# Get your producers' NIPR licensing data through an API > Read a producer's licenses, lines of authority, appointments and RIRS actions from the NIPR Producer Database with one API call. A workflow can check every producer each Monday and email you the licenses coming up for renewal. Page: https://fous.com/automate/nipr Updated: 2026-11-12 Works with your own NIPR account. Fous is an independent product. ## What you can build on NIPR ### Get a producer's PDB detail report Runs a detail report in PDB Reports for one NPN and reads its demographic, licensing, appointment and regulatory action (RIRS) sections. - Takes: NPN - Returns: Name, NPN, resident state, licenses by state with number, class, lines of authority, status and expiration, appointments, RIRS actions ### Run a batch producer report Enters a list of NPNs as typed entries in PDB Reports, runs a batch producer report and reads the licensing data for each producer. - Takes: List of NPNs - Returns: For each NPN: name, resident state, licenses with state, number, class, lines of authority, status and expiration ### List a licensee's LicenseHub orders Signs in to LicenseHub as the licensee and reads the dashboard: applications under Incomplete orders and recently submitted ones under Order history. - Takes: NPN, last four digits of SSN, date of birth - Returns: For each order: list, state, application type, date ### Start a license renewal application In LicenseHub, starts a Renewal application for one state, checks the license classes and lines of authority, and leaves it under Incomplete orders unpaid. - Takes: NPN, last four digits of SSN, date of birth, state, resident or non-resident - Returns: State, license classes, lines of authority, fee summary, where the application was saved ## Automate NIPR with a workflow A [workflow](/product/workflows) runs your methods as one process, with nobody at the screen. A schedule or a call from your own system starts it, the steps run in order, and the result arrives in your inbox or in the systems you already use. ### Licenses up for renewal in the next 90 days Starts: Every Monday at 7:00 1. Run a batch producer report for the NPNs on your producer list. 2. Keep the licenses whose expiration date falls in the next 90 days. 3. Email you the list, one line per license with producer, state, class and expiration date. ### New regulatory actions and appointment changes Starts: Every weekday at 8:00 1. For each NPN on your producer list, get the PDB detail report. 2. Keep licenses, appointments and RIRS actions that are new or changed since the last run. 3. Post each change, with NPN, state and what changed, to your compliance system's webhook. ### Renewal applications prepared for review Starts: When your system calls the webhook with an NPN, date of birth, SSN last four and a state 1. Get the PDB detail report and stop if the license in that state is not active. 2. Start the renewal application in LicenseHub and leave it under Incomplete orders. 3. Email you the license classes, lines of authority and fee summary to check and pay. You can run a workflow by hand on every plan, Free included. Schedules and webhook triggers come with the paid plans, from $29 a month. ## Once built, one call from your code Once you have built a [method](/product/methods), it is one POST to /v1/runs from your backend, or a tool an AI agent calls over MCP. This is what “Get a producer's PDB detail report” would look like. Example request: ``` curl https://api.fous.com/v1/runs \ -H "Authorization: Bearer $FOUS_API_KEY" \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -d '{ "method": "pdb.nipr.com/get_pdb_detail_report", "input": { "npn": "19283746" } }' ``` Example response: ``` { "status": "completed", "data": { "name": "Acme Insurance Agency LLC", "npn": "19283746", "resident_state": "MO", "licenses": [ { "state": "MO", "license_number": "8031477", "license_class": "Producer", "lines_of_authority": "Life, Accident & Health", "status": "Active", "expiration_date": "2027-02-28" } ], "appointments": [ { "state": "MO", "company": "Northwind Life Insurance Company", "status": "Active" } ], "regulatory_actions": [] } } ``` An example with invented data, not a ready-made endpoint. The method exists in your organization once you build it, and its name, inputs and fields follow your request. ## NIPR’s own options NIPR sells Producer Database access as subscriber services: batch producer reports, delivered as PDF or XML, and alerts on appointments, terminations, addresses, licenses and regulatory actions. A company gets them after a PDB access form and a license agreement, invoiced monthly. APIs and the NIPR Gateway are arranged with NIPR's business development team. | Option | What it covers | What it takes | | --- | --- | --- | | PDB reports and alerts | Detail and batch producer reports (CSV or typed entries in, PDF or XML out) and alerts on appointments, terminations, address changes, licenses and RIRS. | A subscriber account after the PDB access form and license agreement, with monthly Subscriber Services invoices. | | APIs and the NIPR Gateway | Your own system connects to NIPR to send appointments and terminations, processed in real time in the SBS states. | Arranged through NIPR's business development team. Programming to NIPR's data standards; fees vary by method. | | NIPR by hand | LicenseHub for applications and renewals, one free detail report a year per insurance professional, and PDB Reports for subscribers. | State fees plus NIPR's transaction fee, currently $5.60, paid by card or electronic check. Fees are not refunded. | Read on November 12, 2026: [NIPR Reports and Alerts](https://nipr.com/industry-solutions/reports-and-alerts), [Get help with NIPR subscriber services](https://nipr.com/help/help-articles/subscriber-services), [NIPR Appointments and terminations](https://nipr.com/industry-solutions/appointment-and-terminations). ## Signing in to NIPR PDB Reports asks subscribers for a username and password; your company administrator gives each user a user ID and products and can reset passwords. LicenseHub identifies the licensee by NPN, license number, SSN or FEIN, with date of birth and the last four digits of the SSN. With Fous you sign in once through NIPR's own sign-in: the login is sealed with AES-256 and code and AI agents never see it. ## Worth knowing - **Renewal keeps the lines you already hold**: A renewal can only renew existing lines of authority. Adding a line of authority is a separate application, made after the renewal has processed. - **Renewal windows usually open 60 to 120 days out**: Windows vary by state and typically open 60 to 120 days before expiration. NIPR suggests finishing CE at least 30 days ahead, since results take 3 to 5 business days to reach the state and NIPR. - **Fees are not refunded**: Each application carries state fees plus NIPR's transaction fee, currently $5.60, and fees are not refunded. A duplicate application warning means stop and contact NIPR before paying twice. - **Each subscriber user has its own user ID**: Your company administrator creates user IDs, assigns each user the PDB products they may use and an account for invoicing. 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Yes, by arrangement. NIPR's business development team handles access to its APIs and services, and the NIPR Gateway lets your own system send appointments and terminations. PDB batch reports and alerts are subscriber services after a PDB access form and license agreement, invoiced monthly. ### What does a PDB report include? Demographic, licensing, appointment and regulatory action (RIRS) information for one producer. The PDB holds licensing details from all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Guam, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. ### Can I check many producers at once? Yes, as a PDB subscriber. Batch producer reports take producer data as a CSV or typed entries and come back as PDF or XML. With Fous, a workflow can run a batch report on a schedule and email you the result or post it to your system by webhook. ### Can I renew a license on someone else's behalf? Yes. LicenseHub asks for the licensee's identifying details, and NIPR's guide says to enter their information when you work on someone else's behalf. The application also asks who the Authorized Submitter is. ### Is Fous affiliated with the National Insurance Producer Registry? No. Fous is an independent product. You use it with your own NIPR access, and a method reads and does only what that account can. Fous is an independent product: it is not affiliated with, endorsed by or sponsored by the operator of NIPR (National Insurance Producer Registry). The name is used only to say which system this page is about. Something here wrong or out of date? Write to legal@fous.com.