# Colorado Insurance License Requirements

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How to get a life insurance producer license in Colorado.

## Requirements at a glance

- **Regulator:** Colorado Division of Insurance (https://doi.colorado.gov/)
- **License:** Insurance Producer License (Life line of authority)
- **Pre-licensing education:** required — 50 hours
- **Exam provider:** Pearson VUE
- **Fingerprints / background check:** not required
- **Renewal:** every 2 year(s)
- **Continuing education:** 24 hours per renewal period

## How to apply

Complete 50-hour pre-licensing course, pass the Pearson VUE exam, then apply online via NIPR or Sircon

## Notes

Colorado's 50 hours per line is among the highest pre-licensing requirements in the country, it offers no combined Life & Health exam, and no fingerprinting is required.

_Reviewed: 2026-08-02_

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