# New Mexico Insurance License Requirements

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How to get a life insurance producer license in New Mexico.

## Requirements at a glance

- **Regulator:** New Mexico Office of Superintendent of Insurance (https://www.osi.state.nm.us/)
- **License:** Insurance Producer License (Life line of authority)
- **Pre-licensing education:** not required
- **Exam provider:** PSI
- **Fingerprints / background check:** required
- **Renewal:** every 2 year(s)
- **Continuing education:** 24 hours per renewal period

## How to apply

Online via NIPR; resident applicants complete electronic fingerprinting through IdentoGO

## Notes

No pre-licensing course is required; OSI contracts with PSI for exams, and CE is 21 general plus 3 ethics hours per 2-year cycle.

_Reviewed: 2026-08-02_

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