Department of Insurance Licensing Information Bulletin - Prometric

OBTAINING AND KEEPING YOUR LICENSE
letter of clearance, a letter of certification or a Producer Database (PDB) report
showing that he or she has or had a similar license in their home state within the
previous 90 days. The application form is available online at the agent section of
www.tdi.texas.gov.
Obtaining
additional
company or
subagent
appointments
If an agent wishes to represent additional insurers/HMOs (companies), each
company must file a notice of appointment with TDI no later than the 30th day after
the agent begins representing the company. The appointment may be filed on a
TDI 501 form, available from TDI, or electronically through a third-party vendor.
The agent may sell only insurance lines for which he/she holds a license.
A General Lines agent being appointed as a subagent must hold a General Lines
license of the same qualification as the license held by the appointing General Lines
agent/agency (see “Subagents” on Page 6 for more information). The General Lines
agent must submit a Notice of Appointment on a TDI 501 form to appoint a
subagent.
Important A $10 fee is required for each additional company or subagent
appointment. A temporary licensee may not obtain additional appointments.
Renewing your
license
All permanent licenses are issued for two years and expire biennially on the license’s
anniversary date. Temporary licenses are issued for 90 days and cannot be
renewed. An Adjuster Trainee license is issued for 12 months and cannot be
renewed. A Public Insurance Adjuster Trainee license is issued for 180 days and can
be renewed only once. You can check a license’s expiration date from the agent
section of www.tdi.texas.gov.
Renewal notices
TDI will send a License Renewal Notice (invoice) that contains the expiration date
and renewal fee for each permanent license type you have. If you added a
qualification or qualifications during the license period, the new qualification’s
renewal fee will be prorated. TDI mails the renewal notice approximately 90 days
before the license’s expiration date to the mailing address in TDI’s records.
Licensees may renew a license two ways:
1 Online with a credit card at www.texasonline.state.tx.us or
www.sircon.com/texas; or
2 By sending payment and the bottom section of the renewal notice to the address
on the renewal notice.
Late renewals
The renewal amount must be paid on or before the license expiration date to avoid a
late fee. If your license has been expired for:
Less than 90 days, you may renew the license as above, with an additional late
fee that is equal to one-half of the renewal fee.
More than 90 days but less than one year, you may not renew the license, but
may obtain a new license without taking the applicable examination by submitting
to TDI a new license application, the license fee and an additional fee equal to
one-half of the license fee.
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