Maryland Appointment Renewal Announcement

May 7, 2014

Maryland Motor Club Appointment Renewals for 2014

Key Information:

Maryland will process all appointment renewals electronically through the National Insurance Producer Registry in 2014.

The NIPR website is: www.nipr.com
Termination notices for individual appointments that you do not wish to renew must be received by NIPR no later than May 21, 2014 to allow sufficient time for processing and posting to PDB before the renewal billing is created.
Terminations can be made by NIPR Subscribers through the Interactive Appointment/Termination Application or the Company Appointment Reconciliation Report (CARR). If you are not a subscriber, please contact NIPR at 816-783-8467 or marketing@nipr.com for subscription information. You may also utilize the services of a NIPR Authorized Business Partner (http://www.nipr.com/general/business-partners.htm).
On June 1, 2014, the NIPR website will display the invoice and a list of appointments due for renewal.
Appointment renewal fees will be due by August 31, 2014 4:00 pm CDT for all motor club representatives listed on the invoice.
Motor Clubs Companies will not be allowed to terminate or cross-off any names from the invoice.
Invoices will no longer be displayed on the NIPR website after August 31, 2014 4:00 pm CDT.
All appointments will be canceled if the invoice is not paid by August 31, 2014 4:00 pm CDT.
Appointments will not be renewed if payment is less than invoice total.

IMPORTANT PAYMENT INFORMATION

Payments for Maryland Appointment Renewals must be received by NIPR through the Electronic Options made available. If you are unable to process appointment or appointment renewals electronically, please contact Maryland Insurance Administration directly 1-888-204-6198.

*NOTE: NO PAPER CHECKS:

Companies that submit a payment to NIPR via paper check will not have the 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.

Therefore, you may not receive the refunded check before the payment deadline.

Maryland will terminate all appointments that have not been paid by close of business on August 31, 2014 4:00 pm CDT.

Maryland does not issue refunds.

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 $1000.00.

Example:

# of appointments	State Fee per Appointment Renewal	Total State Appointment Renewal Fee
100	$10.00	$1000.00

NIPR Transaction fee would be 1% of the State Appointment Renewal Fee of $1000.00 = $10.00.

Maryland State Appointment Renewal Fees
June 1, 2014	To	August 31, 2014	$2.00 / appointment renewal
After August 31, 2014 4:00 pm CDT			No payment accepted

Company Class (Appointer)	Company Line of Authority
Motor Club	No Lines
Class of Appointments that will be Renewed (Appointee)	Line of Authority of Appointments that will be Renewed
Motor Club Representative	No Lines

Payment Method and other Fees
Credit Card		If you are paying by credit card (Visa, MasterCard, or American Express) the process will be entirely electronic. Please note there is a $60,000.00 limit on Credit Card payments. If your invoice exceeds $60,000.00, 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	A few banks or credit unions may not participate in electronic check services If your bank 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.
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Process beginning June 1, 2014 when the electronic invoices are on the website:

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:

NIPR Customer Service at abpdirect@nipr.com.
Maryland Insurance Administration at 1-888-204-6198.