Licensing Processing Announcement

The State of New Hampshire Insurance Department 21 South Fruit Street Suite 14 Concord, NH 03301 (603) 271-2261 Fax (603) 271-1406 TDD Access: Relay NH 1-800-735-2964 Roger A. Sevigny Commissioner Alex Feldvebel Deputy Commissioner LICENSING PROCESSING ANNOUNCEMENT October 9, 2008 Resident Producer and all Adjuster Application Processing on NIPR Effective October 10, 2008 Applications for the below license categories will be processed via the National Insurance Producer Registry (NIPR). License types and categories affected are: • Resident Producer Business Entity, all lines. Initial, **reinstatement, and renewal. • Resident Producer Individuals initial and **reinstatement. Initial applications will not process unless there is a valid examination score in our Licensing database as reported by our testing vendor. • Resident Producer Individuals renewal applications. Applicants for renewal must be CE compliant 60 days prior to license expiration, or become CE compliant during the 60 days preceding their license expiration date. Late CE completion during that 60 day period will incur a late CE penalty of $50. • Resident Adjusters initial licenses: Initial applications will not process unless there is a valid examination score in our Licensing database as reported by our testing vendor. • Non-Resident Adjusters initial and **reinstatement: must have a valid adjuster’s license issued by their resident state. Adjusters whose resident state does not issue Adjuster licenses must use our paper Adjuster application available from our website at www.nh.gov/insurance. Six months experience as an Adjuster is required unless the applicant has passed the NH Adjusters Examination. • Resident and non-resident Adjuster renewals. **Reinstatement is defined as a reactivation of an expired license within two years after the license expiration date. Resident Producers and all Adjuster’s must be CE compliant to reinstate. Reinstatements are processed for NH by NIPR as Initial applications.