NC public adjuster bonds.
$200 flat.
North Carolina requires every public adjuster to file a fixed $20,000 bond with the Department of Insurance — ours is $200 flat, set by our carrier for this bond. The bond issues the moment you pay — no credit review of any kind, not even a soft pull.
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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 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.
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.
You need this bond if you're
One application, issued instantly.
These are the actual issuing fields — the application collects no credit information for this bond.
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$200 flat, no credit review, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.