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Effective October 1, 2022, Maryland will allow a qualified surplus lines broker to charge a reasonable policy fee on a policy issued by a surplus lines insurer to an exempt commercial policyholder. See attached Bulletin
Rhode Island added conditions to which a Resident or Nonresident may obtain an Adjuster License, and bypass the written examination effective January 1, 2023.
Effective July 8, 2022, Utah began to offer a limited line license for producers to sell Pet Insurance. This was previously under the umbrella of the Property line of authority.
New Hamsphire has listed updates to the following: Fees, General requirements for an organization nonresident license, Discount Medical Plan Organizations requirements, and license renewal and causes for license revocation and surrender.
Designated Home State (DHS) is ONLY acceptable when there is no home state license offered by their state. If the state of a staff adjuster that does not require staff adjuster licensing offers independent adjuster licensing and allows staff adjusters to obtain this license, the adjuster must obtain the independent adjuster license. Also, one cannot have a DHS license in a different state when they are applying for a WY DHS license.
Florida is now including Resident Insurance Adjuster Firm and Nonresident Insurance Adjuster Firm business entity license classes to be displayed on the PDB.
Kansas has published their list of approved non-admitted carriers list. - Southlake Specialty Insurance Corporation was added to the list
This announcement is a result of recent fraud cases surfacing that were not reported. It highlights that fraud is a serious matter and can result in a fine or becoming barred from conducting insurance in NH. Any individual, agency, carrier, etc. can report fraud.
Effective June 30, 2022, firms are able to subscribe to a new firm setting via the FINRA gateway. In doing this, all regulatory CE elements for individuals will be applied.
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