On May 3, 2010, the Nebraska Department of Insurance filed a Summary Order to Cease and Desist against American Trade Association, Smart Data Solutions LLC, Serve America Assurance, and numerous other entities and individuals requiring them to immediately CEASE AND DESIST from issuing, making, providing, selling or offering, either directly or indirectly, insurance benefits in the State of Nebraska which are not insured by an insurer licensed to transact insurance in the state.

The Director of the Department of Insurance has scheduled a public hearing as required by Neb. Rev. Stat. §84-901 to §84-909 for the proposed amendment of Title 210, Nebraska Administrative Code, Chapter 69, Actuarial Opinion and Memorandum Regulation.

The enclosed annual renewal billing statement reflects the producers’ appointments renewed on behalf of your company for the 2010-2011-license year. You may not add or delete names to/from the billing statement.

Our records indicate that you currently hold a Producer – Trip Insurance license in the state of Nebraska.

A recent review of our producer licensing lines of authority has resulted in us changing the license type, Producer – Trip Insurance, to a line of authority listed under a producer license. Currently, a producer authorized to sell, solicit, or negotiate travel insurance is issued a Producer – Trip Insurance license which is inconsistent with the issuance of producer license types and lines of authority.

The Nebraska Department of Insurance is committed to enhancing Speed to Market for all lines of insurance. Speed to Market will only be fully realized through the use of electronic filing. The best way to achieve this is through the System for Electronic Rate and Form Filings (SERFF) which was developed by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners.

Effective February 1, 2010, the online renewal period for Nebraska non-resident insurance producer licenses, through the National Insurance Producer Registry (NIPR) at www.nipr.com, will be extended to 90 days prior to the license expiration date. This replaces the previous 60-day period. All non-resident insurance producers may now renew their licenses online up to 90 days prior to the expiration date.

Chapter 86 of the Insurance Department Rules has now been filed with the Secretary of State for adoption of an amendment which eliminated Section 9 of the regulation.

Bulletin CB-67 (Amended) entitled, “Comprehensive Health Insurance Pool” is hereby withdrawn effective January 4, 2010.

The Director of the Department of Insurance has scheduled a public hearing as required by Neb. Rev. Stat. §84-901 to §84-909 for the proposed amendments of Title 210, Nebraska Administrative Code, Chapter 86, REGULATION TO IMPLEMENT THE AMERICAN RECOVERY AND REINVESTMENT ACT FOR PURPOSES OF CONTINUATION OF COVERAGE FOR SMALL GROUP INSURANCE.

NIPR services will be unavailable beginning 7pm on 01/15/2010 through 7am 01/19/2010.

Beginning on Friday, January 15, 2010 at 7 pm Central Time and extending to Tuesday, January 19, 2010 at 7 am NIPR and NAIC will begin a long weekend of system and hardware upgrades to modernize, expand and enhance the performance and quality of our services.

During this time all NIPR services will be unavailable.

We encourage our users to complete transactions, run reports or complete any other NIPR service prior to the January 15th date.