic state/national fingerprint background checks; licensing waits for results.
Vendor / contact
IdentoGO / IDEMIA · Agents.Licensing@osi.nm.gov
Separate cost
$67

When to fingerprint, fee details & official sources

When in the process
Fingerprint after passing the New Mexico exam. The report takes 3–5 days to reach OSI and is valid for only 90 days. Allow receipt time before submitting the NIPR application.
Fee / route notes
Use OSI service code 2BH27J. Current OSI Individual Licensing Instructions state $67, superseding older $59 references.
Official fingerprint scheduling / instructions

Additional life-related, restricted & specialty license types (8)

These are not shortcuts to unrestricted Life & Health authority. Appointment, securities, employer, tenure and exemption conditions can apply.

  • Insurance Producer — Fraternal Life

    Confirm with the state
    Examination
    Exact Fraternal test selection and fee: confirm with the state
    Exam fee
    See official page
    Application
    $30
    Official source 1Official source 2

  • Insurance Producer — Fraternal Accident and Health or Sickness

    Confirm with the state
    Examination
    Exact Fraternal test selection and fee: confirm with the state
    Exam fee
    See official page
    Application
    $30
    Official source 1Official source 2

  • Insurance Producer — Variable Life and Variable Annuity

    Examination
    No state insurance examination required for this authority
    Exam fee
    Not required — state insurance exam
    Application
    $30
    Official source 1Official source 2

  • Insurance Producer — Credit

    Examination
    No state insurance examination required for this authority
    Exam fee
    Not required — state insurance exam
    Application
    $30
    Official source 1Official source 2

  • Insurance Producer — Fraternal Variable Life and Variable Annuity

    Confirm with the state
    Examination
    Exact Fraternal test selection and fee: confirm with the state
    Exam fee
    See official page
    Application
    $30
    Official source 1Official source 2

  • Temporary Insurance Producer — Life

    Examination
    No state insurance examination required for this authority
    Exam fee
    Not required — state insurance exam
    Application
    $30
    Official source 1Official source 2

  • Temporary Insurance Producer — Accident and Health or Sickness

    Examination
    No state insurance examination required for this authority
    Exam fee
    Not required — state insurance exam
    Application
    $30
    Official source 1Official source 2

  • Viatical Broker — Variable Life and Variable Annuity

    Examination
    No state insurance examination required for this authority
    Exam fee
    Not required — state insurance exam
    Application
    $100
    Official source 1Official source 2

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
$30
A&H-only state application
$30
Life + A&H in the same application
$30
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, unless specifically noted otherwise. Amendment $30.

Fingerprinting & background

Requirement
Not required on the qualifying reciprocal pathway — see official scope and exceptions
State instructions
Nonresident producer no NM fingerprints; NM Designated Home State applicant is different.

Continuing education and other notes

Qualifying non-residents meet home-state continuing education. If your home state has no education requirement, New Mexico requires 24 hours/2 years, including 3 ethics. Ordinary non-residents need no New Mexico fingerprints; designated-home-state and resident-transfer applicants follow different rules.

Non-resident license types

  • Insurance Producer

    Lines
    Life
    Fee
    $30

  • Insurance Producer

    Lines
    Accident & Health (Health/Sickness)
    Fee
    $30

  • Insurance Producer

    Lines
    Life, Accident & Health (Health/Sickness)
    Fee
    $30

    Both authorities on one application, not necessarily a distinct combined license class.

General non-resident rules

  • Home state has no CE requirementMust comply with New Mexico CE (24 hours including 3 ethics per two years).

Official non-resident application links

NIPR online licensingNIPR target-state requirements and fees

Explore the interactive non-resident path for New Mexico