Bill Text: MS HB957 | 2017 | Regular Session | Enrolled

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Bill Title: Insurance adjusters; revise licensing laws regarding.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2017-03-10 - Approved by Governor [HB957 Detail]

Download: Mississippi-2017-HB957-Enrolled.html

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MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

2017 Regular Session

To: Insurance

By: Representative Chism

House Bill 957

(As Sent to Governor)

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTIONS 83-17-407 AND 83-17-417, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THE COMMISSIONER OF INSURANCE WITH A LICENSURE WAIVER AND EXEMPTION FOR CERTAIN ADJUSTER LICENSE APPLICANTS; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

     BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:

     SECTION 1.  Section 83-17-407, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:

     83-17-407.  The commissioner may waive any license requirement for an applicant with a valid license from another state having license requirements substantially equivalent to those of this state, or an applicant with a certification from a person or entity approved by the commissioner that provides adjuster education and training and has met the standards as set forth by the commissioner regarding pre-licensing coursework and examination.  No applicant with a valid license from another state shall be rejected solely on the basis that the individual is not a resident of the United States of America.

     SECTION 2.  Section 83-17-417, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:

     83-17-417.  (1)  Each applicant for a license as an adjuster, before the issuance of such license, shall personally take and pass, to the satisfaction of the commissioner, an examination as a test of his qualifications and competency; but the requirement of an examination shall not apply to any of the following:

          (a)  An applicant who for the one-year period next preceding July 1, 1993, has been principally engaged in the investigation, adjustment or supervision of losses and who is so engaged on July 1, 1993;

          (b)  An applicant for the renewal of a license issued hereunder;

          (c)  An applicant who is licensed as an insurance adjuster, as defined by this article, in another state with which state a reciprocal agreement has been entered into by the commissioner; * * * or

          (d)  Any person who possesses a certification from a person or entity approved by the commissioner that provides adjuster education and training and that requires, as a prerequisite to certification, an examination substantially equivalent to those of this state and approved by the commissioner; or

          ( * * *de)  Any person who has completed a course or training program in adjusting of losses as prescribed and approved by the commissioner and is certified to the commissioner upon completion of the course that such person has completed the course or training program, and has passed an examination testing his knowledge and qualification, as prescribed by the commissioner. 

     (2)  Each examination for a license as an adjuster shall be as the commissioner may prescribe and shall be of sufficient scope reasonably to test the applicant's knowledge relative to the kinds of insurance which may be dealt with under the license applied for and the duties, responsibilities and laws of this state applicable to such a licensee. 

     (3)  The commissioner shall prepare and make available to applicants a manual or instructions specifying in general terms the subjects which may be covered in any examination for such a license.

     SECTION 3.  This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2017.

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