Become a Minnesota Insurance Adjuster

AdjusterPro's Bottom-line: Residents must pass the state exam before licensure, unless they have passed a qualifying equivalent exam in another state. Non-residents holding a license in their home state can obtain the Minnesota license reciprocally. Significant rule changes are to be instituted on July 10, 2010. Click here to read about the impending changes.

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Adjuster License Requirements

To become a licensed Minnesota insurance adjuster, individuals must:

• Be 18 years of age or more;
• Be competent and trustworthy;
• Not have been involved in any activity that would cause license removal or suspension for three years before application.

Adjuster Exam Preparation

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Adjuster Exam Registration

You may schedule your Minnesota exam online.

Minnesota License Application

• Completed Minnesota Adjuster Application via Sircon;
• Application fee of $50.00;
• Certification that the Minnesota state exam has been passed (this will be submitted electronically by the License Exam Administrator);
• The following exceptions apply to the Minnesota exam requirement:
  • Instead of taking the Minnesota exam, applicants may fax documentation of passing results that they received on an equivalent adjuster exam in another state. (Fax to 651-284-4107)
  • Instead of submitting results for any exam, applicants may submit documentation of their successful completion of the Insurance Institute of America’s four-part adjuster program.
  • If an applicant has held an active adjuster license in Minnesota within the previous three years, then they do not need to take the exam to re-activate the same class of license. However, if it has been longer than three years since the applicant held the license, they will have to re-take the exam for re-activation.
• For more details regarding the application process, see Insurance Licensing Instructions.

Reciprocity

Minnesota grants licensure to applicants who have either completed an examination as prescribed by the Minnesota Commissioner of Commerce or a similar examination in another state whose standards are equivalent (the exam need not be state-sponsored, but it must be offered as part of a state-approved mechanism for obtaining licensure - such as an approved pre-licensing education course). You should obtain a letter from that other state, affirming that you have fulfilled such requirements, and present it to the State of Minnesota as proof. For specific questions regarding eligibility, call the Market Assurance staff at (651) 296-2488.

Maintaining Your License

• As of July 10, 2010 - 24 Hours Continuing Education will be required of adjusters. 3 of those hours must in Ethics.
• Name changes must be processed online through Sircon.

License Fees

• Initial Licensing and Application Fee: $50

Contact the Minnesota Department of Insurance

85 7th Place East, Suite 500, St. Paul, MN 55101

Phone: (651) 296-6319, Phone: (517) 381-3860 (Sircon Licensing) Fax: (651) 284-4107

Email: General inquiries - licensing.commerce@state.mn.us, PreLicensing and CE inquiries: education.commerce@state.mn.us