Definitions

As used in this chapter, unless the context or subject matter otherwise requires: 1. "Commissioner" means the insurance commissioner. 2. "Coordinator" means an individual who is responsible for monitoring insurance continuing education offerings and who serves as the liaison for students, instructors, and the commissioner. 3. "Instructor" means an individual who teaches, lectures, or otherwise instructs an insurance continuing education offering. 4. "Insurance continuing education" means an accredited educational experience derived from participation in approved lectures, seminars, and correspondence courses in areas related to insurance. This education must be designed to improve the professional skills of the participant and upgrade the standard of all insurance licensees to better serve the public. 5. "Insurance lines of authority" for insurance continuing education purposes include life and annuity insurance, accident and health insurance, property insurance, casualty insurance, personal lines insurance, and crop hail insurance. 6. "Insurance producer or licensee" means a natural person licensed by this state for the type and kind of insurance being marketed and for which licensing examinations are required. 7. "License" means the authorization issued to an individual by the insurance commissioner to act as an insurance producer. 8. "License applicant" means a person not currently licensed or an insurance producer seeking a license for a line or lines of insurance for which the person is not currently licensed. 9. "National insurance education program" means a curriculum dedicated to the continuance of insurance education, leading to a nationally accepted insurance designation, such as a chartered property casualty underwriter (CPCU), a chartered life underwriter (CLU), or a registered health underwriter (RHU). 10. "Provider" means a natural person, firm, institution, partnership, corporation, or association offering or providing insurance education.