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Abbreviation for Office of the Commissioner of Insurance, O C I.
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License Types
Section Ins 6.75, Wis. Adm. Code

Major Lines (These cover the limited lines identified)
 Life (includes credit life, pre-need funeral expense, fixed annuities)
 Accident & Health (includes credit accident & health, disability, long-term care, Medicare supplement)
 Property (includes auto*, homeowners*, fire, hail, wind, livestock mortality, inland marine, crop, pet, mechanical breakdown, gap plus, window etching, identity theft)
 Casualty (includes auto*, homeowners*, fidelity, steam boiler, title, worker's comp., debtors, credit unemployment, prepaid legal expense, surety, town mutual nonproperty, mortgage guaranty, gap, errors and omissions)
 Personal Lines P&C (property and casualty insurance sold to individuals and families for primarily noncommercial purposes; includes legal expense)
 Variable Life/Variable Annuity (must hold a valid Life license and proof of FINRA registration for series 6 or 7)
*(Note: To sell auto and/or homeowners insurance, an agent must hold both property and casualty lines)
Limited Lines
 Credit (includes credit life, credit disability, credit property, credit unemployment, involuntary unemployment, mortgage life, mortgage guaranty, mortgage disability, gap)
 Crop
 Legal Expense
 Surety
 Title
 Travel

Obsolete Lines of Authority (Licenses held in these lines remain active, however, they are no longer offered to new applicants): Windstorm; Fidelity; Mortgage Guaranty; Hail; Town Mutual Nonproperty; Automobile


General Fees

Resident/Exam
$ 75.00-One line of authority
150.00-Two lines of authority
35.00-Biennial Regulation Fee (at assigned expiration date)
Nonresident
$ 75.00-One line of authority
150.00-Two lines of authority
225.00-Three lines of authority
300.00-Four lines of authority
375.00-Five lines of authority
70.00-Biennial Regulation Fee (at assigned expiration date)
Insurance Intermediary Firm Licensing (not mandatory in Wisconsin)
$100.00-Application Fee
35.00-Biennial Regulation Fee (Resident) (every even-numbered year)
70.00-Biennial Regulation Fee (Nonresident) (every even-numbered year)
Appointment Billings Initial & Renewal
$16.00-Resident (companies are billed annually)
50.00-Nonresident (companies are billed annually)
Surplus Lines Resident/Nonresident
$100.00-Application Fee
100.00-Annual Regulation Fee (at assigned expiration date)
Viatical Settlement Broker
$750.00-Application Fee
250.00-Annual Regulation Fee (July 1)


Updated: September 10, 2009

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