Tennessee Insurance Licensing Requirements
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Searching for Tennessee Insurance Licensing schools or classes to earn your Tennessee Insurance License? Then you've come to the right place!
ABTrainingCenter.com offers state-approved Tennessee Insurance Licensing courses for those individuals who wish to satisfy the Tennessee life health insurance license requirements for the state exam or some other type of Insurance License in Tennessee.
What Do Tennessee Insurance Agents Do?
Tennessee Insurance Agents sell insurance policies to groups and individuals in Nashville, Memphis, Knoxville, Chattanooga, Clarksville, Murfreesboro, Franklin, Jackson, Madison, Johnson City, and other cities in Tennessee.
Ideally, the relationship with your clients will be a long-term one, so you should stay current on your customers' needs, including adding or lowering coverage levels as people age or acquire more wealth or have changing needs.
What Does A Tennessee Life And Health Agent Do?This Tennessee life and health insurance license can be of great benefit to insurance brokers, as every Tennessean needs health insurance, and most Tennessee families will want some protection should something happen to the primary earners. Once you fulfill the Tennessee insurance license requirements for life and health agents, you can become an invaluable resource to these individuals and families. A Life And Health (L&H) Insurance Agent (in some states, also known as "Life, Health, And Accident) sells Life, Disability, Long Term Care, Medicare, and other policies to groups and individuals. As a Life & Health Agent, you advise clients on what policies best suit their needs, tailor policies to fit their requirements, and help customers when they have questions or file a claim.
What Does A Tennessee Property And Casualty Agent Do?A Property And Casualty (P&C) Insurance Agent sells policies on homes, apartments, vehicles, and other items that cover liability for property damage or injuries to visitors injured on your property. Without this kind of protection, Tennessee residents have no recourse should their property become lost, stolen or damaged. Along with life and health, property and casualty lines are some of the most important policies you can offer to residents of Tennessee. If you have a property and casualty license and you or a partner has a life and health license, you will have covered the great majority of policies needed by residents of Tennessee. As a P&C Agent, you advise clients on what policies best suit their needs, tailor policies to fit their requirements, and help customers when they file a claim.
What Does A Tennessee Insurance Adjuster Do?An Adjuster inspects property damage or personal injury claims to determine how much the insurance company should pay for the loss. They might inspect a home, a business, or a vehicle, then analyze the situation, talk to witnesses, do research and otherwise investigate to make sure the claim is legitimate and the claimant gets a settlement that is fair based on the parameters of their policy.
As a Tennessee insurance adjuster, you are a critical part of the insurance process, and every Tennessee insurance company needs one or more insurance adjusters working for them, making sure claims are paid accurately. Being an insurance adjuster is a great way to benefit from the insurance industry even if you are not an agent.
From Nashville, where the Department of Commerce and Insurance is located, to Memphis, a bustling and growing city famous as one of the birthplaces of American music, opportunities for Tennessee insurance brokers abound. Read on to learn how to become an insurance agent in Tennessee, and once you meet the requirements, you will have a huge canvas on which to write your insurance broker story, providing protection and peace of mind to residents of Chattanooga, Knoxville, Madison or wherever you choose to set up shop. Your Tennessee insurance license authorizes you to provide insurance in your chosen line anywhere in Tennessee.
About Our Tennessee Insurance Licensing Courses And Exam Prep Materials
Your career as an insurance agent starts with earning the right licenses. We can help you earn these licenses with our pre-licensing training courses, study guides, and exam prep materials that are designed to help you pass your licensing exam and start your career as an Insurance Agent.
Our exam prep materials are delivered in an easy-to-understand manner that provides important insights and valuable exam tips and strategies covering your state's rules and regulations for insurance licensing. Here is just some of what you'll learn by using our pre-licensing courses and exam prep materials:
- Downloadable/printable textbooks that utilizes short, focused paragraphs with numerous graphics and exercises to help you learn faster and retain critical information
- OnDemand Online Video Review that can be viewed anytime, anywhere, and as frequently as you like
- MP3 Audio Review
- State law supplement
- Tons of practice exam questions
Recommended Insurance Pre-Licensing Courses And Exam Prep Materials For Tennessee Life, Health, P&C, And Adjuster Licensing
To find Tennessee insurance licensing training courses, study guides, practice exams, and exam prep materials, simply click on any of the recommended courses below or select your desired license type and your state from the “Licensing†section of the search box below. Good luck becoming an Tennessee insurance agent!
Best-Selling Training Courses:
Below are links for our best-selling Tennessee Life & Health, Property & Casualty, or Adjuster insurance licensing courses, as well as information and links for you to read about specific requirements for each license type.
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Tennessee Insurance Licensing Requirements
Below are some of the requirements for insurance licensing in Tennessee. We've also included information on its insurance department and examination scheduling facilities.
How To Become An Insurance Agent In TennesseeGenerally speaking, to become a licensed insurance agent in your state you must first meet any state requirements such as age, passing a background check, etc. You then must take any state-required pre-licensing courses and pass your state's licensing exam to be licensed and able to sell insurance in your state. Click any of the icons above to learn about the requirements for your state.
Your Tennessee insurance license requirements start with prelicensing. If you are going to pursue a single line, like just life, just accident and health, just property, or just casualty, you are required to put in 20 hours of prelicensing study with an approved prelicensing course. If you are seeking a combined lines license, like life and accident and health, or property and casualty, you will need 40 hours.
You can complete the requirement online or by taking a live class with four hours of pre-class study per line. Agent Broker Training Center can accommodate you no matter your preferred learning style. We have an online Tennessee insurance license class as well as in-person Tennessee insurance license training course, both of which are state-approved and fulfill the prelicensing requirement upon satisfactory completion.
Once you have finished the prelicensing course from Agent Broker Training Center, passed the prelicensing exam, and received a certificate of completion, the next step is to take the actual licensing exam. Make sure you make full use of your Agent Broker Training Center study materials. After you pass the test, you can apply for your license through NIPR.com. Electronic fingerprinting is not required at this time. Wait three days before applying to give your results time to appear in the Tennessee Department of Insurance database.
General Requirements- The applicant is at least eighteen (18) years of age
- Resides in Tennessee
- The applicant is competent, trustworthy, financially responsible, and has a good business reputation
- The applicant is required to pass a written examination and complete a pre-licensing course of study thru an approved education provider for each line of insurance for which an insurance license is requested.
Life & Health Insurance Licensing- 40 hours of pre-licensing is required for a Life & Health license
- 20 hours of pre-licensing is required for a single line of insurance licensure
- Pre-licensing may be done in either a classroom or online format.
Property & Casualty Insurance Licensing- 40 hours of pre-licensing is required for a Property & Casualty license
- 20 hours of pre-licensing is required for a single line of insurance licensure
- Pre-licensing may be done in either a classroom or online format.
Adjuster LicensingWorkers' Compensation Licensing And/Or Certification Tips For Earning An Insurance License In Tennessee
Step 1. Purchase Your Pre-License Education CourseBefore attempting to take the insurance license exam you'll need to be sure you're well prepared. Since there is a fee for every attempt at the test, and the national first-time pass rate is between 50%-60%, it is not something to take lightly.
What we have found is that the majority of the non-pass attempts are from individual who don't study enough. Once they take the exam and realize that most of the questions can't be answered with common knowledge, they go back and purchase real study materials, then go back a second time and pass.
Since we want you to pass the first time you take the exam, we recommend that you take your studies seriously, and either take an online course or get a textbook before attempting the test. Insurance license exam fees aren't cheap, so save yourself some time and money by doing it right the first time.
Step 2. Take Multiple Insurance License Sample Practice ExamsThe next step after completing all of your pre-license coursework or self-study is to take the insurance exam. You will take one exam for each line of insurance you wish to carry. To ensure you pass your exam to become a licensed Insurance Agent, your best approach is to take as many practice exams as possible.
Contact Info: Tennessee Insurance Licensing Requirements
To help with your examination scheduling, we have provided below information on Tennessee licensing requirements, its insurance department, and examination scheduling facilities.
Tennessee Department of Commerce and Insurance - Agent Licensing Section Address: Davy Crockett Tower | 500 James Robertson Parkway | Nashville, TN 37243-1134
Phone: 615.741.2693
Fax: 615.532.2862
Website: https://www.tn.gov/commerce/insurance/agent-producer-resources.htmlExamination SchedulingProvider: Pearson VUE
Phone: 1.800.274.4957
Website: http://www.pearsonvue.com/tn/insurance/Good luck passing your Tennessee P&C insurance licensing exam!
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