Nonresident Surplus Lines Broker

Effective November 15, 2020, you must apply electronic and pay fees with a credit card athttps://nipr.com/.  Paper applications for this initial license will not be accepted, please refer to Commissioner’s Memorandum 2020-13LIC for more information.

Effective January 1, 2022, penalty fee, reinstatement term, CE term and certain licensing requirements will be changed and implemented, please refer to  Commissioner’s Memorandum 2021 – 9LIC for more information.

Effective March 21, 2022, paper applications and checks for certain licenses will not be accepted for reactivation, please refer to Commissioner’s Memorandum 2022-4LIC .

Effective November 15, 2022, new changes and mandatory requirements for individuals and business entities due to the transition to NAIC’s State Based System (SBS), please refer to Commissioner’s Memorandum 2022-10LIC

For more information, refer to the Hawaii Revised Statutes, including: §431:8.

Nonresident Surplus Lines Broker – Individual (Initial License)

For initial or if you held a HI nonresident Surplus Lines Broker license that was inactive for more than one year.

You must hold an active Surplus Lines Broker license in your home state to apply for a nonresident Surplus Lines Broker license in Hawaii.

Apply electronically and pay fees at https://nipr.com/ (Use NIPR’s “Apply for a New License” online application).

Nonresident Surplus Lines Broker – Business Entity (Initial License)

You must hold an active Surplus Lines Broker license in your home state to apply for a nonresident Surplus Lines Broker license in Hawaii.

To apply electronically:

  1. Go to http://nipr.com (Use NIPR’s “Apply for a New License” online application).
  2. For a business entity, the name of a natural person licensed as a surplus lines broker will be responsible for the agency’s compliance with Hawaii insurance laws and rules.
  3. For a business entity, submit Form List of SLB via NIPR’s Attachments Warehouse (within 7 days from the date the application is submitted). Form List of SLB can be obtain at https://cca.hawaii.gov/ins/producers/forms/.  A list of individuals within the business entity who are licensed Surplus Lines Brokers should be submitted via NIPR’s attachment warehouse.  Only licensed individual Surplus Lines Brokers within your licensed business entity may transact surplus lines business.

IMPORTANT: The Form List for SLB is required to be attached to the NIPR’s attachment Warehouse within 7 days of submitting the application.  Your application may be considered “rejected” if Licensing Branch does not receive the document(s) within 7 days from the date the application is submitted.  No refund if application is rejected.

Nonresident Surplus Lines Broker – Individual & Business Entity (License Renewal & Late Renewal)

LATE RENEWAL: If you held a HI nonresident Reinsurance Surplus Lines Broker license that has been inactivated within one year of expiration.

Apply electronically and pay renewal or renewal late fees at http://nipr.com/ (Use NIPR’s “Renew an Existing License” online application).

Nonresident Surplus Lines Broker – Individual or Business Entity (License Reinstatement)

REINSTATEMENT: If you held a HI nonresident Surplus Lines Broker license that has been inactivated for more than one year.  You must apply as a new applicant.

You will apply as a new applicant for initial application.  Follow the same instructions and requirements in the beginning of the page to apply for the individual (Initial) or the business entity (initial) Surplus Lines Broker license via http://nipr.com (Use NIPR’s “Apply for a New License” online application).