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Manitoba
Eligibility Requirements
- Must be in the employ of an adjusting firm.
- Must pass a qualifying examination set by Council and with a mark of 75% or higher.
Level 1 – Assistant Adjuster
- Pass a written examination set by Council with a mark of not less than 75%.
- Prohibited from signing any reports or correspondence unless countersigned by the holder of a Level 4 license.
- Must upgrade to Level 2 within 18 months from the original date the Level 1 license was issued.
Level 2 – Assistant Adjuster
- Prohibited from signing any reports or correspondence unless countersigned by the holder of a Level 4 license.
- Must upgrade to a Level 3 within three years from the original issue date of the Level 2 License.
- Must successfully complete either C11 (Principles & Practice) or two General Insurance Essentials courses.
Level 3 – Adjuster
- Has been employed as an insurance adjuster in an adjusting firm or general insurance company for a minimum of 2 years.
- Has successfully completed the following Insurance Institute of Canada courses:
- C11 (Principles & Practices of Insurance)
C12 (Insurance on Property Part I)
C17 (Claims 1)
or
- C110 (Essentials of Loss Adjusting);
and any one of C13 (Insurance Against Liability–Part I)
C14 (Automotive Insurance–Part I)
C111 (Advanced Loss Adjusting)
or C112 (Practical Issues in Claims Management)
- Prohibited from acting as the supervising manager for an adjusting firm.
Level 4 – Independent Adjuster
- Has been employed as an insurance adjuster in a general insurance company or an adjusting firm for not less than five years.
- Is sponsored by an adjusting firm.
- Has successfully completed the following eight (8) IIC courses:
- C11 (Principles and Practices)
C12 (Insurance on Property)
C13 (Insurance Against Liability)
C14 (Personal Automobile)
C17 (Claims I)
or
- C110 (Essentials of Loss Adjusting)
C111 (Advanced Loss Adjusting)
C112 (Practical Issues in Claims Management)
C16 (The Business of Insurance)
- Authorized to act as the supervising manager for an adjusting firm.
Level 5 – Firm License
- Has attained their CIP designation through the Insurance Institute of Canada.
- Authorized to manage the office of an adjusting firm.
- Holds a Level 4 insurance adjuster’s license.
- Employs a Level 4 to provide on-site supervision or does so themselves.
- Provides evidence of registration with the Companies Office of the Government of Manitoba.
- Operates in an office separate from any financial institution or insurance company and holds the office out publicly as the office of an adjusting firm.
Continuing Education
- License holders are required to accumulate eight hours of continuing education credits for each licensing year — July 1 to June 30.
- A maximum of four continuing education credit hours can be carried forward per year.