Apply for New or Reinstate an Insurance License

All resident individuals seeking to apply for initial licenses or license reactivation must complete the below requirements. The Division reserves the right to reject any application if all required information is not timely submitted.

1. For initial license applicants: Take the insurance examination and obtain a passing examination score. The Division will receive your examination score electronically. Beginning May 18, 2021, all Hawaii Insurance exams will be available for administration through Pearson’s online proctoring process in addition to the standard test center process.
2. Get fingerprinted for licensing purposes (does not apply to a Third Party Administrator applicant).
   If you are submitting applications for two licenses simultaneously (e.g., insurance producer and surplus lines broker), you will need to be fingerprinted once. However, if you submit your insurance producer application now and apply for a surplus lines broker license at a later date, you will need to be fingerprinted again.
   To obtain fingerprints, schedule an appointment online at https://www.fieldprinthawaii.com. Fees collected by Fieldprint include state and federal submission fees. Effective September 1, 2018, all applicants must enter “HI-DCCA-INS”, the code that identifies the Insurance Division as the intended recipient of your fingerprint result, when scheduling an online appointment with Fieldprint.
3. Submit your completed license application and applicable licensing fee within 60 days of the date of fingerprinting. If you are submitting a paper check separately without the application, you must provide the name and/or license number and the purpose of the check for easy identification.

 

• Effective November 15, 2020, paper applications for certain licenses will not be accepted; please refer to Commissioner’s Memorandum 2020-13LIC for more information.
• Effective May 18, 2021, the Insurance Division has approved Pearson Vue to administer testing through their online proctoring process, in addition to the standard test center process; please refer to Commissioner’s Memorandum 2021- 3LIC for more information.
• Effective June 1, 2021, paper applications for more licenses will not be accepted; please refer to Commissioner’s Memorandum 2021- 6LIC for more information.
• Effective January 1, 2022, penalty fee, reinstatement term, CE term and certain licensing requirements will be changed and implemented; please refer to Commissioner’s Memorandum 2021 – 9LIC for more information.
• New Requirements Regarding Timeline to Complete Continuing Education; please refer to Commissioner’s Memorandum 2022-3LIC for more information.
• Effective November 16, 2022, please follow the new appointment mapping to make your appointment.

How To Apply for the Use or Change of a Trade Name (Doing Business As) on the License

Every person shall apply to the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs (Business Registration Division) and the Insurance Commissioner for approval of the use or change of a trade name to the insurance license.

Please follow the steps below to apply for the use or change of a trade name on your insurance license:

1. Go to Business Registration Division (“BREG”) website/ or call 1-844-808-DCCA (3222) and apply for registration of a trade name or change of a trade name.
2. Once the trade name is registered with BREG, complete and submit Form NTA (download from ) and attach proof that trade name is registered by the licensee with BREG to the Insurance Licensing Branch at inslic@dcca.hawaii.gov or fax to 1-844-808-DCCA (3222).
3. Once the use or change of a trade name is approved by the Insurance Commissioner, the trade name will be added to the license.
   View trade names (Doing Business As) through the State Based Systems (SBS) portal.

To learn more about insurance categories and licensing information, visit the Insurance License Category page.