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NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF INSURANCE COMMISSIONER INITIATIVES

The Department joined the National Association of Insurance Commissioner’s (NAIC) Midwest Zone Continuing Education Reciprocity Project. As a member state,in most cases,a course approved by a participating state will be accepted by other participating states by submitting a standard filing form. This project should reduce the time needed to review and approve courses submitted by insurance companies,educational institutions,and others. The Department’s participation in this project began in January 2002.
PERSONAL LINES BROKER-AGENT AND CREDIT INSURANCE AGENT LICENSES
PLB successfully completed the following steps to implement legislation that created the new Personal Lines Broker-Agent and Credit Insurance Agent licenses effective January 1,2002:
● Developed Educational Objectives for the Personal Lines Broker-Agent license;
● Developed a qualifying examination for the Personal Lines Broker-Agent license;
● Promulgated emergency regulations for both the Personal Lines Broker-Agent and Credit Insurance Agent licenses;and,
● Developed a new license application that includes both new license types.
In addition to the new on-line renewal service,another e-government project affecting PLB was the development and implementation of a search program on the Department’s Website that is used by insurance agents and applicants to locate Education providers and courses. Insurance agents and applicants may now search for course information by entering license type,instruction method,education type and other optional criteria. Each search request results in a list of course names,dates,locations and hours.