Title 31, Insurance and Securities.

(a) An individual applying for a resident insurance producer license shall pass a written examination unless the individual is: (1) Applying for a limited lines insurance producer license or a license in the surplus lines line of authority; or (2) Exempt from examination under § …

(a) The Commissioner may require, by rule, that an individual, other than an applicant for a title insurance producer license, complete a pre-licensing course of study before: (1) Taking the examination required by § 31-1131.05; or (2) Applying for an insurance producer license. …

(a) The Commissioner may require, by rule, that an individual, not exempt under subsections (b), (c), or (d) of this section, complete a pre-licensing course of study before: (1) Taking the examination required by § 31-1131.05; or (2) Applying for an insurance producer license. (…

(a) An individual applying for a resident insurance producer license shall make application to the Commissioner on the Uniform Individual Application and declare under penalty of refusal, suspension, or revocation of the license that the statements made in the application are tru…

(a) An individual applying for a resident insurance producer license under this chapter (except for an individual applying only for a limited lines insurance producer license) and each officer, director, partner of, and owner of a controlling interest in, a business entity applyi…

(a) Unless denied licensure under § 31-1131.12, persons who have met the requirements of §§ 31-1131.05 and 31-1131.06 shall be issued a resident insurance producer license. An insurance producer may receive qualification for a license in one or more of the following lines of insu…

(a) An initial individual insurance producer license issued after May 13, 2008, and the first renewal after May 13, 2008, of an individual insurance producer license initially issued before May 13, 2008, shall expire on the last day of the birth month of the producer that falls n…

All individual title insurance producers shall fulfill the following continuing education requirements: (1) Eight hours biennially for District of Columbia barred attorneys in courses specific to District of Columbia real estate laws and related regulations, and any other continu…

(a) A person may request a nonresident license if the person is licensed as a resident insurance producer in another state. (a-1) A person requesting a nonresident insurance producer license shall make his or her request on a form, or through such means, prescribed by the Commiss…

(a) A licensee shall inform the Commissioner of a change of the licensee’s residential or business address within 30 days of the change of address. A nonresident insurance producer who moves from one state to another state or a resident insurance producer who moves from the Distr…

(a) An individual who applies for a resident insurance producer license in the District shall not be required to complete any prelicensing education (if prelicensing education is required by the Commissioner pursuant to § 31-1131.05a) or examination if: (1) The individual is curr…

An insurance producer doing business under any name other than the producer’s legal name shall notify the Commissioner prior to using the assumed name.

(a) The Commissioner may issue a temporary insurance producer license for a period not to exceed 180 days without requiring an examination if the Commissioner determines that the temporary license shall be necessary for the servicing of an insurance business for: (1) The survivin…

(a) The Commissioner may refuse to issue an insurance producer license; place an insurance producer on probation; suspend, revoke, or refuse to renew an insurance producer’s license; levy a civil penalty in accordance with subsection (d) of this section; issue subpoenas and admin…

(a) An insurer or insurance producer shall not pay a commission, service fee, brokerage fee, or other valuable consideration to a person for selling, soliciting, or negotiating insurance in the District if that person is required to be licensed under this chapter and is not licen…

(a) An insurance producer shall not act as an agent of an insurer unless the insurance producer becomes an appointed agent of that insurer. An insurance producer who is not acting as an agent of an insurer shall not be required to become appointed. (b) To appoint an insurance pro…

(a) An insurer, or authorized representative of the insurer, that terminates the appointment, employment, contract, or other insurance business relationship with an insurance producer shall notify the Commissioner within 30 days after the effective date of the termination, on a f…

(a) Except for the requirements imposed by § 31-1131.08, the Commissioner shall waive any requirements for a nonresident license applicant with a valid license from his or her home state, if the applicant’s home state awards nonresident licenses to residents of the District on th…

(a) An insurance producer shall report to the Commissioner any administrative action taken against the insurance producer in another jurisdiction or by another governmental agency in the District within 30 days of the final disposition of the matter. The report shall include a co…

The Commissioner may promulgate rules and regulations necessary or appropriate to implement the provisions of this chapter.

(a) A license to do business as an insurance agent or broker in the District issued prior to March 27, 2003, shall be valid. (b) This chapter shall not apply to any action, prosecution, or proceeding which is pending or may be initiated on the basis of facts and circumstances occ…