Virginia
Verified Nov 8, 2026 · Source: Licensing Information Bulletin, effective December 13, 2024; also bears Revised 20200129
- Testing vendor
- Prometric
- Testing format
- Available — Prometric offers test-center and remote exams.
- Before registering
- Review the resident-producer eligibility and any education or approval requirements on the official state licensing page before booking.
Exam options & fees
- Combined VA Life, Annuities & Health$35License application basis: $15 per LOA · Source
- VA Life & Annuities$35License application basis: $15 per LOA · Source
- VA Health$35License application basis: $15 per LOA · 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$15 per LOAOfficial 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 Virginia 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 Sircon or NIPR and complete the required Fieldprint fingerprint process.
Fingerprinting & background checks
- Requirement
- Required, subject to listed exemptions
- State instructions
- New Virginia resident producer applicants use Fieldprint for fingerprints. Renewals generally need no repeat.
- Vendor / contact
- Fieldprint · AgentLicensing@scc.virginia.gov
- Separate cost
- $37.95
When to fingerprint, fee details & official sources
- When in the process
- The application remains incomplete until the background check arrives. Exams may be taken before fingerprinting. Prints must be no older than90days when the application is submitted. The Department’s numbered page places the application at Step2 and fingerprints at Step3, while its linked2020 FAQ places prints first. Confirm the sequence with the state.
- Fee / route notes
- Includes Virginia State Police/FBI fees. Producer code FPVABOIProducer; use correct license-type code.
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 Contracts
- Examination
- Underlying Life qualification plus securities registration; no standalone variable exam listed
- Exam fee
- Underlying Life exam — see Life option; check securities-registration costs separately
- Application
- $15 per LOA
An existing Life license or a simultaneous Life application and the state’s FINRA/CRD requirements apply. The NIPR exam-required group is not treated as a new standalone variable examination.
Limited Lines Producer — Credit
- Examination
- Prometric bulletin lists limited Life & Health and Credit under licenses without examination
- Exam fee
- Not required — state insurance exam
- Application
- $15 per LOA
Limited Lines Producer — Limited Lines Life & Health
- Examination
- Prometric bulletin lists limited Life & Health and Credit under licenses without examination
- Exam fee
- Not required — state insurance exam
- Application
- $15 per LOA
Viatical Settlement Broker — Viatical Settlement Broker (specialty)
- Examination
- DOI expressly lists Viatical Settlement Broker under no examination required
- Exam fee
- Not required — state insurance exam
- Application
- $15
Specialty settlement brokerage is not the standard Life insurance agent license. Underlying Life-license tenure, registration exemptions and other eligibility rules may apply; confirm before paying.
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
- $15
- A&H-only state application
- $15
- 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.
$15 per LOA. The title-agent exam exception for Florida/Pennsylvania residents is not a Life/A&H exception.
Fingerprinting & background
- Requirement
- Not required on the qualifying reciprocal pathway — see official scope and exceptions
- State instructions
- Virginia application page Step 3: Fingerprinting (Residents Only).
Continuing education and other notes
No Virginia CE for nonresidents. Must hold same requested license in home state. Fingerprints are residents only. For applicable 1033 issues supply home-state consent. Florida/Pennsylvania Title exam rule is not an L&H reciprocity exclusion.
Non-resident license types
Insurance Producer
- Lines
- Life
- Fee
- $15
Insurance Producer
- Lines
- Accident & Health (Health/Sickness)
- Fee
- $15
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 identity/license record in NIPR Producer DatabaseApplication identifying/license/address fields specified on the NIPR target-state requirements page must match current resident-state PDB record. Correct home record before applying.