Tennessee pre-licensing provider bonds.
$500 flat.
Tennessee requires an approved pre-licensing course provider to post a $50,000 bond with the regulating agency. Ours is $500 flat — set by our carrier's rate book, the same for every provider. One soft credit pull; the bond is issued when you pay.
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How much does a Tennessee pre-licensing provider bond cost?
$500 at the $50,000 amount, the same for every applicant.
Three steps to approved.
Your provider approval is waiting on this bond. Here's the entire process — no broker phone tag:
Apply once, online
Business details, owner information, a short set of commercial questions, and an effective date — plus a one-time consent to a soft credit pull. That is the application.
Approved
Most are approved as soon as you apply. One soft credit pull, never a hard inquiry, and it never affects your score. If it needs a second look, one to two business days at most.
E-sign & file with the agency
Pay online and receive the executed bond, ready to file with your provider application or renewal. Wet-ink originals mailed whenever the agency insists.
What it is and who needs it.
What the bond actually guarantees
Tennessee conditions approval of certain pre-licensing course providers — schools that teach the courses someone must complete before getting a professional license — on a $50,000 surety bond filed with the regulating agency. The bond is a student-and-public-protection guarantee.
It's a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier, and the State of Tennessee (the obligee), with your students protected. If a provider misuses tuition, fails to issue a refund it owes, or violates the rules governing approved providers, a harmed student or the agency can recover against the bond.
It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays a claim, you repay the surety. Providers who deliver the courses they sell and handle tuition properly treat the bond as an approval formality. The exact regulating agency depends on which profession your courses prepare students for, so confirm the obligee and form on your provider application.
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Claims, renewal, filing, and what sets the price.
If a claim is made
A claim comes from the party the bond protects, the obligee named on the form, when the duty the bond guarantees is not met.
The surety investigates and pays a valid claim, up to the $50,000 bond amount. You then repay the surety: a surety bond is a guarantee of your performance, not insurance for you.
Renewal and term
The premium covers a one-year term from the effective date you choose; a longer term is the same price per year, chosen at checkout.
Renew before the expiry date to keep the bond in force: the license, permit or contract it backs expects continuous coverage.
How to file it
E-sign & file with the agency. Pay online and receive the executed bond, ready to file with your provider application or renewal. Wet-ink originals mailed whenever the agency insists.
What sets the price
The premium is fixed at $500 at the $50,000 amount for every applicant: the carrier’s rate book prices this bond by the form, not by your credit or your business profile.
One soft credit pull, never a hard inquiry, and it never affects your score.
Where a check runs, it decides approval; the rate is the same for everyone approved.
One application, issued instantly.
These are the actual underwriting fields, including a few commercial questions and a one-time consent to a soft credit pull. Submit once and your bond is issued when you pay.
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Get your provider approval moving.
$500 flat, short application, bond issued when you pay. Free until issued.