Virginia Insurance Licensing Information Bulletin

V I R G I N I A D E P A R T M E N T O F F I N A N C I A L R E G U L A T I O N

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Virginia

Bureau of Insurance

Licensing Information Bulletin

Effective as of June 1, 2020

Publishing by Prometric

Providing License Examinations for the State of Virginia

REVISED 20200129

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Contents

Introduction 2

A Message from the Bureau .......................... 2

Overview of Licensing Process ....................... 3

Virginia Licensing Requirements 5

Types of Licenses and Requirements .............. 5

Scheduling Your Exam 7

Registering and Scheduling Information ......... 7

Online ...................................................... 7

By Fax or Mail .......................................... 7

By Phone ................................................. 7

Reschedule and Cancellation ...................... 7

If Absent or Late For Your appointment ...... 7

Test Centers ............................................... 8

Holidays ................................................... 8

Emergency Closings .................................. 8

Testing Accommodations .............................. 9

Preparing for Your Exam 10

Study Materials .......................................... 10

Content Outlines Overview .......................... 10

Practice Exams ........................................... 11

Question TypesError! Bookmark not defined.

Experimental Questions .............................. 11

Taking Your Exam 13

Testing Process .......................................... 13

Test Center Regulations .............................. 14

Exam Results ............................................. 16

Appeals Process ........................................ 16

Applying for Your License 17

Licensing Requirements by Residence .......... 17

Resident License Requirements ................ 17

New Virginia Residents ............................ 18

Licensing Fees ........................................ 19

Misdemeanor Conviction Checklist…………….19

Felony Conviction Checklist ...................... 20

Exam Content Outlines 21

License Application and Forms 22

Exam Registration Form .............................. 22

Credit Card Payment Form .......................... 23

Instructor's Certification…………………………………24

Affidavit of Course Completion…………………….25

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Introduction

Through Prometric, the Bureau of Insurance (The Bureau) will gather certain

demographic and other information from candidates for agent licensing

examinations.

The applicant’s disclosure of any demographic information is voluntary and refusal

to disclose such information will not affect the results of the applicant’s

examination. The applicant’s demographic information will be used only for

statistical reporting purposes and such information shall be maintained

separately from the applicant’s personally identifiable information.

Prometric will obtain from each licensing examination registrant: (i) the

candidate’s age, race or ethnicity, gender, native language, and highest level of

education completed, and (ii) whether the candidate completed a licensing

examination preparatory course, or the course provider.

You cannot sell, solicit or negotiate insurance contracts until the Bureau issues

your license. You may not receive or accept any commission or other valuable

consideration unless you are properly licensed at the time of transaction. You must

be an appointed agent at the time of sale in order for an insurer to pay a

commission or other valuable consideration.

Issuance of a license depends on review and approval of all license application

material. Passing an exam does not guarantee that you will be issued a license.

You take exams and submit license applications at your own risk. If you take an

exam unnecessarily or are found unqualified, neither the exam fee nor the

application processing fee will be refunded.

We wish you well in preparing for your examination and remind you that by law

you are required to continue your insurance education after becoming licensed.

A license is a privilege, not a right. You must commit yourself from the beginning

to comply with the laws and regulations set forth to regulate the insurance

industry.

A Message

from the

Bureau

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Important Notice:

Beginning January 1, 2021, your license(s) will have an expiration date based on

your birth month and odd/even year of birth. For example, if you were born in an

odd-numbered year, your license will expire at the end of your birth month in odd-

numbered years. If you were born in an even-numbered year, your license will

expire at the end of your birth month in even-numbered years. In addition,

completion of any continuing education requirements will be due at time of license

renewal. For more information email BOILicenseRenewal@scc.virginia.gov.

The Bureau encourages you to email Agent Licensing at

AgentLicensing@scc.virginia.gov to provide your comments and suggestions.

This bulletin provides information about the examination and licensing process for

obtaining a resident insurance license. You should read this Licensing Bulletin

including the examination content outlines prior to taking an exam. If interested in

applying for a nonresident license, you can apply online via NIPR or a NIPR

authorized business partner such as Sircon.

Licensing Process

Follow these main steps if you are interested in obtaining an insurance

license.

1. Read this bulletin to learn about examination and licensing

requirements.

2. Register and schedule your exam. The easiest way to register and

schedule is online. Phone, fax and mail options are also available.

3. Review the examination content outlines on the website.

4. Obtain a current Criminal History Record Report (“CHRR”) from the

Virginia State Police.

5. Take the scheduled examination, bringing required identification to the

test center.

6. Apply for your license by visiting Sircon or NIPR.

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Overview of

Licensing

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To get answers not provided in this bulletin

Visit our Website: www.prometric.com/virginia/insurance

Frequently Asked Questions are available:

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LICENSING INFORMATION

Virginia State Corporation Commission

Bureau of Insurance

P.O. Box 1157

Richmond, Virginia 23218-1157

Overnight Delivery: 1300 East Main Street, Richmond, VA 23219

Phone: 804-371-9631

Web site: www.scc.virginia.gov/pages/Bureau-of-Insurance

Email: AgentLicensing@scc.virginia.gov

QUESTIONS ABOUT EXAMINATION OR PRELICENSING

Prometric

Website: www.prometric.com/Virginia/insurance

Tel: (866) 891-6396

Fax: (800) 347-9242

TDD User: (800) 790-3926

Military Service Members & Their Families

• Veterans who sit for certain Virginia insurance examinations can be reimbursed

up to $2,000 for each exam under the GI Bill.

• The GI Bill education benefits are available through the U.S. Department of

Veterans Affairs (VA).

• Dependents of totally disabled veterans or veterans who died in service may

also use this service under certain conditions.

• Reimbursements are only paid directly to the veteran or other eligible person

after submitting proof of payment.

Other fees connected with obtaining a license such as insurance license application

processing fees or costs for classes to prepare for the insurance licensing exams are

not reimbursable under the GI Bill®. Veterans can be reimbursed under the GI Bill®

regardless of the number of insurance agent licensing exams they take or the

number of times they take an exam.

For questions about insurance licensing examination reimbursement, visit the

Veterans Affairs website or call 888-GIBILL-1 (888-442-4551).

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Exam Fee

Reimbursement

Program

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Virginia Licensing Requirements

LICENSES THAT REQUIRE EXAMS

The Bureau issues seven (7) different license types that require examinations

across three categories:

(1) Agents

(2) Consultants

(3) Public Adjusters

Visit the Bureau’s website for complete licensing procedures. Apply online

through Sircon or NIPR. Candidates seeking licenses within these categories are

required to pass an exam as described below.

AGENT LICENSE

Virginia resident applicants are required to pass an exam for the following five

license types before applying:

• Life and Annuities

• Health

• Property and Casualty

• Personal Lines

• Title

If the license terminates for any reason, a resident must pass the examination

again prior to applying for the license.

Holding one of these five agent license types would enable you to sell several

classes of insurance. Property & Casualty includes Personal Lines; therefore, do

not apply for both.

CONSULTANT LICENSES

The Bureau issues two insurance Consultant licenses that require Virginia resident

applicants to pass an exam before licensing:

• Life and Health Consultant - Life and Health exam*

• Property and Casualty Consultant - Property and Casualty exam*

* If you are already a licensed Life & Annuities and Health / Property & Casualty

agent, you are not required to pass the exam if applying for the corresponding

consultant license.

Anyone who charges a fee to advise or purports to advise in area of Life &

Annuities Insurance, Accident and Sickness Insurance, Property and Casualty

Insurance, or Health Care Services as defined in the Code of Virginia is required to

be licensed as an insurance consultant. Following are the only exceptions:

• A licensed attorney acting in a professional capacity.

• A trust officer of a bank acting in the normal course of his or her

employment.

• An actuary or certified public accountant who consults during the normal

course of business.

• Any person employed as a risk manager who consults for his or her

employer only.

PUBLIC ADJUSTERS

Virginia resident applicants must pass the Public Adjusters exam before applying.

Licenses that

Require

Exams

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LICENSES WITH NO EXAM REQUIRED

The Bureau also issues Limited Lines, temporary or otherwise restricted licenses,

and several miscellaneous licenses that do not require applicants to pass a

required exam, such as:

• Limited Lines Life and Health

• Limited Lines Property and Casualty

• Limited Lines Credit

• Motor Vehicle Rental Contract

• Temporary Life and Health*

• Temporary Life and Health (Debit Only)*

• Temporary Property and Casualty*

• Managing General Agent***

• Reinsurance Intermediary Broker***

• Reinsurance Intermediary Manager***

• Viatical Settlement Broker

• Viatical Settlement Provider***

• Surplus Lines Broker**

* Temporary Licenses are available to resident individual applicants meeting

specific statutory requirements.

Temporary licenses are issued in the following circumstances:

Upon the death of an agent, to his personal representative, surviving spouse,

employee, child or next of kin;

Upon the inability of an agent to act because of sickness, injury or mental

incapacity, to his spouse, child, next of kin, employee or legal representative;

Upon the sale of the agent's business, to any person employed in the business. In

the event no person is available and suitable for licensing and appointment, the

Commission may license and appoint any other suitable person; or

To an applicant who is to be an appointed agent of a home service insurer, and

who will be assigned a debit and will actually collect the premiums on insurance

contracts during the period of such temporary license.

** Residents must hold a Property and Casualty License.

*** Visit the Bureau’s website for licensing requirements.

Licenses

that Do Not

Require

Exams

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Scheduling Your Exam

Prometric provides computerized testing through its multistate testing network. You

may take the exam at any Prometric test center in the United States. Follow

the instructions here to register and schedule an appointment.

Testing Accommodations. If you require an Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)

accommodation(s) or English as a Second Language (ESL) additional time, see the

“Testing Accommodations” section below.

Online

You can easily register and schedule your exam online at any time using

our Internet Registration Service by going to:

1 Go to the Virginia Insurance website.

2 Click on Schedule Your Test and follow the prompts.

By fax or mail

You may fax the completed Exam Registration Form found at the end of this bulletin

to Prometric to (800) 347-9242. You must also include the completed Credit Card

Payment Form (Visa, MasterCard or American Express) with the cardholder's

signature.

You may mail the completed Exam Registration Form and the appropriate exam fee

to the address on the form. When registering by mail, you may pay the exam fee by

Visa, MasterCard or American Express, company check, cashier’s check or money

order. Personal checks and cash are not accepted.

If paying by credit card, you must also include the completed Credit Card Payment

Form (Visa, MasterCard or American Express). The cardholder’s signature must be

on the Form.

By phone

If you are unable to schedule online, you may schedule the examination by calling

(866) 891-6396.

Between 8 a.m. and 9 p.m. (Eastern Time), Monday through Friday, and *

Between 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. (Eastern Time), Saturday and Sunday.

Please have your exam and credit card information for payment available.

Registering

and

Scheduling

Information

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Note An exam registration remains valid for 90 calendar days after it has been

processed. It then will expire without further notice at that time. We recommend

that you do not register for your exam until you are prepared to take it. If you

allow your exam registration to expire or did not pass your exam, you must re-

Reschedule and Cancellation

If you wish to change your exam date or time, you must do so at least 24 hours

prior to your appointment using the Reschedule/Cancel option on the website or by

contacting Prometric's automated voice response system is 866-891-6396 (in North

America). There is no charge for changing an appointment within the same testing

window if the change is made at least 24 hours prior to your appointment.

If you paid online and cancel your exam, the card you used will be automatically

refunded. However, if you registered through mail or fax using any form of

payment, after you cancel your exam, you must initiate a refund by completing the

refund form.

Prometric will review refund requests and email decisions to you within 7-10

business days of receipt unless further research and/or documentation are required.

Prometric reserves the right to request documentation to support any illness or

emergency claim. Refund requests made via phone will not be accepted.

If you change or cancel your appointment without proper notice, you will forfeit your

examination fee(s).

If absent or late for your appointment

If you miss your appointment, or arrive late and are not allowed to test, you will

forfeit your exam fee(s).

You may take the exam at any Prometric test center in the United States.

Test center locations are subject to change. Be sure to verify the address of

and directions to the test center before you leave for the exam.

Holidays

Testing generally does not occur on federal holidays. Additional state holidays may

be observed in the state where you schedule the exam appointment.

Emergency Closings

Severe weather or an emergency could require canceling scheduled exams. If this

occurs, Prometric will attempt to contact you by phone; however, you may check for

testing site closures by checking our website or calling Prometric at (866) 370-

3411. If the site is closed, the exam will be rescheduled without a rescheduling fee.

If a test center is open for testing and you choose not to appear for the

appointment, you will forfeit the exam fees and must reschedule and pay another

exam fee.

ADA Accommodation. Reasonable testing accommodations are provided to allow

candidates with documented disabilities recognized under the ADA an opportunity to

Test Centers

Testing

Accommodations

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demonstrate their skills and knowledge. Prometric makes every effort to provide

reasonable testing accommodations that enable all test takers to take examinations.

If you require testing accommodations under the Americans with Disabilities Act

(ADA), please complete and submit a Testing Accommodation Request Form

online or contact Prometric at (888) 226-9406 to obtain an Accommodation Request

Form.

Professional documentation of the disability must be submitted with the

Accommodation Request Form to aid Prometric in determining the appropriate

testing accommodations. Thirty days advance notice is required for all testing

arrangements. There is no additional charge for these accommodations.

ESL Accommodation. All examinations are given in English. If English is not your

primary language, you may qualify for additional time for the test by requesting an

ESL Authorization from Prometric. To request an ESL authorization, please submit:

• A personal letter requesting the authorization; and

• A letter from the English instructor or sponsoring company (on company

letterhead), certifying that English is not your primary language.

Please fax documents to 800.347.9242 and allow three (3) days for processing.

If your request is approved, Prometric may extend the time limit on your

examination to time-and-one-half or 150% of the normal time limit. Prometric will

inform you by mail whether your request for accommodation is approved. You

should not schedule your exam until you have received the confirmation email.

Exams scheduled before the ESL request has been approved will not include extra

time.

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Preparing

for Your Exam

Being well prepared will help you pass your examination. This section

offers:

• Information about study materials.

• Information about practice exams.

Not all questions on the examinations will necessarily be covered in your study

materials. The content outlines are updated periodically, and outdated study

materials may not be consistent with them. Where such discrepancies exist, the

outlines take precedence. Make sure your study materials cover the topics in

the outlines.

You are free to use materials of your own choosing to prepare for the license

examination. Neither the Bureau nor Prometric reviews or approves study

materials or pre-licensing schools. You may wish to contact insurance

companies, the company or agency you plan to work for, or local or state agents’

associations for courses and study materials in your location.

Virginia laws and regulations. All examinations cover Virginia laws and

regulations. You may wish to consult a standard statute reference, which is

generally available at any public or law library, or go to the Bureau’s website for

links to Insurance Laws and Regulations.

The license examination for each type of license consists of questions that test

knowledge of topical areas listed in the content outline for that examination. You can

view a complete outline specific to your examination online at our website.

Note Do not schedule the exam until you are familiar with all subject areas in

the applicable content outline.

Study Materials

Content

Outlines

Overview

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To take a practice exam, click here.

While practice exams contain general, non-state specific insurance questions, they

are created in the same format and use the same question types as the actual

licensure exams. Practice exams are designed to help you become familiar with the

computer-based testing process.

During the practice exam, you will get immediate feedback to correct and incorrect

responses as well as overall feedback at the end of the session just as you would

during the actual exam. Practice exams are available for:

• (LIPA) Life Insurance Producer/Agent Practice Exam in English and Spanish

• (HIPA) Health Insurance Producer/Agent Practice Exam in English and

Spanish

• (PIPA) Property & Casualty Insurance Producer Practice Exam in English only

There is no cost to take Prometric Practice Exams!

The examination contains four-option multiple-choice questions. These questions are

designed to be as clear and concise as possible while testing knowledge and

comprehension of insurance concepts as well as the application of the insurance

concepts. The design of the exam ensures that those who possess the required

knowledge of the specific insurance line of authority being tested should perform

well on the examination for which they prepared.

Question Formats. Three different multiple-choice formats are used. Each format is shown in the

following examples. An asterisk (*) indicates the correct answer in each sample

question.

Which one of the following is a type of health insurance policy designed to replace

the wages of an insured that is unable to work due to an accident or sickness?

* 1. Disability Income Insurance Policy

2. Employer-Sponsored Group Major Medical Policy

3. Hospital Expense Insurance Policy

4. Special Risk Policy

Benefits under workers’ compensation insurance are payable:

1. For bodily injury that is accidental or intentional

* 2. Regardless of the liability of the employer

3. Unless safety rules are violated

4. Up to a maximum of 30 percent of weekly wages

A life insurance policy may include provisions that do all of the following EXCEPT:

1. Restrict coverage if death is caused by suicide

2. Require evidence of insurability to reinstate coverage

* 3. Extend the contestable period beyond two years

4. Adjust proceeds if the insured’s age is misstated on the application

The examination may include some experimental questions that will not be scored. If

present, they are distributed throughout the examination and will not be identified

as such. These are used to gather statistical information on the questions before

they are added to the examination as scored items. These experimental questions

will not be counted for or against you in the final examination score.

Practice Exams

Question Types

Format 1—Direct

question

Format 2—

Incomplete

sentence

Format 3—All of

the following

except

Experimental

Questions

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You will be helping us help future test takers by completing experimental test

questions in your exam. We plan to use the experimental questions on future

exams based on your performance.

The questions will:

• be randomly distributed within your test

• not be counted in your final score

• time spent on the question not be deducted from your test time

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Taking Your Exam

Knowing what to expect when taking your examination may help you prepare for it.

This section contains:

• An overview of the testing process.

• Regulations that will be enforced at the test center.

• Information about the types of questions.

• A guide to understanding your examination results.

• Information about appeals.

The exam will be administered by computer, but you do not need any computer

experience or typing skill to take the exam.

Arrival. You should arrive at least 30 minutes before the scheduled exam

appointment. This allows time for you to sign in and for staff to verify your

identification and complete all security checks.

Identification required. You must present two valid forms of identification before

you can test. That identification document must:

• Be government-issued (e.g., driver’s license, state-issued identification card or

military identification card).

• Contain both a current photo and your signature.

• Have a name that exactly matches the name used to register for the examination

(including designations such as “Jr.” and “III”).

• Candidates taking the Title examination must bring the original completed Title

Pre-Licensing Study Course Instructor’s Certification and Notarized Affidavit of

Course Completion Form, which may be found at the end of this bulletin.

• Primary ID (photograph and signature, not expired)

• Government-issued Driver’s License

• U.S. learner’s permit (plastic card only with photo and signature)

• National/State/Country ID card

• Passport/Passport Card

• Military ID/Military ID for spouses and dependents

• Alien Registration Card (Green Card, Permanent Resident Visa)

• Secondary ID (signature required, not expired). Identification must be in English.

• U.S. Social Security card

• Debit (ATM) or credit card

• Any form of ID on the Primary ID list

• If the ID presented has an embedded signature that is not visible (microchip) or is

difficult or impossible to read, the candidate must present another form of

identification from the Primary ID or Secondary ID list that contains a visible

signature.

Testing

Process

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Important: Failure to provide appropriate identification at the time of the exam

is considered a missed appointment. As a result, you will be required to pay another

full examination fee before making another appointment. If you cannot provide

the identification listed above, contact Prometric before scheduling the appointment

to arrange an alternative way to meet this requirement.

Copyrighted questions. All test questions are the property of Prometric and are

protected by copyright. Federal law provides severe civil and criminal penalties for

the unauthorized reproduction, distribution, or exhibition of copyrighted materials.

To ensure that all candidates are tested under similar conditions, the following

regulations and procedures will be enforced at each test center. Failure to follow any

of these security procedures may result in your being disqualified from taking an

examination.

CONFIDENTIALITY OF EXAM CONTENT/SYSTEMS

• The computer-based test delivery system, tutorial, exam content, and

survey are the unpublished, confidential, and proprietary materials of

Prometric and/or your test sponsor.

• Communicating, publishing, reproducing, or transmitting any part of an

exam, in any form or by any means (e.g., verbal, electronic, written, etc.)

for any purpose is strictly prohibited.

• ANY reproduction or disclosure will result in the immediate filing of civil

and/or criminal charges against you and anyone directing or conspiring with

you.

TEST CENTER CHECK-IN PROCEDURES & BREAKS

• Original, valid (unexpired), government-issued photo & signature-bearing

identification is required in order to take an exam. Validity and the number

of acceptable IDs are predetermined by your test sponsor.

• You will be scanned with a metal detector wand prior to every entry into

the test room.

• You will be required to raise your pants legs above your ankles, empty and

turn all pockets inside-out and raise shirt sleeves above your wrists prior to

every entry into the test room.

• If you are wearing eyeglasses you will be required to remove them for

visual inspection to ensure they don’t contain a recording device. Large

jewelry items must be stored in your locker due to concerns over concealed

recording devices.

• Exams may have scheduled or unscheduled breaks, as determined by your

test sponsor. Each time you leave the test room you must sign-out.

• The TCA will inform you what is permitted during exam breaks, specifically

regarding whether access to your locker, and access to cell phones and

notes within it, is permitted or not. All candidates must inform the TCA

before accessing a stored item during a break, including medicine. Repeated

or lengthy departures from the test room will be reported to the test

sponsor.

• Upon return from a break, without exception, you must go through all

security checks, present valid ID, sign-in and, if required by the test

sponsor, provide a fingerprint to be re-admitted to the test room.

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Test center

regulations

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Prohibited Items and Examinee Conduct in the Test Center

• Weapons are not allowed in any Prometric Test Center.

• Unauthorized personal items may not be brought into the test room. Such

items include, but are not limited to outerwear, hats, food, drinks, purses,

briefcases, notebooks, watches, cell phones, electronic devices, or wearable

technology.

• Written notes published materials and other testing aids are strictly

prohibited in the test room, except where allowed by your test sponsor. Test

center staff will refer to the applicable Client Practices for allowances.

• Written notes or electronic devices discovered in the test room will be

confiscated by the Test Center Administrator.

• Only soft ear plugs (with no wires/cords attached) and center-supplied

tissues are permitted in the test room.

• All materials issued by the TCA must be returned at the conclusion of

testing. Used scratch paper must be returned before new scratch paper will

be issued by the TCA during your exam.

• Light clothing items removed for comfort such as sweaters, suit jackets,

scarves, etc., must be hung on the examinee’s chair, not placed in laps or

on the workstation desktop. Outerwear such as heavy coats, parkas,

raincoats, etc., is not permitted in the test room.

• Talking to other candidates in the test room, referring to their screens,

testing materials or written notes is strictly prohibited. Note: Client/test

sponsor practice policies shall supersede these regulations if a conflict

exists.

Failure to follow any of these security procedures may result in the disqualification of

the examination. Prometric reserves the right to audio and videotape any

examination session.

Visit our website for more information on Prometric test center regulations.

Please note: Test center administrators are not allowed to answer any questions

pertaining to the exam content. If you do not understand a question on the

examination, you should answer the question to the best of your ability.

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At the end of the exam, the score will be shown on the screen and you will receive

an emailed score report. The report indicates the overall score and grade, including

the numerical percentage of questions answered correctly and whether you passed

or failed.

The report also displays the correct percentage in each major section of the exam,

as defined by the exam content outline. These section scores are shown to guide

you, or your employer and/or trainer, about areas requiring additional preparation

for retesting if you do not pass the exam. Even after you pass, you may want to

focus on these areas as you begin to provide insurance products and services to the

public.

Note that the section percentages will not average out to your total percentage

score. That is because individual examination outline sections are allocated different

numbers of questions on the examination. Your total percentage score is computed

by dividing the number of questions you answered correctly by the total number of

questions in the examination. The total score is not computed by adding the section

percentages and dividing by the total number of sections.

Duplicate score report. You may go to the Score Report Portal to view and print

your report.

RETAKING THE EXAM

The candidate must wait 24 hours before making a reservation for re-examination.

After the third time of failing the exam, Virginia law requires a 30-calendar day

waiting period before retaking the exam.

Prometric’s goal is to provide a quality examination and a pleasant testing

experience for every candidate. If you would like to submit an appeal concerning

examination content, registration, scheduling or test administration (testing site

procedures, equipment, personnel, etc.), please submit an appeal by visiting our

website and clicking on “Request an Appeal”.

Once submitted you will receive an email response within 20 days indicating whether

your appeal has been approved.

Exam Results

Score Report

Appeals

Process

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Applying for Your License

This section offers information about:

• Applying for your license.

• License Requirements by residence.

• Licensing fees.

• Other licensing information.

Applicants should visit the Bureau’s website for more information about licensing,

including FAQs.

Applying for Your License

After passing the exam (residents only), submit the following to the Department:

• Criminal History Record Report (CHRR)

o CHRRs must to be completed by the Virginia State Police (VSP).

o To obtain one, go to the Virginia State Police Website- Have

the report mailed back to you.

o The CHRR cannot be more than 90 days old.

o If you have been a Virginia resident for less than 6 months, you

must obtain a CHRR from your previous home state.

• For an additional fee, the candidate may request an expedited VSP CHRR

through the following insurance industry associations:

o Independent Insurance Agents of Virginia, Inc. OR

o National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors

• Visit the Sircon’s website to apply online for your license.

o The completed CHRR with all related documents should be

attached to the application.

o Applications are processed in date order. Allow 15 business days

for processing.

o Allow a minimum of 30 business days from the time

documentation is submitted for applications with affirmative

background questions. Refer to the Misdemeanor and Felony

checklists in this bulletin for additional information.

o Applications are closed after 30 calendar days if all required

documentation is not provided and a new application with a

nonrefundable application processing fee will be required.

• Virginia law requires that you provide a residential street address as your

address of record. DO NOT USE A BUSINESS ADDRESS (INCLUDING

PO BOX) AS YOUR RESIDENCE OR MAILING ADDRESS.

• The license application processing fee is nonrefundable and

nontransferable

• Exams remain valid for license applications for 183 calendar days.

For complete licensing procedures, visit the Bureau’s website.

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REQUIREMENTS FOR INDIVIDUALS MOVING TO VIRGINIA

Individuals with nonresident licenses moving to Virginia must submit an application to

become a resident agent. Resident licenses in the former state must be inactive to apply

for a Virginia resident license.

The Bureau will verify licensing status through the NAIC’s Producer Data Base.

Applicants can obtain any line of authority held in their previous home state within 90

calendar days of cancelling the previous resident license. If the application and

nonrefundable processing fee is not submitted within 90 calendar days of cancelling the

agent’s previous resident license, all Virginia resident pre-licensing requirements will

need to be satisfied in order to be issued a license.

An agent with an active nonresident Virginia license will be granted 90 calendar days

from the date the previous home state licenses were cancelled to submit their resident

license application. During the 90-calendar day period, an agent may continue to operate

under their nonresident Virginia license while applying for a resident Virginia license.

Appointments made under the nonresident license will remain in effect during the 90-

calendar day period, unless terminated for other reasons.

Agents that obtains a Virginia resident license within the 90-calendar day period,

transfer any active appointments automatically when the license is issued. If, at the end

of the 90-calendar day period, the agent has not obtained a resident license, the

equivalent nonresident license(s) and associated appointment(s) will be canceled.

For complete licensing procedures, visit the Bureau’s website.

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License Application and Forms

This section provides printable copies of various forms and information that may be needed or

helpful for completing them. It contains the following:

• Examination registration form.

• Instructor’s Certification for Title Insurance and Affidavit of course completion form.

Misdemeanor Conviction Checklist

Prior to applying for the license:

Normal processing time for applications with affirmative background questions is a minimum of 30

business days from the date we receive all documentation necessary to review the application.

Applications are closed after 30 calendar days if all required documentation is not provided and a

new application with a nonrefundable application processing fee will be required.

❑ Pass appropriate pre-licensing examination (residents only).

❑ Obtain current (no more than 90 days old) Criminal History Record Report (CHRR) from the Virginia State

Police (VSP) (residents only). Visit here to request your CHRR. When completing the form, have the report

mailed back to you, not to the Bureau. For expedited service, you may also request a Virginia State Police

Criminal History Record Report for an additional fee through the following insurance industry associations:

•• Independent Insurance Agents of Virginia, Inc

•• National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors

❑ Write a detailed statement explaining the circumstances surrounding each offense.

❑ Obtain a copy of the charging document.

❑ Obtain a copy of the court document that demonstrates the final disposition of the case.

❑ Obtain a copy of the sentencing order.

❑ If applicable, obtain a copy of the court document or letter from the probation officer indicating completion

of probation.

Request court documents from the Clerk of the Court that had jurisdiction over your case.

❑ If applicable, obtain documentation demonstrating the conviction has been pardoned or expunged.

❑ Visit Sircono apply for the license and attach all of the above-referenced documents to the application as a

PDF file.

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Felony Conviction Checklist