Resident Public Adjuster Licensing Application & Requirements

K.S.A. 40-5501 et. seq., governs the activities of public adjusters.

To apply for a Kansas resident public adjuster license, you must satisfy or meet the following requirements:

1. Be at least 18 years of age.
2. Apply for a Certificate of Tax Clearance from the Kansas Department of Revenue and attach the Certificate of Tax Clearance to the NIPR Attachment Warehouse. You must electronically upload the Certificate of Tax Clearance to the application by visiting Attachment Warehouse NIPR and selecting “ALD” Additional Licensing Documents. Your application will not be processed until a Certificate of Tax Clearance has been received by the Department. Please note: A Certificate of Tax Clearance is valid for the period stated on the Certificate of Tax Clearance. The NIPR Attachment Warehouse is available approximately 15 minutes after submitting the application through NIPR or up to 24 hours using a third-party retailer.
3. Be fingerprinted and submit a KBI waiver form for a criminal history background check. Applicants are required to submit physical fingerprint cards and a Kansas Bureau of Investigations Fingerprint Form via mail to the Kansas Department of Insurance at 1300 S.W. Arrowhead Rd. Topeka, KS 66604.
4. Submit the NAIC Uniform Application for Individual Adjuster through the National Insurance Producer Registry (NIPR).
5. At the time you apply, you must pay an application fee of $100 and fingerprinting fee of $60. Both fees are nonrefundable.
6. You must have passed the Kansas Public Adjusters Examination (K.S.A. 40-5501 et. seq., governs the activities of public adjusters). See the Producer Examinations page for specific information on licensing examinations (licensing test scores are valid for two years from the date of examination.)

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License Renewal and Continuing Education

Each resident public adjuster may renew the license biennially. The biennial due date is the last day of the public adjuster’s birth month, in an even- or odd-numbered year, depending on whether you were born in an even- or odd-numbered year. For newly licensed adjusters, such due date shall not be earlier than two years from the date of the initial licensure.

Requirements for license renewal:

• Complete 18 hours of approved continuing education credit every two years, with at least three hours of instruction in insurance ethics.
• Submit a renewal application and pay a $100 biennial renewal fee through nipr.com at the time of their biennial renewal.
• CE providers must submit CE completion information electronically to State Based Systems (SBS). The Department will not accept any completion certificates (whether in paper or electronic form) from licensees or CE completion information from CE providers after January 1, 2022.

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Maintaining Your Public Adjuster License

• Resident public adjusters must satisfy the continuing education requirements in Kansas.
• You must keep a current email address on file. All notices and other communications will be sent via email.
• You must report changes in home and mailing addresses, email addresses and telephone numbers within 30 days of occurrence. These must be reported via a Contact Change Request (CCR) through NIPR. Do not notify the Department directly of these changes.
• Resident licensees should submit name change requests through NIPR contact change information.
• You are also required to notify the Department of, within 30 days of occurrence, any regulatory actions, terminations for cause, actions taken against a license in another state, and new convictions. These must be reported to the Department at KDOI.Licensing@ks.gov with “Report of Action” in the Subject of the email.