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(1) ORS 744.001 to 744.009, 744.011, 744.013, 744.014, 744.018, 744.022 to 744.033 and 744.037 govern the licensing of adjusters and insurance consultants.
(2) An applicant for a license as an adjuster or an insurance consultant shall apply for the license to the Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services. The applicant shall include the following information:
(a) The applicant's name, business address, residence address, present occupation, occupation for the last 12 months, the portion of time to be devoted to the insurance business, previous insurance experience and the names of employers during the preceding five years. The applicant shall include the business address of the principal place of business and the business address of each additional location at which the applicant will transact business under the license.
(b) All assumed business names and other names under which the applicant will engage in business under the license.
(c) Whether the applicant has ever been convicted of or is under indictment for a crime, whether the applicant has ever had a judgment entered against the applicant for fraud, whether any insurer or insurance producer claims the applicant is indebted to it and the details of any such indebtedness, and whether any license of the applicant to act in any occupational or professional capacity has ever been refused, revoked or suspended in this or any other state.
(d) The applicant's fingerprints, if the applicant is applying for a resident license. An applicant applying for a nonresident license shall provide the applicant's fingerprints only if the director so requests.
(e) The class or classes of insurance to be transacted under the license.
(f) Any other information that the director requires by rule.
(3) If the applicant for a license under this section is a firm or corporation, the application shall show, in addition, the names of all members, officers and directors. If the applicant is a corporation, the application shall state the names of all stockholders who own, directly or indirectly, more than 10 percent of any class of any equity security of the corporation, and shall designate each individual who is to exercise the powers to be conferred by the license upon the firm or corporation.
(4) Each application shall be accompanied by the applicable fees established by the director.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Oregon Revised Statutes Insurance § 744.001 - last updated January 01, 2023 | https://codes.findlaw.com/or/title-56-insurance/or-rev-st-sect-744-001/
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