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Effective June 30, 2026, Ohio will be requiring residents and nonresidents to be a pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) licensed to solicit a plan or plan sponsor that is domiciled in Ohio or has its principal headquarters or principal administrative office in Ohio to act as a PBM.
- Pharmacy benefit manager means an entity that contracts with pharmacies on behalf of an employer, a multiple-employer welfare arrangement, public employee benefit plan, state agency, insurer, managed care organization, or other third-party payer to provide claims processing services, pharmacy benefit management services or administration, or other prescription drug or device services. - Pharmacy benefit manager includes the state pharmacy benefit manager selected under OH ST § 5167.24. - A pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) must be licensed to solicit a plan or plan sponsor that is domiciled in Ohio or has its principal headquarters or principal administrative office in Ohio to act as a PBM. - No person may provide pharmacy benefit management services unless licensed. - No person may solicit a plan, act as a PBM, or otherwise provide pharmacy benefit management services while the PBM license is expired. - A PBM license applicant must: - Submit the required license application, including evidence satisfactory to the Superintendent that the applicant meets the requirements in (c) and (d) below; - Pay the license fee; - If an individual: - Be at least 18 years old; - Not have been previously convicted of a financially related felony; - Not have committed any act that is grounds for PBM license denial, suspension, or revocation; - Consent to a criminal records check (with results satisfactory to the Superintendent); - Provide proof of U.S. citizenship or proof of legal authorization to work in the U.S.; and - Provide any additional information or documents required by the Superintendent; and - If a business entity: - Be domiciled or maintain its principal place of business in Ohio, as evidenced by a certificate of good standing issued by the Secretary of State; - Identify all officers, directors, partners, or members of the business entity and identify any owners or members that hold 5% or more ownership in the entity; - Identify an officer, director, partner, or member responsible for the entity's compliance with PBM statutes; - Not have been, and not have any officer, director, partner, or member that has been, previously convicted of a financially related felony; - Not have committed, and not have any officer, director, partner, or member that has committed, any act that is grounds for PBM license denial, suspension, or revocation; and - Provide any additional information or documents requested by the Superintendent. - The Superintendent must approve or deny a license application within a reasonable time after receipt. - Within 30 days after denying a license application, the Superintendent must notify the applicant of: - The denial; - Reasons for denial; and - The right to a hearing within 30 days of receiving the notice. - Upon approval of the application and receiving payment of the license fee, the Superintendent must grant the PBM license. - The initial PBM license is effective on the application approval date and expires annually on June 30. - If the initial license is approved in May or June, the license expires on June 30 of the following year. - The Superintendent must provide a renewal notice to each licensee by May 1. - To renew a license, a PBM must: - Submit a renewal application; and - Pay the license renewal fee. - A licensee must not apply for license renewal more than 90 days before the license expiration date. - The license will expire on the expiration date if the PBM does not apply for renewal and pay the renewal fee by the deadline. - A PBM may reinstate an expired license by paying a fee of 1.5 times the regular renewal fee. - A PBM must notify the Superintendent if the PBM, or any owner of the PBM, is subject to administrative action by a governmental entity having professional, occupational, or financial authority in Ohio or another state while the PBM holds a license under Chapter 3957. The notice must be provided within 30 days after the entry date of the final disposition of the matter and must include: - A copy of the order; - Consent order; or - Any other relevant documents related to the matter. - - A PBM must notify the Superintendent of any criminal prosecution of the PBM, or any owner of the PBM, in Ohio or another state, other than a misdemeanor traffic offense, while the PBM holds a PBM license. - The notice must: - Be provided within 30 days after the person's initial appearance before a judge or magistrate; and - Include a certified copy of the charging document. - Within 30 days after final disposition of the criminal prosecution, the PBM must provide the Superintendent with: - A certified copy of the court's entry or order that reflects the final disposition of the prosecution; and - Any other relevant documents related to the prosecution. Please see the attachment for more information.
April 28, 2026, Colorado fee updates will be applied to the initial and renewal fees per lines of authority for both Resident and Nonresident Public Adjuster licenses. - Resident License (Initial) - Old fee - $47.00 - New fee - $44.00
- Nonresident License (Initial) - Old fee - $71.00 - New fee - $68.00
- Nonresident License (Renewal) - Old fee - $43.00 - New fee - $40.00
Effective July 30, 2026, Arizona resident adjusters meeting the following conditions of being a salaried employee of an insurer or an MGA may be licensed as an adjuster in Arizona without taking Arizona's adjuster examination.
- The salaried employee: - Must be an Arizona resident who held an active designated home state adjuster license in another state before 1/1/2026; - Who holds an active designated home state adjuster license from another state must be currently in good standing in the other state; - Must submit the Director-prescribed license application, fee, and fingerprints on or before 6/30/2027; and - Must have qualified for a designated home state adjuster license in the other state by passing a state-approved examination. - The adjuster may only adjust claims as a salaried employee of an insurer or an MGA and may not: - Adjust claims on an insured's behalf; or - Adjust claims on behalf of an insurer in a capacity other than as a salaried employee of the insurer or MGA. - The license is valid and renewable only for as long as the person adjusts claims as a salaried employee of the licensed insurer or MGA. A person wishing to act as or claim to be an adjuster must apply for and obtain an adjuster license. Please see the following link to learn more about this change around resident Arizona adjuster licensing https://legiscan.com/AZ/text/SB1415/2026
Effective June 3, 2026, Vermont company appointment renewal invoices will be available for payment from June 3, 2026, through June 30, 2026
The termination deadline is May 31, 2026. The costs are broken down below.
Effective January 1, 2027, Washington's Travel insurance framework will roll out. Please see below for more details on the framework update.
- "Limited lines travel insurance producer" means: - A licensed insurance producer, including a licensed limited lines producer of travel insurance; or - A travel administrator. - "Travel administrator" means a person who directly or indirectly underwrites, collects charges, collateral, or premiums from, or adjusts or settles claims on Washington residents in connection with travel insurance. The following persons will not be considered travel administrators: - A person working for a travel administrator, to the extent the person's activities are subject to the travel administrator's supervision and control; - An insurance producer selling insurance or engaged in administrative and claims-related activities within the producer's license scope; - A travel retailer offering and disseminating travel insurance that is registered under a limited lines travel insurance producer's license; - An attorney-at-law who adjusts insurance losses from time to time incidental to the practice of their profession and who does not collect charges or premiums in connection with insurance coverage; or - A business entity that is affiliated with an authorized insurer while acting as a travel administrator for the affiliated insurer's direct and assumed insurance business. - "Travel insurance": - Means insurance coverage for personal risks incident to planned travel, including: - Trip or event interruption or cancellation; - Loss of baggage or personal effects; - Damages to accommodations or rental vehicles; - Sickness, accident, disability, or death occurring during travel, provided that the health benefits are not offered on a stand alone basis and are incidental to other coverage; - Emergency evacuation; - Repatriation of remains; and - Any other contractual obligation to indemnify or pay a specified amount to a traveler upon determinable contingencies related to travel, approved by the. Commissioner; and - Does not include: - Major medical plans that provide comprehensive medical protection for travelers with trips lasting 6 months or longer including, for example, those working or residing overseas as an expatriate; or - Any other product requiring a specific insurance producer license. - The Commissioner may issue a limited lines travel insurance producer license to an individual or a business entity. - Applicants must file the required license application. - The limited lines travel insurance producer must be licensed to sell, solicit, or negotiate travel insurance through an authorized insurer. - No person may act as a limited lines travel insurance producer or travel retailer unless properly licensed or registered, respectively. - Limited lines travel insurance producers and travel retailers are subject to the same criteria for suspension, revocation, and penalties applicable to resident insurance producers under - A travel retailer may offer and disseminate travel insurance under a limited lines travel insurance producer business entity license if: - The producer or travel retailer provides to the travel insurance purchasers: - The actual material terms of insurance coverage or a description of the material terms of the insurance coverage; - A description of the claims filing process; - A description of the review or cancellation process for the travel insurance policy; and - The insurer's and limited lines travel insurance producer's identity and contact information; - At the time of licensure, the limited lines travel insurance producer establishes and maintains a register of each travel retailer that offers travel insurance on the producer's behalf; - The limited lines travel producer: - Certifies that the travel retailer registered complies with 18 USCA § 1033; - Designates an employee who is a licensed individual producer as the person responsible for the compliance with Washington's travel insurance laws and rules applicable to the producer and its registrants; - Pays the applicable licensing fees; and - Requires each of the travel retailer's employees and authorized representatives that offer and disseminate travel insurance to complete a training program, which is subject to the Commissioner's review and approval, that covers: - The types of insurance offered; - Ethical sales practices; and - Required disclosures to prospective purchasers; and •The employee designated under (6)(c (II), president, secretary, treasurer, and any other officer or person who directs or controls the producer's insurance operations complies with the fingerprinting requirements applicable to insurance producers in the limited lines travel insurance producer's resident state. - The register discussed above must: - Be created on the Commissioner-prescribed form; - Be maintained and updated by the limited lines travel insurance producer; - Include: - The name, address, and contact information of the travel retailer and an officer or person who directs or controls the travel retailer's operations; and - The travel retailer's federal tax identification number; and - Be submitted to the Commissioner annually in the Commissioner-prescribed form and manner. - The travel retailer must make brochures or other written materials available to prospective purchasers that have been approved by the travel insurer. The materials must: - Provide the insurer's and limited lines travel insurance producer's identity and contact information; - Explain that purchase of travel insurance is not required to purchase any other product or service from the travel retailer; and - Explain that an unlicensed travel retailer may provide general information about the offered travel insurance, including a description of the coverage and price, but is not qualified or authorized to: - Answer technical questions about the insurance terms and conditions; or - Evaluate the adequacy of the customer's existing insurance coverage. - A travel retailer's employee or authorized representative who is not licensed as an insurance producer may not: - Evaluate or interpret the technical terms, benefits, or conditions of the offered travel insurance coverage; - Evaluate or provide advice concerning a prospective purchaser's existing insurance coverage; or - Hold himself/herself out as an authorized insurer, licensed producer, or insurance expert. - As the insurer designee, the limited lines travel insurance producer: - Is responsible for the acts of a travel retailer; and - Must ensure that the travel retailer complies with the Washington Travel Insurance Act. - The limited lines travel insurance producer is responsible for any acts committed by any unlicensed persons that violate the Insurance Code under the producer's or travel retailer's supervision, control, or direction. The Commissioner may enforce the provisions of Title 48 (Insurance) against the limited lines travel insurance producer or travel retailer for any such acts. - Travel administrators are subject to the requirements below. - To act or represent itself as a travel administrator for travel insurance in Washington, a person must be licensed as a limited lines travel insurance producer. - A travel administrator and its employees are exempt from the adjuster licensing requirements of WA ST 48.17.060(2) for travel insurance the travel administrator administers. - An insurer is responsible for: - The acts of a travel administrator administering travel insurance underwritten by the insurer; and - Ensuring that the travel administrator maintains all books and records relevant to the insurer, to be made available by the travel administrator to the Commissioner upon request.
Effective March 27, 2026, Wisconsin updated clarifying language around individual navigators and navigator entities for residents and nonresidents. For more information on the word changes, please visit https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2025/related/acts/122
Effective April 15, 2026, Kentucky will stop processing initial Public Adjuster and Apprentice Adjuster license applications for two years.
Posted April 13, 2026, Delaware has completed its review of the proposed Export List presented at the March 19, 2026 public hearing and has issued a Final Order adopting the Export List. Please see the attached bulletin post for the Export List.
Posted April 14, 2026, The California Department of Insurance will hold a hearing about the Export List in the near future. The state asks that interested parties provide information on any suggested additions, modifications, or deletions to the Export List no later than 5:00 pm Pacific Time on May 1, 2026. Please direct this information to: ExportListHearing@insurance.ca.gov
Effective May 6, 2026, the general requirements for Utah resident and nonresident licenses are being updated.
The following changes apply to Utah resident licensees: - Title Agents are now required to maintain a fidelity bond or crime insurance policy of $500,000 (increased from $250,000), along with a professional liability insurance policy. - The Commissioner may take any of the following actions against a title insurance producer who conducts title insurance business without an appointment from a title insurer or has not had an appointment from a title insurer for more than 28 consecutive days: - Long-term care producers are no longer subject to training requirements. The following changes apply to both resident and nonresident licensees: - Long-term care producers are no longer required to hold an accident and health line of authority. - The Commissioner may assess a forfeiture, suspend, revoke, limit, or deny any license, or take a combination of these actions, after proper notice and hearing, for the following causes: failure to maintain an active resident license in the home state or designated home state.
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