Oregon
Verified Nov 8, 2026 · Source: Candidate Information Bulletin, August 5, 2025
- 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
- Complete approved prelicensing education unless a state exemption applies; bring the required completion certificate or waiver.
Exam options & fees
- Life$45License application basis: $100 on NIPR; DOI lists $105 — confirm with the state · Source
- Health$45License application basis: $100 on NIPR; DOI lists $105 — confirm with the state · Source
- Combined Life and Health$55License application basis: $100 on NIPR; DOI lists $105 — confirm with the state · 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$100 on NIPR; DOI lists $105 — confirm with the stateOfficial source
Confirm with the state - 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 Oregon insurance agent exam
- Complete approved prelicensing education unless a state exemption applies; bring the required completion certificate or waiver.
- 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.
Source differences & fee cautions
- Resident application amount · Confirm with the stateNIPR lists $100, while the Department lists $105 plus processing. The $5 difference has no confirmed explanation. Confirm the state application charge before paying.
Fingerprinting & background checks
- Requirement
- Required, subject to listed exemptions
- State instructions
- All new resident applicants require fingerprint-based background/fitness checks; no new prints solely for adding a line to an existing Oregon license.
- Vendor / contact
- PSI Oregon test centers or Fieldprint (code FPORDeptConsumerBusServDAS) · Oregon DFR; web.insagent@dcbs.oregon.gov; 503-947-7981
- Separate cost
- $61.25 PSI route
When to fingerprint, fee details & official sources
- When in the process
- Handbook: after passing exam, complete electronic fingerprints and application; prints expire six months. PSI is walk-in during posted hours, not appointment; Fieldprint requires appointment.
- Fee / route notes
- The Department’s fee page and PSI handbook list $61.25 for new resident fingerprints/background checks. The handbook identifies $46.25 for state processing; the remaining $15 is a calculated difference, not a confirmed vendor breakdown. Fieldprint code FPORDeptConsumerBusServDAS is listed, but its total needs confirmation. The pages differ on PSI-only versus Fieldprint availability; confirm the price for your chosen provider.
Additional life-related, restricted & specialty license types (4)
These are not shortcuts to unrestricted Life & Health authority. Appointment, securities, employer, tenure and exemption conditions can apply.
Insurance Producer — Variable Lines
- 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
Life Settlement Broker — Life Settlement Broker
- Examination
- No state insurance examination required for this authority
- Exam fee
- Not required — state insurance exam
- Application
- $45
Life Settlement Investment Agent — Life Settlement Investment Agent
- Examination
- No state insurance examination required for this authority
- Exam fee
- Not required — state insurance exam
- Application
- $45
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.
Per application. Initial licensing fee, not renewal.
Fingerprinting & background
- Requirement
- Not required on the qualifying reciprocal pathway — see official scope and exceptions
- State instructions
- DFR fingerprint page scopes initial fingerprint-based checks to resident applicants.
Continuing education and other notes
Oregon non-resident producers meet home-state licensing and continuing education requirements. Only one resident license may be active in the Producer Database. Variable-product applicants also need Oregon securities registration; consultant licenses follow separate rules.
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.