Manitoba
Eligibility Requirements
Each applicant must be found suitable to hold a license.
Must be sponsored and employed by 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 licence.
Must upgrade to Level 2 within 18 months from the original date the Level 1 licence
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 completing either C11 (Principles & Practice) or two General Insurance
Essentials courses or Council’s Level 2 adjuster examination.
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.
Provides on-site supervision.
Maintains and operates an office in Manitoba.
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.
Residency
Must be licensed as an insurance adjuster in his jurisdiction of residency and submit
a certificate from the licensing authority of that jurisdiction confirming and specifying
the level and status of the licence.
Has demonstrated eligibility for the license being applied for.
Has satisfied all the requirements of the Act and the rules for the issue of license.
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.
