District of Columbia Appointment Renewal for 2009 Key Information: The District of Columbia (DC), Department of Insurance, Securities and Banking (DISB) will provide electronic appointment renewal processing with the National Insurance Producer Registry (NIPR). All terminations must be posted to the NIPR's PDB by Friday, March 6, 2009 when the renewal invoices are created. Please choose one of the electronic payment options for payments to NIPR as instructed on the web-site. On March 13, 2009 the NIPR website will display the invoices and a list of appointments due for the renewal. The NIPR website is: nipr.com Invoices will no longer be displayed on the NIPR website after May 31, 2009. All appointments added between January 1 and April 30 will not need to be renewed this year. Transactions received after March 6 will be held until May 31 but will retain the effective date as requested. Important Payment Information   Payments for the District of Columbia Appointment Renewals must be received by NIPR through the electronic options made available   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   Transaction Fees 1 appointments To 100 appointments $1.00   per Invoice 101 appointments To 2,999 appointments $5.00   per Invoice 3,000 or more appointments $10.00   per Invoice NIPR renewal processing fees are based on the number of appointment renewals on the invoice District of Columbia State Appointment Renewal Fee  March 13, 2009 To May 31, 2009  $25.00/LOA/Appointment   Payment Method Fees Credit Cards 3.5% of invoice amount processing fee   Visa, MasterCard or American Express   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-9098504041. NIPR processing and credit card fees are not refundable.   The process after March 13, 2009 when the electronic invoices are on the website is: On the Internet, go to 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 this appointment renewal process, contact: NAIC Help Desk (816) 783-8500–Problems navigating the online appointment renewal screens   NIPR Customer Service at (816) 783-8468 or customerservice@nipr.com for any problems other than appointment renewal screens Zadie Bowles, licensing manager at (202) 442-7819 or zadie.bowles@dc.gov LuCynthia Jordan, licensing specialist at (202) 442-7813 or lucynthia.Jordan@dc.gov Sheila Johnson-Parker, licensing specialist at (202) 442-7795 or sheila.parker@dc.gov Willie Hicks, licensing specialist at (202) 442-7814 or willie.hicks@dc.gov