The NAIC reported in the 2009 Update that the 2008 Assessment yielded an accurate picture of the status of uniformity and reciprocity among the states. Accompanying outreach efforts have contributed to increased compliance, uniformity and reciprocity. Since the 2008 Assessment, six new states were formally certified as meeting the NAIC’s reciprocity standard, raising the total number of states to 47. In addition, there was a total of 98 instances where states moved from noncompliant to compliant, including:
– Complying with the uniformity standard specifying the appropriate number and definitions of limited lines of authority by six additional states, raising the total number of states to 26;
– Requiring fingerprinting by three additional states, raising the total number of states to 16; and
– Utilizing the NAIC uniform applications by eight additional states, raising the total number of states to 33.