How much does it cost to get an insurance claims adjuster license?

Adjuster license costs vary widely by state. Michigan charges a $15 application fee plus a $5 transaction fee, Georgia charges $120, and Texas charges a $50 application fee, a $49 exam fee, and $44.20 for fingerprinting. Many licensing states also expect a roughly 40-hour prelicensing course purchased from an education provider, so total out-of-pocket commonly runs from a few hundred dollars upward depending on the state.

An Alabama independent adjuster license requires a $75 adjuster exam fee, a fingerprint background-check fee charged by the state's approved vendor, and a $110 license application fee through NIPR. Each exam retake costs another $75.

An Arkansas adjuster license carries a $20 application fee through the National Insurance Producer Registry (NIPR) and a $40 exam fee for each adjuster exam you take, such as Property, Casualty, or Workers' Compensation. You must also complete the online criminal background check. Each adjuster exam allows 1.5 hours and requires a 70% score to pass.

Apply for a title insurance agency license through MyProfile before doing business, on forms the department furnishes (s. 626.8418, Florida Statutes). Before a title insurer can appoint the agency, it needs a $50,000 fidelity bond, errors and omissions insurance of at least $250,000 per claim with a deductible no greater than $10,000, and a $35,000 surety bond payable to the appointing insurer (s. 626.8419). The agency must designate an agent-in-charge, and it pays a $200 administrative surcharge by the end of January each year.

A Georgia adjuster license costs $120 in state fees, which breaks down to a $100 license fee plus a $20 processing fee. You also pay Pearson VUE $67 to sit for the adjuster exam. The cost of the required 16-hour Property and Casualty adjuster course varies by education provider.

A Louisiana claims adjuster license requires the PSI exam fee, $36 for the Property and Casualty Adjuster exam (Series 204) or $19 for the other adjuster exams, plus the license application filed through the National Insurance Producer Registry (NIPR) and fingerprinting through IdentoGo. Exam fees are not refundable or transferable.

An individual adjuster license in Mississippi costs $100, whether you seek an Adjuster with Workers Compensation, Public Adjuster, or Workers Compensation Adjuster line. The state exam through Pearson VUE costs $50 per attempt, and resident applicants must complete 20 hours of prelicensing education, whose price varies by education provider. The license renews for $100 every 2 years.

Virginia licenses public adjusters, and the resident license involves a $35 Prometric exam fee, a $37.95 Fieldprint live scan fingerprinting fee, and a $15 application fee. At renewal, the fee is $10 plus a $15 continuing education fee. Public adjusters complete 24 hours of continuing education each biennium, including 3 hours of ethics.