How to Get Your Iowa Life & Health Insurance License
To get your Iowa life & health insurance license, you'll take the state exam administered by Pearson VUE and file your application through NIPR. No fingerprints are required.
Exam vendor
Pearson VUE
Application system
NIPR
Fingerprints
Not required
Mandatory fees
Complete verified stack below
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Mandatory licensing fee stack
First-time Iowa resident Life + Health producer path. Explicit $0 rows are included.
- Exam
- $44 Life + $44 Accident & Health; $88 total
- Application / license
- $50 producer application
- Fingerprint / background
- Required Fieldprint fingerprints and state/federal criminal-history checks: $34.35 at an Iowa site or $36.35 outside Iowa
- Transaction / platform
- Plus NIPR transaction fee shown at checkout
- Other mandatory
- $0 — no other mandatory fee identified for this first-time resident Life + Health producer path
Total: Add the five rows above. When a row varies, the official checkout or appointment quote is the total-setting mechanism.
Conditions: Fingerprint site location and NIPR transaction fee change the total
Step-by-step
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- 1Pass the Iowa L&H exam
- 2Apply via NIPR
- 3General background check runs
- 4License issued
Watch-outs
- No fingerprints — one of only 3 such states (AR, IA, KY).
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Official Iowa links
- Schedule the Iowa examPearson VUE
- Apply for your Iowa licenseNIPR
- Iowa Department of InsuranceOfficial source
Frequently asked questions
- Who administers the Iowa insurance exam?
- The Iowa life & health insurance exam is administered by Pearson VUE.
- Do I need fingerprints for a Iowa insurance license?
- No — Iowa does not require fingerprints for resident insurance producer applicants.
- How do I apply for my Iowa insurance license?
- Applications are filed through NIPR.
- What does a Iowa insurance license cost?
- Iowa mandatory fee stack: Exam: $44 Life + $44 Accident & Health; $88 total; Application / license: $50 producer application; Fingerprint / background: Required Fieldprint fingerprints and state/federal criminal-history checks: $34.35 at an Iowa site or $36.35 outside Iowa; Transaction / platform: Plus NIPR transaction fee shown at checkout; Other mandatory: $0 — no other mandatory fee identified for this first-time resident Life + Health producer path. Sources were accessed 2026-08-24; variable fees use the official checkout or appointment pricing mechanism.