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Licensing
Welcome to Licensing

Under the Federal Financial Services Reform Act of 1999, Michigan became the first state to coordinate the regulatory efforts of the insurance, financial institutions, and securities industries. In the insurance industry, approximately 120,000 individual producers, agencies, adjusters, counselors, foreign risk retention groups, managing general agents/agencies, purchasing groups, solicitors, surplus lines producers and agencies, and third party administrators are licensed, certified, or registered.

There are over 7,000 mortgage and consumer finance licensees/registrants under the following classifications: consumer financial services Class 1 or Class ll, credit card, first and subordinate lien mortgage broker, lender and/or servicer, motor vehicle installment seller and sales finance company, regulatory loan and sale of checks.

In the securities industry, there are 121,000 agents, 2,200 broker-dealers, and 1,600 investment advisers registered in Michigan.

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 Spotlight

• Revised: Continuing Education - Date of Birth 11-3-09 PDF icon

• Alert: OFIR Announces Participation in the Nationwide Mortgage Licensing System (NMLS) PDF icon

• Email from OFIR Insurance Licensing PDF icon
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• NOTICE: Mortgage Loan Officer Registrants - Continuing education is NOT required for the December 2009 Renewals.

• NOTICE Regarding Investment Adviser Representative Registration (IAR) PDF icon

• Effective 10/1/09, Michigan Uniform Securities Act, PA551 of 2008

• Effective July 1, 2009, OFIR will no longer print pictures on insurance licenses

• Legislative Changes Affecting Continuing Education (CE) PDF icon
Effective January 1, 2010

• Legislative Changes Affecting Prelicensure Education PDF icon
Effective July 16, 2009

• Request for Licensee DOB
OFIR recently requested date of birth information from 2,500 licensees. If you received a letter or email asking for date of birth information, please respond by the due date in the request.

• Extended Service Warranties/Contracts
Are generally not insurance products, or companies regulated by OFIR. Contact Michigan's Attorney General-Consumer Protection Division with complaints.

• Notice Regarding Regulatory Loan Renewals


Online Services

• Insurance Regulation Seminar Registration

• Upcoming Investment Adviser Seminar Registration

• Upcoming Mortgage Seminar Registration

• Mortgage Workshop Registration


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