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How to add insurance cards to Apple Wallet

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By Susan Meyer Info icon
Updated December 13, 2024
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Susan Meyer

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Susan is a licensed insurance agent and has worked as a writer and editor for over 10 years across a number of industries. She has worked at The Zebr…

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Beth joined The Zebra in 2022 as an Associate Content Strategist. She is a licensed insurance agent whose goal is to make insurance content easy to r…

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  1. Check if your insurance company supports digital cards
  2. Download your cards
  3. Adding cards to Apple Wallet

Proof of insurance at your fingertips

It’s a safe bet that most of our information is on our phones nowadays. Whether you’re looking over your checking account while waiting for a latte, getting a real-time alert from your credit card company while on vacation, or making a quick stock trade after a hot tip from your dentist (it could happen!)., having this information securely available on your phone is very convenient. 

So why, when you need your insurance card at the doctor's or after a fender bender, are most of us still scrambling through our pockets, wallets, or glove boxes? Alternatively, we can use apps like Apple Wallet or The Zebra Wallet, a digital wallet explicitly made for managing your insurance policies.

This isn’t an exaggeration, by the way. While just 14% of Americans report that they still organize their household expenses on paper or in folders, that number jumps to nearly 50% when it comes to organizing household insurance. 

So don’t worry—it’s not just you. People worldwide are dealing with insurance PDFs, cards, and paperwork and wondering how to organize even a small portion of it on their phones by adding their insurance cards to their Apple Wallets.

In this breakdown, we’ll explain step-by-step how to add your insurance card to your Apple Wallet. 

Do your insurance provider and state both support digital insurance cards?

The first step is to check whether your insurance company and state support digital ID cards.

As far as states go, almost every state allows for digital insurance IDs, with one exception: New Mexico.[2]

And that list is growing yearly in terms of insurance companies offering digital insurance cards with Apple Wallet support. The best way to check is via your insurance carrier’s website, but a few that we know offer Apple Wallet support are Aetna, Anthem, Allstate, BlueCross, Farmers, GEICO, Progressive, State Farm and USAA. 

If you use The Zebra Wallet, you can access and download your insurance cards by logging into your account so that you can keep track of everything all in one place. 

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The Zebra Wallet dashboard

Download your digital insurance card(s)

Now that you’ve confirmed your state and insurance company, it’s time to get that digital insurance card. 

  1. Download your insurance company's mobile app and sign in using your policy number, last name, and any other required information. If you’ve already made an online account with your insurance company — maybe to pay a bill or something like that — you should be able to log in to the mobile app using this same username and password. 
  1. Next, navigate to the section of the app that says something like “Digital Cards” or “ID Cards.” Depending on your carrier, this may differ, but you’ll want to look for the word “card” or “ID.” 

Add your insurance card(s) to your Apple Wallet

  1. Once you’re in the ID card section of your insurance company’s mobile app, look for a button that says “Add to Apple Wallet.” 
  2. Tap that button, and you will see a preview of what this digital insurance card will look like in your Apple Wallet. If everything looks good (that is, the information is correct and up to date), click the “Add” button at the top right. This will add this digital card to your Apple Wallet. 

There you have it! Repeat this process for each insurance card you want to add, and make sure to update the card whenever you renew or change your insurance.

Sources

  1. Why insurtech should avoid incrementalism. [Digital Insurance]

  2. Proof of insurance: What you need for your auto policy. [Yahoo Finance]