Iowa Appointment Renewal for 2015

Key Information:

Iowa will be processing all appointment renewals electronically through the National Insurance Producer Registry (NIPR). 

  • The NIPR website is: www.nipr.com 
  • Iowa Renewal Date is March 15th, 2015.
  • Renewal period – Jan 02, 2015 through March 16th, 2015.
  • Iowa does not charge fees based on LOA but rather a retaliatory fee is charged based on the appointer’s state of domicile (See fee matrix below).
  • By using NIPR's Electronic Appointment Renewals, you will be assured that the Iowa Appointment Renewals will be updated. 
  • Electronic payment options offered by NIPR will immediately reflect the invoices as paid and will forward payment and renewal transactions to Iowa within 24 hours of that payment.
  • Invoices will not be displayed or made available for payment on the NIPR website after 4 pm CST on Monday, March 16th, 2015.
  • Iowa appointments will be updated to reflect termination of appointments as a result of non-payment after the renewal period ends (Close of
  • Business 4 pm CST) Monday, March 16th, 2015.

IMPORTANT PAYMENT INFORMATION

  • Payments for Iowa Appointment Renewals must be received by NIPR through the Electronic Options made available. If you are unable to process appointment renewals electronically, please contact the Iowa Department of Insurance, Agent Licensing Division at (515) 281-7760, Please speak to Jannae Lutter for assistance.
  • Pursuant to Iowa Law (10.16(4)): Failure to pay renewal appointment fees by Monday, March 16th, 2015 will result in termination of a company's appointments.
  • Appointments that are terminated due to nonpayment of renewal fees may be reinstated upon payment of the renewal fee plus a reinstatement fee of $500.00.

NOTE:  NO PAPER CHECKS:

  • Companies that submit a payment to NIPR via paper check will not have their renewal invoice processed and will have the payment refunded to them.
  • Since receipt of a paper check is through a lock box account, NIPR may take several days to post the paper check and issue a refund check to your company. 
    • NIPR is not responsible for any renewal late fees incurred during this period.

NIPR Transaction Fees

  • NIPR Renewal processing fee will equal 1% of the total state fee charged with a minimum of $5.00 and maximum of $1,000.00. Transaction fees must be paid to renew.

Example:

# of appointments State Fee per Appointment Renewal Total State Appointment Renewal Fee
100 $10.00 $1,000.00

NIPR Transaction fee would be 1% of the State Appointment Renewal Fee of $1,000.00 = $10.00

Iowa State Retaliatory Appointment Renewal Fees
State Renewal Start Date Renewal End Date Fees
AL January 2, 2015 March 16, 2015 $30.00
AR January 2, 2015 March 16, 2015 $10.00
CT January 2, 2015 March 16, 2015 $20.00
DC January 2, 2015 March 16, 2015 $25.00
FL January 2, 2015 March 16, 2015 $30.00
GA January 2, 2015 March 16, 2015 $10.00
KS January 2, 2015 March 16, 2015 $5.00
KY January 2, 2015 March 16, 2015 $20.00
LA January 2, 2015 March 16, 2015 $20.00
ME January 2, 2015 March 16, 2015 $30.00
MA January 2, 2015 March 16, 2015 $75.00
MI January 2, 2015 March 16, 2015 $5.00
MS January 2, 2015 March 16, 2015 $25.00
NV January 2, 2015 March 16, 2015 $15.00
NE January 2, 2015 March 16, 2015 $8.00
NJ January 2, 2015 March 16, 2015 $25.00
NM January 2, 2015 March 16, 2015 $23.00
NC January 2, 2015 March 16, 2015 $20.00
ND January 2, 2015 March 16, 2015 $10.00
OH January 2, 2015 March 16, 2015 $20.00
OK January 2, 2015 March 16, 2015 $27.50
PA January 2, 2015 March 16, 2015 $15.00
SC January 2, 2015 March 16, 2015 $20.00
SD January 2, 2015 March 16, 2015 $10.00
VT January 2, 2015 March 16, 2015 $30.00
VA January 2, 2015 March 16, 2015 $10.00
WA January 2, 2015 March 16, 2015 $10.00
WI January 2, 2015 March 16, 2015 $50.00
WY January 2, 2015 March 16, 2015 $15.00
IA January 2, 2015 March 16, 2015 $5.00
CN January 2, 2015 March 16, 2015 $5.00
All others January 2, 2015 March 16, 2015 $0.00

Payment Method and other Fees
Credit Card  No processing fee If you are paying by credit card (Visa, MasterCard, American Express, or Discover) the process will be entirely electronic. Please note there is a $60,000 limit on Credit Card payments. If your invoice exceeds $60,000, you must choose an alternative payment method. If you have questions regarding the other methods, please call NIPR Customer Service. An appropriate receipt will be displayed for you to print for your records.
Electronic Check There are no check processing fees for utilizing the electronic check payment method but NIPR transactions fees will apply Customers using the Pay by Check method should know that funds must be drawn on a U.S., Puerto Rican or U.S. Virgin Islands financial institution. 
An appropriate receipt will be displayed for you to print and file.
If your account needs a pre-authorization to use this electronic check service, you will need to provide your financial institution with this information: NIPR ACH - 9431763793.
There is a $25.00 returned check charge for any electronic check that does not clear the applicant’s bank. Additionally, the state will be notified if any issue with payment is not promptly resolved, possibly resulting in non-renewal of appointments or a reversal of renewals, until payment is made.

NIPR processing fees are not refundable. 

Process after January 2, 2015 when the electronic invoices are on the website is: 

  • On the Internet, go to www.nipr.com 
  • Follow the links to company appointment renewals and sign-in using your company identifiers: company cocode, FEIN, and/or company name 
  • After entering the necessary identifying information, you can:
    • Print/Pay the Invoice
    • View the detail report of appointment renewals
    • Print the Report
    • Download the Report as text (delimited)
    • Download the Report as XML. 
  • Help screens and NIPR Customer Support are available to guide you through the process.

If you have any questions regarding the appointment renewal process, contact: