Getting your Property & Casualty insurance license in Kansas
Kansas covers both property and casualty in a single combined exam: the Property & Casualty and Allied Lines Producer exam. Passing it gives you the authority to write homeowners, dwelling, commercial property, auto, general liability, workers' compensation, crime, bonds, and related coverages. (If you only need personal property and auto, the Personal Lines exam is a shorter route - see below.)
Kansas requires no pre-licensing hours, and the exam is a flat $67. A couple of Kansas-specific steps - a tax clearance and fingerprinting - round out the process.
One combined exam
The combined Property & Casualty and Allied Lines Producer exam carries 140 scored questions plus 14 unscored pretest questions (154 delivered), with a 2-hour-30-minute time limit.
It's a single sitting - no separate Property and Casualty tests to schedule. The exam fee is $67 (the major-line combination rate; single-line exams are $54).
The Personal Lines alternative
If you only plan to write personal property and auto, Kansas offers a stand-alone Personal Lines Producer exam (100 scored questions) that covers homeowners, dwelling, personal auto, and personal umbrella in a single test.
The full Property & Casualty and Allied Lines license adds commercial property and casualty - general liability, commercial auto, workers' comp, crime, bonds, and professional liability - so choose based on the book of business you intend to write.
What the Property & Casualty exam covers
National property content (about 50 questions): types of policies (HO-2 through HO-8, DP-1/2/3, commercial property, BOP, builders risk, inland marine, NFIP, earthquake, farm, watercraft); insurance terms and concepts; and policy provisions and contract law.
National casualty content (about 50 questions): commercial general liability, personal and business auto, workers' compensation and employers liability, crime, surety and fidelity bonds, professional liability (E&O, D&O, EPLI, cyber), umbrella/excess, and BOP; plus terms and provisions.
Kansas law (about 40 questions): a common block on the Commissioner, definitions, licensing, marketing practices, and the Property & Casualty Insurance Guaranty Association Act; common P&C rules (cancellation/nonrenewal, rate filings, excess and surplus lines); Property-only material (unfair claims practices, FAIR plan, crop, flood); and Casualty-only material (the Kansas Automobile Injury Reparations Act, UM/UIM, the Kansas Automobile Insurance Plan, and workers' compensation).
How the exam is scored
The exam has two kinds of content: a national (general knowledge) portion on insurance products and concepts, and a Kansas portion on KID authority, licensing, marketing practices, and Kansas statutes.
You need 70% to pass. Plan to be strong on both halves - the national material is the largest scored share, but the Kansas state law section carries real weight. Unscored pretest questions are mixed in and do not affect your result.
You finish with a pass/fail score report. A fail report gives you a numeric score and diagnostic feedback plus re-exam information; Kansas requires a 7-day wait before you can re-test.
Kansas requirements at a glance
To be licensed as a resident producer in Kansas you must pass the appropriate exam, submit the NAIC Uniform Application for Individual Insurance Producer License through NIPR, clear a fingerprint-based background check, and obtain a Certificate of Tax Clearance from the Kansas Department of Revenue.
Kansas requires no pre-licensing education - you can sit for the exam without any approved course. The application also asks for a continuous 5-year employment history.
Fingerprinting & background check
First-time applicants must complete a fingerprint-based state and federal background check through the Kansas Bureau of Investigation using KBI code KS920161Z. The fee is about $60.
You can be printed several ways: at a Pearson VUE test center (Overland Park, Topeka, or Wichita), at participating DCF or local law-enforcement locations, or by mailing a completed fingerprint card with the required waiver forms to KID Producer Licensing.
Your path to the Kansas Property & Casualty license
1. Prepare. No course is required, but plan to study both the national products material and the Kansas state laws.
2. Submit the NAIC Uniform Application for Individual Insurance Producer License through NIPR (you may apply before testing) and pay the $10 fee.
3. Schedule the Property & Casualty and Allied Lines Producer exam with Pearson VUE (pearsonvue.com or 888-204-6255). Choose a test center or one OnVUE online attempt. Pay $67.
4. Pass the exam at 70%.
5. Complete fingerprinting through the KBI (code KS920161Z, about $60).
6. Obtain your Certificate of Tax Clearance from the Kansas Department of Revenue.
7. Once everything clears, KID issues your license. Get appointed by a carrier to start writing business.
Keeping your Kansas license active
Kansas runs a 2-year renewal cycle. Your due date is the last day of your birth month - in even years if you were born in an even year, odd years if you were born in an odd year - and you can renew up to 90 days early through NIPR.
You owe 18 CE hours per cycle, including 3 hours of ethics; the other 15 are your choice among KID-approved courses. Excess hours don't carry forward. The biennial renewal fee is just $4.
Before you can place business, at least one carrier must appoint you through NIPR / the Producer Database.
If you may write flood coverage, complete the one-time 3-hour NFIP course - it counts toward your 18 CE hours but is required to keep your NFIP authority.
Prep built for the Kansas Property & Casualty exam
Because Kansas requires no pre-licensing, your score rides entirely on how well you prepare. TESTivity's Property & Casualty package pairs plain-English video courses with mind maps, audio textbooks, and full-length Kansas-style exam simulators so both the national and Kansas-law content feel familiar on test day.
Drill in Test mode until you're clearing 80%+ consistently - especially on the Kansas statute material that trips up a lot of candidates - then walk in confident.
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