Step-by-Step Guide to Kansas Insurance Agent Licensing

Several licensing changes occurred on January 1, 2022, and we want to ensure you know how to renew your license and your agency's licenses in the future. (Read More: Kansas Insurance Department Migrates Licensing)

Producer Desktop, available through the Kansas Insurance Department, is no longer used for agent license applications or renewals. Producer Desktop is only available for filing an agent excess lines tax report.

So, where do you start? Here is KAIA's Step-by-Step Guide to help you!

Renewing Individual Agent License

Go to www.statebasedsystems.com and check your continuing education (CE) hours
- All licenses now require 18 hours of CE, 3 of which must be ethics
Under Select Your Jurisdiction, choose Kansas
Select Lookup
Choose Kansas from the jurisdiction dropdown menu
Under Search Type, pick Licensee
Under Entity Type, pick Individual
Enter your appropriate personal information (Last name, First name along with license and NPN)
Once you find your information, click on your name in blue (make sure to choose your regular license and not a surplus lines license.)
Scroll to the section called Continuing Education Information to view your CE hours
If you have sufficient CE, go to www.nipr.com and click on the Licensing Center.
Choose Renew a License, and then also choose Renew Resident License.
The NIPR system will walk you through the remaining steps to renew your license.
To renew your license, you will need to provide your license number or NPN, the last 4-digits of your social security number, your date of birth, along with electronic payment.

Agencies will now need to renew their entity license on a biennial basis. Agency licenses will be renewed in the month in which the original entity license was granted by the Kansas Insurance Department. If you don’t know, no problem! You can look up your entity license by going to www.statebasedsystems.com as well.

Find Your Agency's Renewal Date

Go to www.statebasedsystems.com
Under Select Your Jurisdiction, choose Kansas
Select Lookup
Choose Kansas from the Jurisdiction dropdown menu
Under Search Type, pick Licensee
Under Entity Type, pick Business Entity
Enter agency information
Once you find your agency, click on it
You can look under License Quick View to find your license expiration date in the License Lookup screen.
While in the License Lookup information, make sure there is a current and correct email address.

If your agency initially obtained a license in an even-numbered year, your agency license will renew in 2022. If your agency obtained its license in an odd-numbered year, your agency wouldn’t renew its license until 2023. Once you know your agency’s license renewal month, you can renew the license on www.nipr.com.

Update your contact info with NIPR

Go to www.nipr.com
Click on Licensing Center and choose Change Contact Info from the dropdown menu.
Under Business Entities, choose Kansas.
On the new screen choose Apply Now
Enter your agency information (NPN or FEIN)
On the following screen, click Start
Click on Contact Change Request, then hit Next
You can update your physical address(es), phone number, and/or your agency’s email address.