NC public adjuster bonds.
$600. Five minutes.
North Carolina requires every public adjuster to file a fixed $20,000 bond with the Department of Insurance — ours is $600 flat, which is 3% of the bond amount. The application is five minutes, and license bonds like this are the fastest thing we issue.
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Three steps. One sitting.
License bonds are the simplest thing in surety. Here's the entire process:
Apply online
Business details and an effective date. That's the application — no financials, no credit check section, no follow-up scavenger hunt.
Pay & e-sign
License bonds like this are among the thousands of bond types that issue right after purchase. At most, 1–2 business days.
File with your license
Your executed bond and power of attorney arrive by email, ready to file with your Department of Insurance license application or renewal. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
The whole pricing page.
$20,000 bond × 3% = $600, one-time per term. Fixed amount, fixed price, multi-year if you want it.
What it is and who needs it.
What the bond actually guarantees
A public adjuster bond is a policyholder-protection guarantee. You negotiate insurance claims on behalf of people who've just had the worst week of their year — North Carolina wants a financial backstop that you'll handle their claims and their money honestly.
It's a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier, and the State of North Carolina (the obligee), with your clients as the protected parties. The bond authorizes recovery by the Commissioner of Insurance on behalf of any person harmed by the adjuster's wrongful acts, failure to act, or fraud.
The bond must stay active for the life of your license. Let it lapse and you can be referred for action against the license — so we track it and notify you 60 and 30 days out, keeping your $20,000 filing continuous.
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Five minutes. The whole thing.
These are the actual issuing fields — no credit check section, because this bond doesn't have one.
Start the application →Common questions.
If yours isn't here, the bond team can usually answer within the hour.
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$600 flat, five-minute application, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.