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Producer Licensing (EX) Working Group
Executive (EX) Committee
Producer Licensing (EX) Task Force

The Producer Licensing (EX) Working Group supports:

 

2013 Charges

  • Continue to review the process for examination development and delivery of education materials for pre-licensing education and provide recommendations for best practices to ensure the timely review and updates of exam material and a process geared toward testing the qualifications for an entry-level position as a producer.—Essential

  • Continue to provide oversight and ongoing updates, as needed, to the State Licensing Handbook. —Essential

  • Provide ongoing maintenance and review of reciprocity guidelines and uniform application forms for continuing-education providers and state review and approval of courses.—Important

  • Provide input and feedback to NAIC/NIPR staff regarding the development of electronic-licensing applications, such as a centralized filing point for notification of administrative/criminal actions and Personalized Information Capture System (PICS) alerts for state insurance regulators.—Essential

  • Coordinate with other NAIC parent committees and working groups to review and provide recommendations on any new producer training requirements or continuing-education requirements, which are included in NAIC model acts, regulations and/or standards.—Essential

  • Monitor state implementation of the uniform business entity licensing standards.—Essential

  • Monitor state implementation of adjuster licensing reciprocity and develop minimum adjuster licensing standards to ensure appropriate consumer protections are in place with the implementation of the use of “Designated Home State.”—Essential

Conference Call Calendar

A full list of NAIC conference calls & interim meetings is available on the NAIC Conference Call Calendar.

Producer Licensing (EX) Working Group
NAIC Spring 2013 National Meeting
George R. Brown Convention
Center - Room 360 - Level 3 - Houston, TX
8:30AM - 10:00AM
Go to the exposure draft index.

STATE LICENSING HANDBOOK

CONTINUING EDUCATION

Continuing Educational Terms and Definitions

The Working Group recognizes the need for standardized definitions should be considered as key step in developing more uniform processes. Some of the national education providers created a list of commonly-used educational terms with definitions, for consideration by the PLWG. The agreed to terms and definitions, once discussed and approved, will be part of the CE guidelines document. The CE definitions document will be open through Friday, April 19, 2013.

Comments should be submitted to Greg Welker, gwelker@naic.org and Anne Marie Narcini annemarie.narcini@dobi.state.nj.us Document open for comment until April 19, 2013

Continuing Education Reciprocity Form & Continuing Edcuation Guidelines

The revised Continuing Education Reciprocity Form and the Guidelines for Online CE Course were adopted in September 2009. Both documents are currently open for comment.
Emergency Adjuster
The Securities & Insurance Licensing Association (SILA) has presented the Working Group with a Emergency Adjuster Licensing Best Practice Survey and Proposal. The documents presented from SILA represent the summary of all the information the group could accumulate in discussions with state regulators, insurers, independent claims organizations, and emergency adjuster experts.
documents and resources

LIMITED LINES:

NAIC Uniform Licensing Standards were revised throughout 2011 and fully adopted –during the NAIC Fall 2011 National Meeting.

Producer Licensing Testing and Examination Public Hearing 8.17.2010

TESTING & EXAMINATION:

The Producer Licensing (EX) Task Force’s – Producer Licensing Working Group held a public hearing August 17, 2010, at the NAIC Summer National Meeting to discuss producer licensing testing and examination development. Please find the presentations provided at the hearing, along with any written testimony submitted, below. In addition, the audio files have been attached.

Audio AUDIO FILES AVAILABLE

Hearing Testimony

Comments on Hearing:

AUDIO FILES: Aug. 17, 2010 NAIC – Producer Licensing Public Hearing on Testing and Examination Development

AudioAUDIO FILES: Each audio file is approximately 30 minutes in length.

STATE LICENSING HANDBOOK
The 2010 version of the State Licensing Handbook may be purchased from the NAIC Publications Department Click here to access the Publications Catalog. The 2013 Version will be available May 2013.

PRODUCER LICENSING REFERENCE DOCs

NAIC Producer Licensing Assessment Report:

PLMA FAQ

CONTINUING EDUCATION

Continuing Education Reciprocity webpage

Continuing Education
The revised Continuing Education Reciprocity Form and the Guidelines for Online CE Course were adopted in September 2009:

Uniform Criminal History and Regulatory Actions Background Guidelines.
Adopted by Executive Committee Winter 2009 National Meeting.

ADJUSTER LICENSING

Adjuster Licensing
The Adjuster Licensing Subgroup of the Producer Licensing (EX) Working Group has the NAIC Independent Adjuster Reciprocity Best Practices & Guidelines. The adopted draft was presented to the PLTF and then the Executive Committee for full adoption on 11.4.11.

The Independent Adjuster Licensing Guideline adopted by Executive Committee Fall 2008 National Meetings

REFERENCE MATERIALS

Surveys on Producer Issues

  • PDB vs. Home State Certification [PDF]
  • Licensable Versus Non-Licensable Activities [Word]
  • Commission Sharing Exemption [PDF]
  • Multi-State Commercial Lines Exemption [Excel] [PPT]
    Note: These are two separate items

NAIC UNIFORM APPLICATIONS

BIENNUAL REVIEW: The Working Group is currently soliciting comments on the NAIC Uniform Applications for Producer, Adjuster and Appointment. The Producer and Adjuster Applications will include the Individual and Business Entity (initial and renewal).

The comment period will be open through close of business on Friday, April 19th, 2013. This is the only time during the next two years that the Producer Licensing Working Group will consider changes to the applications.

2011 Uniform Applications

Individual Producer App PDF | WORD
Individual Producer Renewal App PDF | WORD
BE Producer App PDF | WORD
BE Producer Renewal App PDF | WORD
Individual Adjuster App PDF | WORD
Individual Adjuster Renewal App PDF | WORD
BE Adjuster App PDF | WORD
BE Adjuster Renewal App PDF | WORD

Please see the Product List by State document on the NIPR Web site for the states that use these products. The electronic applications at the NIPR site are based on these applications.

Related NAIC Publications

Compendium of State Laws on Insurance Topics

Model Laws, Regulations and Guidelines
Contacts
Media queries should be directed to the NAIC Communications Division at 816-783-8909 or news@naic.org.

Greg Welker
Antifraud Coordinator & Market Regulation Specialist II
816-783-8872

Tim Mullen
Director, Market Regulation
816-783-8260

Please see the current Committee List for a complete list of committee members.