Tennessee requires every public adjuster to file a $50,000 surety bond with the Department of Commerce & Insurance under Tenn. Code Ann. § 56-6-911. Ours is $1,500 flat — 3% of the bond amount — and license bonds like this are the fastest thing we issue, with no credit check on this bond.
















License bonds are the simplest thing in surety. Here's the entire process:
Business details and an effective date. That's the application — no financials, no credit check section, no follow-up scavenger hunt.
License bonds like this are among the thousands of bond types that issue right after purchase. At most, 1–2 business days.
Your executed bond arrives by email, ready to file with your Department of Commerce & Insurance license application or renewal. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
$50,000 bond × 3% = $1,500, one-time per term. Fixed amount, fixed price, multi-year if you want it.
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 — Tennessee 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 Tennessee (the obligee), with your clients as the protected parties. The bond specifically authorizes recovery for anyone harmed by an adjuster's erroneous acts, failure to act, fraud, or unfair practices in the capacity of a public adjuster.
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 $50,000 filing continuous. If the surety pays a claim, you repay the surety.
These are the actual issuing fields — no credit check section, because this bond doesn't have one.
Start the application →If yours isn't here, the bond team can usually answer within the hour.
$1,500 flat, five-minute application, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.