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New Mexico Claims Adjuster — License Examination Requirements

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Licenses, application pathways and examination requirements

Each license and applicant pathway has its own requirements and exemptions. Choosing practice questions does not determine your eligibility.

Independent Adjuster — Business Entity

Business-entity adjusting license; designated responsible and practicing individual adjusters must be separately licensed. Emergency employment under 59A-13-6 and 13.4.8.18 authorizes already-qualified persons without issuing a separate New Mexico adjuster license.

Licensing authority: New Mexico Office of Superintendent of Insurance, Producer Licensing Bureau · Application information

Nonresident business entity initial licensure
No examination is required for this applicant pathway.
Application
Electronic application, all required fees, authorized signature and affiliations. Current business instructions require affiliation forms and fees within thirty days of the online application and maintenance throughout the license.
Examination
PSI bulletin expressly excludes business-entity licenses from examination requirements; licensed individual adjusters satisfy their own licensing requirements.
Financial Responsibility
Provide the bond or financial responsibility specified by 13.4.8.10(B)(2)(d) and 13.4.8.11; individual staff-adjuster exemption does not create a staff-adjuster entity license.
Individual Licenses
At least one officer, active partner or managing individual, and every practicing individual, must have the same type of New Mexico adjuster license. Designate a responsible licensed adjuster and name all persons acting under the entity license.
Legal Form
Corporation, partnership, LLC or LLP, organized under applicable law and admitted to conduct business in New Mexico when required; sole proprietorship is not an entity license.
Residency
Organized outside New Mexico; meet New Mexico entity, admission, personnel and filing requirements.

Official no-examination sources

Effective from 2026-09-22.

Nonresident business entity reinstatement or reactivation
No examination is required for this applicant pathway.
Application
Electronic application, all required fees, authorized signature and affiliations. Current business instructions require affiliation forms and fees within thirty days of the online application and maintenance throughout the license.
Examination
PSI bulletin expressly excludes business-entity licenses from examination requirements; licensed individual adjusters satisfy their own licensing requirements.
Financial Responsibility
Provide the bond or financial responsibility specified by 13.4.8.10(B)(2)(d) and 13.4.8.11; individual staff-adjuster exemption does not create a staff-adjuster entity license.
Individual Licenses
At least one officer, active partner or managing individual, and every practicing individual, must have the same type of New Mexico adjuster license. Designate a responsible licensed adjuster and name all persons acting under the entity license.
Legal Form
Corporation, partnership, LLC or LLP, organized under applicable law and admitted to conduct business in New Mexico when required; sole proprietorship is not an entity license.
Prior Status
Inactive or surrendered entity applies through the new-application process, retaining all entity and personnel requirements. After discipline, applicable restrictions and expiration of any suspension must be satisfied.
Residency
Organized outside New Mexico; meet New Mexico entity admission and personnel requirements.

Official no-examination sources

Effective from 2026-09-22.

Nonresident business entity renewal and continuation
No examination is required for this applicant pathway.
Application
Electronic application, all required fees, authorized signature and affiliations. Current business instructions require affiliation forms and fees within thirty days of the online application and maintenance throughout the license.
Examination
PSI bulletin expressly excludes business-entity licenses from examination requirements; licensed individual adjusters satisfy their own licensing requirements.
Financial Responsibility
Provide the bond or financial responsibility specified by 13.4.8.10(B)(2)(d) and 13.4.8.11; individual staff-adjuster exemption does not create a staff-adjuster entity license.
Individual Licenses
At least one officer, active partner or managing individual, and every practicing individual, must have the same type of New Mexico adjuster license. Designate a responsible licensed adjuster and name all persons acting under the entity license.
Legal Form
Corporation, partnership, LLC or LLP, organized under applicable law and admitted to conduct business in New Mexico when required; sole proprietorship is not an entity license.
Renewal
Entity license renews biennially on March 1; affiliated individual registrations renew annually on March 1. Maintain responsible and practicing individual licenses and required qualifications.
Residency
Organized outside New Mexico; meet New Mexico entity, admission, personnel and filing requirements.

Official no-examination sources

Effective from 2026-09-22.

Business entity independent adjusting of portable electronics claims
No examination is required for this applicant pathway.
Application
Electronic application, all required fees, authorized signature and affiliations. Current business instructions require affiliation forms and fees within thirty days of the online application and maintenance throughout the license.
Examination
PSI bulletin expressly excludes business-entity licenses from examination requirements; licensed individual adjusters satisfy their own licensing requirements.
Financial Responsibility
Provide the bond or financial responsibility specified by 13.4.8.10(B)(2)(d) and 13.4.8.11; individual staff-adjuster exemption does not create a staff-adjuster entity license.
Individual Licenses
At least one officer, active partner or managing individual, and every practicing individual, must have the same type of New Mexico adjuster license. Designate a responsible licensed adjuster and name all persons acting under the entity license.
Legal Form
Corporation, partnership, LLC or LLP, organized under applicable law and admitted to conduct business in New Mexico when required; sole proprietorship is not an entity license.
Special Purpose
Independent business entity seeking to adjust portable electronics insurance. Comply with 59A-13-4(D) filings for executive officers, directors and direct or indirect fifty-one-percent owners; applicable duplicative-resident-law exception remains a condition.

Official no-examination sources

Effective from 2026-09-22.

Resident business entity initial licensure
No examination is required for this applicant pathway.
Application
Electronic application, all required fees, authorized signature and affiliations. Current business instructions require affiliation forms and fees within thirty days of the online application and maintenance throughout the license.
Examination
PSI bulletin expressly excludes business-entity licenses from examination requirements; licensed individual adjusters satisfy their own licensing requirements.
Financial Responsibility
Provide the bond or financial responsibility specified by 13.4.8.10(B)(2)(d) and 13.4.8.11; individual staff-adjuster exemption does not create a staff-adjuster entity license.
Individual Licenses
At least one officer, active partner or managing individual, and every practicing individual, must have the same type of New Mexico adjuster license. Designate a responsible licensed adjuster and name all persons acting under the entity license.
Legal Form
Corporation, partnership, LLC or LLP, organized under applicable law and admitted to conduct business in New Mexico when required; sole proprietorship is not an entity license.
Residency
Organized under New Mexico law.

Official no-examination sources

Effective from 2026-09-22.

Resident business entity reinstatement or reactivation
No examination is required for this applicant pathway.
Application
Electronic application, all required fees, authorized signature and affiliations. Current business instructions require affiliation forms and fees within thirty days of the online application and maintenance throughout the license.
Examination
PSI bulletin expressly excludes business-entity licenses from examination requirements; licensed individual adjusters satisfy their own licensing requirements.
Financial Responsibility
Provide the bond or financial responsibility specified by 13.4.8.10(B)(2)(d) and 13.4.8.11; individual staff-adjuster exemption does not create a staff-adjuster entity license.
Individual Licenses
At least one officer, active partner or managing individual, and every practicing individual, must have the same type of New Mexico adjuster license. Designate a responsible licensed adjuster and name all persons acting under the entity license.
Legal Form
Corporation, partnership, LLC or LLP, organized under applicable law and admitted to conduct business in New Mexico when required; sole proprietorship is not an entity license.
Prior Status
Inactive or surrendered entity applies through the new-application process, retaining all entity and personnel requirements. After discipline, applicable restrictions and expiration of any suspension must be satisfied.
Residency
Organized under New Mexico law.

Official no-examination sources

Effective from 2026-09-22.

Resident business entity renewal and continuation
No examination is required for this applicant pathway.
Application
Electronic application, all required fees, authorized signature and affiliations. Current business instructions require affiliation forms and fees within thirty days of the online application and maintenance throughout the license.
Examination
PSI bulletin expressly excludes business-entity licenses from examination requirements; licensed individual adjusters satisfy their own licensing requirements.
Financial Responsibility
Provide the bond or financial responsibility specified by 13.4.8.10(B)(2)(d) and 13.4.8.11; individual staff-adjuster exemption does not create a staff-adjuster entity license.
Individual Licenses
At least one officer, active partner or managing individual, and every practicing individual, must have the same type of New Mexico adjuster license. Designate a responsible licensed adjuster and name all persons acting under the entity license.
Legal Form
Corporation, partnership, LLC or LLP, organized under applicable law and admitted to conduct business in New Mexico when required; sole proprietorship is not an entity license.
Renewal
Entity license renews biennially on March 1; affiliated individual registrations renew annually on March 1. Maintain responsible and practicing individual licenses and required qualifications.
Residency
Organized under New Mexico law.

Official no-examination sources

Effective from 2026-09-22.

Public Adjuster — Business Entity

Business-entity adjusting license; designated responsible and practicing individual adjusters must be separately licensed. Emergency employment under 59A-13-6 and 13.4.8.18 authorizes already-qualified persons without issuing a separate New Mexico adjuster license.

Licensing authority: New Mexico Office of Superintendent of Insurance, Producer Licensing Bureau · Application information

Nonresident business entity initial licensure
No examination is required for this applicant pathway.
Application
Electronic application, all required fees, authorized signature and affiliations. Current business instructions require affiliation forms and fees within thirty days of the online application and maintenance throughout the license.
Examination
PSI bulletin expressly excludes business-entity licenses from examination requirements; licensed individual adjusters satisfy their own licensing requirements.
Financial Responsibility
Provide the bond or financial responsibility specified by 13.4.8.10(B)(2)(d) and 13.4.8.11; individual staff-adjuster exemption does not create a staff-adjuster entity license.
Individual Licenses
At least one officer, active partner or managing individual, and every practicing individual, must have the same type of New Mexico adjuster license. Designate a responsible licensed adjuster and name all persons acting under the entity license.
Legal Form
Corporation, partnership, LLC or LLP, organized under applicable law and admitted to conduct business in New Mexico when required; sole proprietorship is not an entity license.
Residency
Organized outside New Mexico; meet New Mexico entity, admission, personnel and filing requirements.

Official no-examination sources

Effective from 2026-09-22.

Nonresident business entity reinstatement or reactivation
No examination is required for this applicant pathway.
Application
Electronic application, all required fees, authorized signature and affiliations. Current business instructions require affiliation forms and fees within thirty days of the online application and maintenance throughout the license.
Examination
PSI bulletin expressly excludes business-entity licenses from examination requirements; licensed individual adjusters satisfy their own licensing requirements.
Financial Responsibility
Provide the bond or financial responsibility specified by 13.4.8.10(B)(2)(d) and 13.4.8.11; individual staff-adjuster exemption does not create a staff-adjuster entity license.
Individual Licenses
At least one officer, active partner or managing individual, and every practicing individual, must have the same type of New Mexico adjuster license. Designate a responsible licensed adjuster and name all persons acting under the entity license.
Legal Form
Corporation, partnership, LLC or LLP, organized under applicable law and admitted to conduct business in New Mexico when required; sole proprietorship is not an entity license.
Prior Status
Inactive or surrendered entity applies through the new-application process, retaining all entity and personnel requirements. After discipline, applicable restrictions and expiration of any suspension must be satisfied.
Residency
Organized outside New Mexico; meet New Mexico entity admission and personnel requirements.

Official no-examination sources

Effective from 2026-09-22.

Nonresident business entity renewal and continuation
No examination is required for this applicant pathway.
Application
Electronic application, all required fees, authorized signature and affiliations. Current business instructions require affiliation forms and fees within thirty days of the online application and maintenance throughout the license.
Examination
PSI bulletin expressly excludes business-entity licenses from examination requirements; licensed individual adjusters satisfy their own licensing requirements.
Financial Responsibility
Provide the bond or financial responsibility specified by 13.4.8.10(B)(2)(d) and 13.4.8.11; individual staff-adjuster exemption does not create a staff-adjuster entity license.
Individual Licenses
At least one officer, active partner or managing individual, and every practicing individual, must have the same type of New Mexico adjuster license. Designate a responsible licensed adjuster and name all persons acting under the entity license.
Legal Form
Corporation, partnership, LLC or LLP, organized under applicable law and admitted to conduct business in New Mexico when required; sole proprietorship is not an entity license.
Renewal
Entity license renews biennially on March 1; affiliated individual registrations renew annually on March 1. Maintain responsible and practicing individual licenses and required qualifications.
Residency
Organized outside New Mexico; meet New Mexico entity, admission, personnel and filing requirements.

Official no-examination sources

Effective from 2026-09-22.

Resident business entity initial licensure
No examination is required for this applicant pathway.
Application
Electronic application, all required fees, authorized signature and affiliations. Current business instructions require affiliation forms and fees within thirty days of the online application and maintenance throughout the license.
Examination
PSI bulletin expressly excludes business-entity licenses from examination requirements; licensed individual adjusters satisfy their own licensing requirements.
Financial Responsibility
Provide the bond or financial responsibility specified by 13.4.8.10(B)(2)(d) and 13.4.8.11; individual staff-adjuster exemption does not create a staff-adjuster entity license.
Individual Licenses
At least one officer, active partner or managing individual, and every practicing individual, must have the same type of New Mexico adjuster license. Designate a responsible licensed adjuster and name all persons acting under the entity license.
Legal Form
Corporation, partnership, LLC or LLP, organized under applicable law and admitted to conduct business in New Mexico when required; sole proprietorship is not an entity license.
Residency
Organized under New Mexico law.

Official no-examination sources

Effective from 2026-09-22.

Resident business entity reinstatement or reactivation
No examination is required for this applicant pathway.
Application
Electronic application, all required fees, authorized signature and affiliations. Current business instructions require affiliation forms and fees within thirty days of the online application and maintenance throughout the license.
Examination
PSI bulletin expressly excludes business-entity licenses from examination requirements; licensed individual adjusters satisfy their own licensing requirements.
Financial Responsibility
Provide the bond or financial responsibility specified by 13.4.8.10(B)(2)(d) and 13.4.8.11; individual staff-adjuster exemption does not create a staff-adjuster entity license.
Individual Licenses
At least one officer, active partner or managing individual, and every practicing individual, must have the same type of New Mexico adjuster license. Designate a responsible licensed adjuster and name all persons acting under the entity license.
Legal Form
Corporation, partnership, LLC or LLP, organized under applicable law and admitted to conduct business in New Mexico when required; sole proprietorship is not an entity license.
Prior Status
Inactive or surrendered entity applies through the new-application process, retaining all entity and personnel requirements. After discipline, applicable restrictions and expiration of any suspension must be satisfied.
Residency
Organized under New Mexico law.

Official no-examination sources

Effective from 2026-09-22.

Resident business entity renewal and continuation
No examination is required for this applicant pathway.
Application
Electronic application, all required fees, authorized signature and affiliations. Current business instructions require affiliation forms and fees within thirty days of the online application and maintenance throughout the license.
Examination
PSI bulletin expressly excludes business-entity licenses from examination requirements; licensed individual adjusters satisfy their own licensing requirements.
Financial Responsibility
Provide the bond or financial responsibility specified by 13.4.8.10(B)(2)(d) and 13.4.8.11; individual staff-adjuster exemption does not create a staff-adjuster entity license.
Individual Licenses
At least one officer, active partner or managing individual, and every practicing individual, must have the same type of New Mexico adjuster license. Designate a responsible licensed adjuster and name all persons acting under the entity license.
Legal Form
Corporation, partnership, LLC or LLP, organized under applicable law and admitted to conduct business in New Mexico when required; sole proprietorship is not an entity license.
Renewal
Entity license renews biennially on March 1; affiliated individual registrations renew annually on March 1. Maintain responsible and practicing individual licenses and required qualifications.
Residency
Organized under New Mexico law.

Official no-examination sources

Effective from 2026-09-22.