How to get an Insurance Producer license in Alaska

Alaska licenses insurance agents statewide through the Division of Insurance, Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development.¹ For the Insurance Producer (resident individual license) you need a passing score on the Alaska insurance licensing examination for each line of authority¹ and a criminal background check¹. The board lists $75 for the application². You renew every 2 years³ and complete at least 24 credit hours of continuing education³.

Last checked November 8, 2026 · 3 official sources

Who issues it

Division of Insurance, Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development

Exam

Alaska insurance licensing examination for each line of authority¹

Fees the board lists

Application fee: $75²

Renewal

Every 2 years³, at least 24 credit hours of continuing education³

From another state

Exam waiver¹ Details

On this page

Alaska insurance agent licenses
Applies to every license level
Requirements for an Insurance Producer license
How much an Insurance Producer license costs
How to apply
Renewal and continuing education
Moving to Alaska with a license from another state
Temporary license
Nonresident producer license
Firm insurance producer license
Laws and rules
Common questions
Insurance agent licenses in other states

Alaska insurance agent licenses

Alaska issues 4 insurance agent credentials. Each has its own section below; the table shows what each one covers and its headline requirements.

License	What it covers	Exam	Application or license fee
Temporary license	Short-term license so a business can keep running after a producer dies, is disabled, or enters military service.¹	No¹	$75²
Insurance Producer (resident individual license)	Sells, solicits or negotiates insurance in Alaska for the lines of authority on the license: life, accident and health or sickness, property, casualty, variable life/variable annuity, personal lines, limited lines credit, and limited lines.¹	Yes¹	$75²
Nonresident producer license	Sells, solicits or negotiates insurance in Alaska for the lines of authority on the license: life, accident and health or sickness, property, casualty, variable life/variable annuity, personal lines, limited lines credit, and limited lines.¹	No¹	$75²
Firm insurance producer license	A firm license covers all lines and classes held by the firm's individual employees; every producer the firm employs must be licensed and under an employment contract with the firm.¹	Yes¹	$75²

Applies to every license level

These rules are the same for several of the Alaska insurance agent licenses on this page, so they are shown once here, with the licenses they apply to. Each license's own section lists only what differs.

1. Every license level (all 4)

Fees

Fee	Amount	Paid to	Notes
Additional processing fee	$50²	Division of Insurance, Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development	Paper application when electronic filing is available

From another state

Military service members, veterans and spouses: A temporary license may go to the designee of a licensed producer who enters active U.S. armed forces service (90 days, one renewal). No insurance-specific military spouse rule found in AS 21.27/3 AAC 23; see AK state_policy.¹

2. Every license level except Firm insurance producer license

Requirements

Minimum age: 18 years old¹

3. Every license level except Temporary license

Fees

Fee	Amount	Paid to	Notes
Failure to notify fee	$50²	Division of Insurance, Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development	Change of address/name etc. reported 1-60 days late ($100 for 61-120 days, $200 for 120+ days)

Renewal

How often: Every 2 years³
Late renewal: Late renewal fee: $100² (overdue 1-60 days)
Late renewal fee: $200² (overdue more than 60 days)
Reinstatement fee: $500² (revoked license, application within six months of revocation (plus application fee))

4. Insurance Producer (resident individual license) and Nonresident producer license

What it covers

Sells, solicits or negotiates insurance in Alaska for the lines of authority on the license: life, accident and health or sickness, property, casualty, variable life/variable annuity, personal lines, limited lines credit, and limited lines.¹

Renewal

When it expires: Renewal date is the last day of the birth month, in odd years for those born in an odd year and even years for those born in an even year. A license first issued within 90 days of its renewal date runs up to 27 months.²
Renewal fee: $75¹ (Individual, all lines)

5. Insurance Producer (resident individual license) and Firm insurance producer license

Fees

The board's pages we cite do not list the exam fee.

6. Temporary license and Nonresident producer license

Requirements

Exam: Not required¹

Requirements for an Insurance Producer license

More rules for this license are shared with other levels: group 1, group 2, group 3, group 4 and group 5 under Applies to every license level.

Exam: Alaska insurance licensing examination for each line of authority¹
Retakes: The director may require a reasonable waiting period before a retake; a revoked licensee must re-examine.¹
Time limit: An exam score is valid for one year; after that the exam must be retaken.³
Exam waived: No exam for a producer moving from another state whose application arrives within 90 days of cancelling the prior home-state license (in good standing), or for someone licensed in good standing in Alaska within the past year for a similar license.¹
Background check: Background check required¹
Fingerprints required¹
Must be trustworthy and not have committed an act that is cause for denial, nonrenewal, suspension or revocation in Alaska or elsewhere; a prior Alaska license must not have been suspended or revoked within four calendar years.¹
Residency or citizenship: Must be a bona fide Alaska resident who actually resides in the state.¹
Also required: May not use the license mainly to write controlled business.¹
Also required: Must be appointed by each admitted insurer it acts as agent for.¹
Also required: Report changes of residence, name, addresses, phone and any administrative action within 30 days.¹
Other requirements and options: Variable contracts require SEC broker-dealer registration or a securities knowledge test.¹

How much an Insurance Producer license costs

Fee	Amount	Paid to	Notes
Application fee	$75²	Division of Insurance, Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development	Resident individual, all lines
License verification to another state	$25²	Division of Insurance, Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development	–

Each line is a separate charge as the board lists it. The board does not publish a combined total, so none is shown here.

How to apply

Pass the Alaska licensing exam for each line of authority (score valid one year).³
Apply on the Division's prescribed form (electronic filing, or pay $50 extra for paper) with the $75 fee.¹
Submit a full set of fingerprints and the Department of Public Safety fees with the application.¹
Finish the application within 120 days or it is treated as withdrawn.¹
Be appointed by each admitted insurer you will represent.¹

Temporary or provisional license: Temporary licenses exist only for survivors, family or employees of a deceased or disabled producer and designees of producers entering military service.¹

Renewal and continuing education

Continuing education: At least 24 credit hours each renewal period³
Required topics: At least 3 credit hours of insurance ethics³
No more than 8 hours in management, marketing and sales training per period³
Up to 8 excess hours carry over to the next period¹
Approved courses: Courses must be from Division-approved providers using the NAIC State Based Systems CE system; a notarized compliance affidavit is filed at renewal.³
Exemptions: Exempt: licensees first licensed before January 1, 1980, temporary licenses, limited lines licenses, and nonresidents (except nonresident adjusters with Alaska as home state).¹
If it expires: An expired license may be reinstated with renewal fees plus the delayed renewal penalty, but cannot be renewed once expired two years or more. You may not transact insurance while expired.¹
Missing CE or the notarized CE affidavit by the renewal date makes the license lapse.³

Renewal planner

Enter the expiration date printed on your Alaska Insurance Producer (resident individual license). The count is worked out on your device from today's date; nothing is sent anywhere.

Expiration date

Moving to Alaska with a license from another state

These are the routes the Division of Insurance, Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development publishes for the Insurance Producer license. The other insurance agent licenses have their own routes in their sections below.

Route: Exam waiver
What the board says: A producer moving to Alaska from another state does not retake the exam for the same lines if the application arrives within 90 days of cancelling the prior home-state license, which was in good standing.¹

Temporary license

Short-term license so a business can keep running after a producer dies, is disabled, or enters military service.¹

Fees

Fee	Amount	Paid to
Application fee	$75²	Division of Insurance, Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development

How to apply

Apply as the survivor, relative, employee or military designee of the licensed producer, with the $75 fee.²

Renewal

How often: Every 90 days¹

From another state

Route: No reciprocity

More rules for this license are shared with other levels: group 1, group 2 and group 6 under Applies to every license level.

Nonresident producer license

Requirements

Also required: Must file a power of attorney appointing the director to receive service of process.¹

Fees

Fee	Amount	Paid to	Notes
Application fee	$75²	Division of Insurance, Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development	Nonresident individual, all lines

How to apply

Hold a current license in good standing in your home state.¹
Submit your home-state application or a uniform application and pay the fees.¹
File the power of attorney for service of process.¹

Renewal

If it expires: An expired license may be reinstated with renewal fees plus the delayed renewal penalty, but cannot be renewed once expired two years or more. You may not transact insurance while expired.¹
Missing CE or the notarized CE affidavit by the renewal date makes the license lapse.³
A nonresident must be currently licensed and in good standing in the home state to renew.³

From another state

Route: Reciprocity agreements
What the board says: Nonresident licenses are issued on terms reciprocal with the applicant's home state (Gramm-Leach-Bliley).¹
States on Alaska's list: The pages cited here give no list of partner states for this route; the board's words above say who qualifies. Ask the board which states it has agreements with.

More rules for this license are shared with other levels: group 1, group 2, group 3, group 4 and group 6 under Applies to every license level.

Firm insurance producer license

A firm license covers all lines and classes held by the firm's individual employees; every producer the firm employs must be licensed and under an employment contract with the firm.¹

Requirements

Exam: Compliance officer must pass the licensing exam¹
Business requirements: Maintain a lawful place of business in Alaska (unless licensed as a nonresident) and designate a compliance officer for each line of authority; report a change of compliance officer within 30 days.¹

Fees

Fee	Amount	Paid to	Notes
Application fee	$75²	Division of Insurance, Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development	Firm, all lines

How to apply

Designate a licensed compliance officer for each line and keep an Alaska place of business (resident firms).¹
File the application with supporting documents and the $75 fee; nonresident firms use the uniform business entity application.¹

Renewal

When it expires: Renews on the initial license date every odd or even year, matching the year first issued.³
Renewal fee: $75²
If it expires: An expired license may be reinstated with renewal fees plus the delayed renewal penalty, but cannot be renewed once expired two years or more. You may not transact insurance while expired.¹

From another state

Route: Reciprocity agreements
What the board says: Nonresident firms are licensed under AS 21.27.270 using the uniform business entity application.¹
States on Alaska's list: The pages cited here give no list of partner states for this route; the board's words above say who qualifies. Ask the board which states it has agreements with.

More rules for this license are shared with other levels: group 1, group 3 and group 5 under Applies to every license level.

Laws and rules

The requirements above come from these laws and board rules.

Common questions

Can I transfer my insurance agent license to Alaska?

The Division of Insurance, Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development publishes this route for the Insurance Producer license: exam waiver¹. Conditions and forms.

How often do you renew an Insurance Producer license in Alaska?

Every 2 years³. Continuing education: at least 24 credit hours³. The renewal fee is $75¹.

Insurance agent licenses in other states

Sources

Every number and rule above links to one of these official pages. Select a footnote number to read the board's own words.

Alaska Statutes ch. 21.27 (AS 21.27.010-21.27.990), print viewAlaska State LegislatureChecked November 8, 2026
3 AAC 31 Fees and filings (Division of Insurance), print viewAlaska State Legislature (Alaska Administrative Code)Checked November 7, 2026
3 AAC 23 Insurance producers and other licensees, print viewAlaska State Legislature (Alaska Administrative Code)Checked November 8, 2026