IOWA Insurance Consumers related Information

Agent/Company Search:

• Find an insurance agent to meet your needs
• Find an insurance company by name

Consumer Alerts:

• Administrative Actions Taken Against Insurance Companies, Agents and Brokers
• View Complaint Ratios for the following types of insurance:
     Private Passenger Automobile Insurance
     Homeowners Insurance
     Individual Health Insurance
     Group Health Insurance
     Life Insurance
     HMOs

Educational Materials:

• Consumer Report Card - A guide comparing HMOs and ODSs doing business in Iowa
  • 2002 (0.2 MB)
  • 2001 (0.6 MB)
  • 2000 (1.1 MB)
• External Review - Request a third-party administrator to review your denied medical claims.
• FAQ - Iowa's Privacy of Consumer Financial and Health Information Regulation (626 KB)
• Holocaust Claims - Information regarding Holocaust survivors' claims against European insurance companies.
• Report on Slavery Era Insurance
• Selling Your Life Insurance Policy - Understanding Viatical Settlements.
• HIPAA - Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act

• Frequently Asked Questions - A list of the most common questions asked by consumers.
• Contact the Iowa Insurance Division - Listing of phone and fax numbers as well as email and mailing address information so you can contact the Iowa Insurance Division
• Senior Health Insurance Information Program (SHIIP) can help you find answers to the important questions you have on Medicare, Medicare supplement insurance, long term care insurance, and other health insurance issues. Created in 1990 by the State of Iowa Insurance Division, SHIIP has helped thousands of older Iowans sort through confusing health insurance information.
• Insurance Fraud Information - The Fraud Investigations Bureau confronts the problem of insurance fraud through the prevention, investigation, and prosecution of fraudulent insurance acts in an effort to reduce the amount of premium dollars used to pay fraudulent claims.
• Insurance Bulletins

Continuing Education Course Listing
Frequently-updated list of courses approved for producer continuing education.  Choose courses approved for continuing education or self-study courses approved for continuing education.

View Your Continuing Education Hours
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 Active Military Service and Waiver of Continuing Education Requirements

Iowa Insurance Agency License Application Instructions
Information on how an insurance agency might obtain the newly enacted, voluntary agency license.  Application available for download.

Iowa Insurance Agent Services
Information on how to request the following:

• Letter of certification
• Letter of clearance
• Change of name or address
• Duplicate license

Iowa Resident Agent Information Packet
Information describing how Iowa residents can obtain an insurance license from our testing service, Experior Assessments.

 Iowa Nonresident Agent Information Packet
Information describing how non-Iowa residents can obtain an insurance license.

Application by a Rental Company for an Iowa Limited License to Sell Insurance

Application for Iowa Counter Employee License

Iowa Company Listing

• Surplus Lines Companies
• Purchasing Groups
• Risk Retention Groups