Regulatory Updates

Effective July 19, 2025, Georgia will add a new status reason, “HB410 (House Bill 410) of 2025”. This status applies specifically to Business Entity Branch license types.

Effective June 10, 2025, Michigan's insurance licensing examinations vendor (PSI) will no longer offer remote proctoring. After this date, new registrations for remote proctored exams will not be accepted. For further details, please refer to the attached information.

Posted June 12, 2025, Arkansas posted a bulletin to summarize insurance-related legislation enacted during the 2025 Arkansas Legislative Session. The Department does not represent that this list is complete. Please see the attachment for more information.

Posted June 3, 2025, California updated the List of Approved Surplus Line Insurers (LASLI) to reflect that T.H.E. Insurance Company redomesticated from Louisiana to Delaware effective January 30, 2025.  The updated LASLI is available on the CDI website. Please see the attachment for more information. 

Posted June 10, 2025, New York has removed a company from the list of Excess & Surplus lines (E&S) insurers, maintained by the Excess Line Association of New York (ELANY). Please see the attachment for more information.

Effective January 1, 2026, Oregon’s limited Lines Travel Insurance Producer and Travel Insurance for residents and nonresidents licensing requirements are getting revised, and actions taken to travel agents if insurance laws are violated are being expanded.  

For more information, please see the following link - https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Measures/Overview/HB2128

Effective January 1, 2026, Hawaii is requiring residents and non-residents to complete the following requirements to sell, solicit, or negotiate a pet insurance product.  A pet insurance producer must be appropriately licensed under the property and casualty lines of authority and complete the required training in order to sell, solicit, or negotiate a pet insurance product. - An insurer must ensure that its producers are trained on: - Topics discussed below: and - Its pet insurance products' coverages and conditions. - The training must cover the following topics: - Preexisting conditions and waiting periods; - The differences between pet insurance and non-insurance wellness programs; - Chronic conditions, congenital anomalies and disorders, and hereditary disorders, and how pet insurance policies interact with those conditions or disorders; and - Rating, underwriting, renewal, and other related administrative topics. • Satisfaction of substantially similar training requirements in another state will satisfy this state's training requirements.

See the attachment for more information.

Effective July 19, 2025, Massachusetts appointment renewal invoices will be available for payment from July 19, 2025, through August 31, 2025. The termination deadline is July 14, 2025. The Massachusetts state appointment renewal fee is $75.00 per license class at an individual level, and $75.00 per member at the business level.

Effective July 11, 2025, South Carolina will require appointment terminations with the termination reason "Cancelled For Cause" to send documentation to the South Carolina Department of Insurance. Supporting documentation must be sent by email to agentmail@doi.sc.gov within 30 days of the appointment termination South Carolina is also updating accepted termination reasons. South Carolina will accept the following reasons: - Voluntary Termination - Inadequate Production  - Death - Company Defunct or Liquidation  - Company Indebtedness - Poor Policyholder Service  - Agent Moved  - Appointed in Error - Cancelled for Cause  South Carolina will no longer accept the following termination reasons: - Request for Regulatory Review 

Effective July 1, 2025, North Dakota will be updating the licensing, renewal, and appointment fees. Please see the chart below for more information.