How to Get Your Ohio Life & Health Insurance License
To get your Ohio life & health insurance license, you'll take the state exam administered by PSI and file your application through NIPR. Fingerprints are required (Electronic BCI+FBI WebCheck (≤$72.25)).
Exam vendor
PSI
Application system
NIPR
Fingerprints
Required — Electronic BCI+FBI WebCheck (≤$72.25)
Mandatory fees
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Mandatory licensing fee stack
First-time Ohio resident Life + Health producer path. Explicit $0 rows are included.
- Exam
- Official PSI price shown before payment after selecting Ohio combined series 11-35; no current fixed price is published in the regulator-hosted bulletin
- Application / license
- $10 per authority; $20 for Life + Health
- Fingerprint / background
- Up to $72.25 for BCI + FBI fingerprints
- 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: Ohio's regulator-hosted fee PDF is stale; the current official PSI scheduling quote is the authoritative pricing mechanism
Step-by-step
- ★Complete your prelicensing education or exam prep. LicenseIQ offers an online prelicensing course and exam prep you can start today.
- 1Pass the Ohio L&H exam at PSI
- 2Apply via NIPR
- 3Complete BCI + FBI electronic fingerprints at a WebCheck location (≤$72.25)
- 4License deemed issued when application approved
Watch-outs
- Use a WebCheck location that does BOTH BCI and FBI checks.
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Official Ohio links
- Schedule the Ohio examPSI
- Apply for your Ohio licenseNIPR
- Book Ohio fingerprintsBCI+FBI WebCheck — code BQE445
- Ohio Department of InsuranceOfficial source
Frequently asked questions
- Who administers the Ohio insurance exam?
- The Ohio life & health insurance exam is administered by PSI.
- Do I need fingerprints for a Ohio insurance license?
- Yes — fingerprints are required for Ohio resident insurance producers (Electronic BCI+FBI WebCheck (≤$72.25)). AFTER application.
- How do I apply for my Ohio insurance license?
- Applications are filed through NIPR.
- What does a Ohio insurance license cost?
- Ohio mandatory fee stack: Exam: Official PSI price shown before payment after selecting Ohio combined series 11-35; no current fixed price is published in the regulator-hosted bulletin; Application / license: $10 per authority; $20 for Life + Health; Fingerprint / background: Up to $72.25 for BCI + FBI fingerprints; 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.