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.
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