Detailed information about licensing for insurance adjusters operating in Minnesota and links to appropriate forms.
There are three types of applicants: 1) Minnesota residents, 2) non-residents, and 3) non-residents who live in a state without independent adjuster licensing.
Detailed information about licensing for insurance adjusters operating in Minnesota and links to appropriate forms.
Complete the Catastrophe Adjuster Registration application online at Sircon.
Read Minnesota Statute §72B.06 for more about catastrophe and emergency situations.
A Minnesota crop hail adjuster license is a limited license. The licensee may only act as an adjuster in regard to insurance policies against crop damage by hail. To adjust claims for crop damage from any other peril, including MPCI claims, you must get an independent or public adjuster license with the crop line of authority.
Exception: A licensed crop hail adjuster who has satisfactorily completed the loss adjustment training curriculum and competency testing required by the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation (FCIC) Standard Reinsurance Agreement may adjust MPCI claims.
Complete the Crop Hail Adjuster license application online at Sircon.
Designated Home State applicants are exclusively residents of CO, DC, IA, IL, KS, MA, MD, MO, NE, ND, NJ, OH, PA, SD, TN, VA, WI.
Residents of these jurisdictions must choose a designated home state (DHS) in which to become fully licensed. If you choose Minnesota as your DHS then you must qualify in the same manner as a Minnesota resident.
If you choose another state as your DHS we will reciprocate, and you will qualify for a license in Minnesota.
If you are designating a state other than MN as your home state:
If you are designating MN as your home state:
If neither the state in which the business entity maintains its principal place of residence or business licenses adjuster agencies you must complete this application.
Complete the Adjuster license application online at Sircon.
An individual who is currently licensed in another state for the crop line of authority based on an adjuster examination.
An individual who is not currently licensed in another state for the crop line of authority based on an adjuster examination but was so licensed within the previous 90 days.
An individual who is or was licensed in another state for the crop line of authority based on an adjuster examination who establishes legal residency in Minnesota.
A licensed crop hail adjuster who has satisfactorily completed the loss adjustment training curriculum and competency testing required by the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation (FCIC) Standard Reinsurance Agreement may act as an adjuster in this state in regard to Multiple Peril Crop Insurance policies regulated by the FCIC.
This page contains information for updating your license. This page offers instructions for updating the following:
To request a voluntary surrender of a Minnesota insurance license please completely fill out this form and e-mail it to our office.
Forms must be notarized. Incomplete forms will not be processed.
There are two options for having your fingerprints taken: you may be fingerprinted electronically at a PSI test center, or you may go to any local police station or similar facility with manual fingerprinting capability to have your fingerprints taken manually.
If you take your license examination at a PSI test center in Minnesota, your fingerprints will be taken electronically at the test center after you sit for and pass the exam and sign a background check consent form.
If you are exempt from the examination requirement— you may have your fingerprints taken electronically at a PSI test center. You may visit a PSI test center during the designated times listed below. Appointments cannot be scheduled in advance; walk-in fingerprinting services are provided on a first come, first served basis.
PSI Test Center Locations and Walk-in Fingerprinting Hours
Manual fingerprinting
You may go to any local police station or similar facility with manual fingerprinting capability to have your fingerprints taken manually. The facility will charge a processing fee. After your fingerprints are taken, the fingerprint card will be given back to you. Do not fold it. Mail it along with a fully completed “Resident Insurance Producer/Insurance Adjuster/Real Estate Appraiser License Background Check Consent Form” and a check for $32.00 made out to “Minnesota Department of Commerce” to:
Administration Division
Attn: Licensing
Minnesota Department of Commerce
85 – 7th Place East, Suite 280
St. Paul, MN 55101
Any individual applying for a resident license as an insurance producer, independent adjuster, or public adjuster.
Under Minnesota law, an individual applying for a resident insurance producer, resident independent adjuster, or resident public adjuster license must consent to a criminal history record check and submit a fingerprint card.
The Minnesota Department of Commerce will have the criminal history record check performed by requesting searches of the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension’s Computerized Criminal History system and the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Criminal Justice Information Services system. The purpose of the criminal history record check is to assist the Minnesota Department of Commerce in determining your qualifications and eligibility for the license that you are applying for. If you refuse to consent to a criminal history record check, your license application will not be processed.
Not unless you decide to add a line of authority.
There are two options for having your fingerprints taken: you may be fingerprinted electronically at a PSI test center, or you may go to any local police station or similar facility with manual fingerprinting capability to have your fingerprints taken manually (see “Manual Fingerprinting” above).
If you take your license examination at a PSI test center in Minnesota, your fingerprints will be taken electronically at the test center after you sit for and pass the exam and sign a background check consent form.
If you take the license examination elsewhere—for example, because you are licensed as an adjuster in another state based on an adjuster examination and will establish legal residency in Minnesota and make application within 90 days to become a resident adjuster licensee—or if you are exempt from the examination requirement— you may have your fingerprints taken electronically at a PSI test center. You may visit a PSI test center during the designated times listed below. Appointments cannot be scheduled in advance; walk-in fingerprinting services are provided on a first come, first served basis.
BLAINE 2155 Missouri Ave NE, Blaine, MN 55449
Mondays, 9:00 AM to 11:00 AM
BRAINERD 501 W. College Drive, Brainerd, MN 56401
Tuesdays, 9:30 AM to 11:30 AM
DULUTH 416 West Superior Street, Duluth, MN 55802
Fridays, 1:30 PM to 3:30 PM
EAGAN 175 Yankee Doodle Rd, Eagan, MN 55121
Tuesdays, 9:00 AM to 11:00 AM; Thursdays, 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM
MANKATO 3030 Airport Rd, Mankato, MN 56001
Tuesdays, 1:00 PM to 2:30 PM
ROCHESTER 3155 Superior Dr NW, Rochester, MN 55901
Thursdays, 10:00 AM to 12:30 PM
ST. PAUL 1935 County Road B2 West, Suite 402A and 402B, St. Paul, MN 55113
Mondays and Thursdays, 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM
WILLMAR 2101 15th Avenue NW, Room A-146, Willmar, MN 56201
Mondays, 10:00 AM to 11:30 AM
WOODBURY 6053 Hudson Road, Suite 210, Woodbury, MN 55125
Wednesdays and Fridays, 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM
The total cost is $63.75. This includes charges for background checks conducted by the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension and the FBI as well as PSI vendor processing fees.
No. You can submit your application as soon as you have passed the examination and submitted your fingerprints.
No. Because the FBI background check can take several weeks, the Minnesota Department of Commerce will grant a license to otherwise-eligible applicants before receiving the background check results. If the results indicate that the applicant did not actually qualify for the license, then the license will be revoked.
Before your fingerprints are taken, you will need to sign a background check authorization form that expires one year after it is signed. Accordingly, if more than a year passes between the day your fingerprints are taken and the day you apply for your license, you will need to be fingerprinted again and pay another fee.
Under the law, your fingerprints and any criminal history record information obtained as a part of this licensing process must be treated and maintained as confidential, and security measures that are consistent with the standards specified by the FBI’s Criminal Justice Information Services Division for the electronic storage of fingerprints and necessary identifying information must be applied. The data obtained from the criminal history record check will be confidential and, therefore, accessible only to the following: personnel who determine your eligibility for the license you are applying for; any appropriate person(s) or agency, if the Commissioner of Commerce determines that failure to make the data accessible is likely to create a clear and present danger to public health or safety; person(s) authorized by a court order; or any other person authorized by state or federal law.
If the FBI rejects a set of fingerprints, the Minnesota Department of Commerce will be notified that the fingerprints are illegible, erroneous, or incomplete. The Minnesota Department of Commerce will then notify you that you must be reprinted.
No.
Yes.
No. Owing to security requirements and data privacy concerns, fingerprints taken for Minnesota insurance licensing purposes may only be submitted electronically via the single transmission network authorized for the Minnesota Department of Commerce by the FBI.