Regulatory Updates

Effective October 10, 2025, North Carolina will be reporting Single Service Company Licenses for display on the Producer Database. North Carolina is also allowing the following Line of Authority for online application and appointments, Vision Services.

Posted September 4, 2025, New Mexico posted a reminder that all licensees and applicants are required to comply with the disclosing and/or reporting requirements of New Mexico. Starting in October 2025, the state will conduct audits of all licensee records. Please see the attachment for more information.

Effective October 10, 2025, North Carolina is requiring Nonresident Adjuster License applicants who are residents of California, Hawaii, and New York to pass the North Carolina Adjuster Exam.   Nonresident Adjuster applicants are not allowed to designate California, Hawaii, or New York as their Designated Home State.  

Effective January 1, 2026, the District of Columbia requires all licensed producers with surplus lines authority doing business in DC to transition from a paper filing system to a standardized electronic filing system using OPT_ins_ Please see the attachment for more information.

Effective October 17, 2025, Arizona will update application requirements for the following license classes: Surplus Lines Broker and Life Settlement Brokers. If these new requirements are not met, the application will be rejected.  - Surplus Lines Broker applicants must hold an active Arizona Insurance Producer license with Property and/or Casualty line of authority. - Life Settlement Broker applicants must hold an active Arizona Insurance Producer license with the Life line of authority.

Posted August 5, 2025, West Virginia is soliciting comments regarding the surplus lines export list. Comments must be submitted on or before September 12, 2025, at 5:00 p.m. to the following email address: [Greg.A.Elam@wv.gov](mailto:greg.A.Elam@wv.gov). Please see the attachment for more information. 

Posted August 27, 2025, The Surplus Lines Association of California posted a bulletin that updated the List of Approved Surplus Line Insurers (LASLI) to reflect that: - Removal of Peleus Insurance Company (Virginia) effective July 1, 2025.  The updated LASLI in its entirety is available on the [CDI website.](https://www.insurance.ca.gov/01-consumers/120-company/07-lasli/lasli.cfm)  Please see the attachment for more information. 

Posted August 27, 2025, The Pennsylvania Surplus Lines Association (PSLA) published a list of changes for the Eligible Surplus Lines Insurer list. Please see the attachment for more information.

Posted August 22, 2025, New York added a new company to 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 July 29, 2025, Georgia added language for residents and nonresidents to be issued a Georgia Access Specialist license. To obtain a license, the applicant must: - Submit an application on the Commissioner-provided form (including an acknowledgement that the Georgia  Access Specialist license is not alone sufficient to sell, solicit, or negotiate insurance in Georgia); - Complete Georgia Access Certification Training; - Pass any required exam; - Submit a Counselor Designation Organization Affiliation form; - Complete annual registration on Sircon (no fee required); - Submit a Citizenship Affidavit; and - Be at least 18 years old. - Each Georgia Access Specialist license will expire on August 31. - The licensee must submit a license renewal on the Commissioner-prescribed form by August 31. - Failure to file the required license renewal form will result in license expiration. For more information on Georgia Access Specialists, visit the following links:  - [Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. r. 120-2-3-.48](https://rules.sos.ga.gov/gac/120-2-3-.48v1) - [GA Gov](https://oci.georgia.gov/agents-agency-licensing/navigators-and-georgia-access-specialists-cacs)