The Arizona Department of Insurance and Financial Institutions (DIFI) announced it will discontinue the issuance of provisional licenses effective June 7, 2021.
In March 2020, Gov. Doug Ducey issued executive order 2020-17, which cleared the way for the department to issue provisional licenses due to COVID-related closure of exam centers and unavailability of fingerprint services. The department noted that since then, it has issued 4,826 provisional licenses to help Arizona residents establish work as adjusters, surplus line brokers, and insurance producers during the pandemic.
With the easing of pandemic restrictions, exam centers reopening, and fingerprint services available electronically, DIFI will discontinue accepting applications of provisional licenses effective June 7, 2021. Any application meeting the requirements received before this date will be processed. All active provisional license holders will have until their provisional license expiration date to pass the appropriate Arizona exam and complete any outstanding fingerprinting requirements.
Once these requirements have been met, the licensee shall notify the department so the provisional license may be converted to a permanent license. Any provisional license expiring without meeting these requirements will require the applicant to reapply for a permanent license after having met these requirements.