Maintain State Producer Numbers

A state producer number is assigned by certain states, such as Washington, to track a producer independent of the producer's state license number or NPN. The state producer number is a required data field in an appointment and termination transaction submitted to these states.

Use the Maintain State Producer Numbers page to record and track information about an individual or firm producer’s state-assigned producer number.

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To open the Maintain State Producer Numbers page, click the Add/Update/Delete State Producer Numbers link in the State Producer Numbers section of a producer record that is open in the Review/Update Producer page.

The Maintain State Producer Numbers page contains the following sections:

ClosedRecord Summary

Displays summary information of the producer record currently open for review and/or updating.

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Fields and controls in the Record Summary section include the following:

  • Search Producer: Click the link to start a new search for a producer record. For more information, see Searching for Records.
  • [Producer Name]: Displays the name of the individual or firm producer whose record currently is open in theReview/Update Producerpage. An icon to the left of the producer name signifies the producer's entity type, either individual () or firm ().Click the producer name link to refresh the producer record that is currently open in the Review/Update Producer page or to re-open the producer's record in the Review/Update Producer page from any other page in the system.
  • Rating: If a producer has been assigned a productivity rating (no stars, meaning “not rated;” one star, “poor;” two stars, “satisfactory;” three stars, “good;” four stars, “outstanding;” or the symbol signifying a “Do Not Contract” alert), the display-only rating will appear to the right of the producer’s name.
  • SSN: Individual producers only. Displays an individual producer's Social Security Number. The Social Security Number can be set per security role to mask the first five digits and display only the last four digits. For more information, see Maintain Security Role.
  • EIN: Firm producers only. Displays a firm producer's Federal Employer Identification Number.
  • External System ID: Displays the producer's identifier code in the external system that has been Vertafore-configured as your company's "preferred" system. For more information, see External System IDs, Configuration Options, and Advanced Producer Search.
  • Active BU: Displays the short name of the business units to which a producer is actively assigned (sorted alphabetically). To expand the field to display all active business units, click the node ().
  • NPN: Displays a producer's unique National Producer Number, assigned by the National Insurance Producer Registry (NIPR).
  • Resident State/License: Displays the codes of the states that a producer claims as a resident state for licensing purposes (sorted alphabetically) and the producer's license numbers in those states. Includes active or inactive licenses. To expand the field to display all resident states and license numbers, click the node ().
  • Additional States/Licenses: Displays the codes of the states in which the producer holds non-resident licenses (sorted alphabetically) and the license numbers in those states. Includes active or inactive licenses. To expand the field to display all resident states and license numbers, click the node ().
  • Producer Contracting Workflow: If your company uses the onboarding and maintenance transaction component of the Sircon Platform, Producer Express, and a producer currently is associated with a request record in Producer Express, you can click the number in the field to launch Producer Express and view or work with the request record. (For more information, see the Sircon Producer Express Online Help.)
  • Missing Required Information Alert: Displays an alert that the producer record lacks information that has been configured to be required in your company's deployment of the Sircon Platform. A producer record deficient of required information is considered "incomplete," and appointment or termination requests may not be submitted for the producer until the deficiency is corrected. Review the Quick Links box to identify and correct the specific details sections in the record with missing required information. For more information, see Configuration Options.
  • CE Compliance: Display-only indication of a producer’s unfulfilled continuing education requirements. Indication will not appear if producer is current with continuing education requirements. Available by Vertafore configuration only; for more information, seeConfiguration Options.

ClosedCurrent State Producer Numbers

Displays a table listing a selected producer's currently recorded state producer number information.

When no state producer number information exists, the following message displays: "No State Producer Numbers."

Fields and controls include the following:

  • Add New State Producer Number: Click to activate the fields in theAdd State Producer Numbersection at the bottom of the page in order to add a new state producer number to the producer record.
  • Delete checkbox: For each listed state producer number, click to checkmark to select it for deleting from the producer record. The delete operation is completed when you click the Delete button.
  • State: For each listed state producer number, displays the name of the state associated with the state producer number.
  • Producer Number: For each listed state producer number, displays the state producer number value.
  • Edit: Click to transfer the information corresponding to a selected state producer number to the edit fields in the Add State Producer Number section, allowing you to update the information.
  • Delete button: With the Delete checkbox of the state producer numbers you wish to delete checkmarked, click to delete the information from the producer record.

ClosedAdd State Producer Number

Allows you to add new or update existing state producer number information.

Fields and controls include the following:

  • State: Required. From the dropdown menu, select the name of a state for which to record a state producer number.

  • Producer Number: Required. Enter a value to record as the state producer number associated with the state selected from the State dropdown menu. Maximum 30 characters.

ClosedPage Controls

  • Save: Click to validate and save the information on the page to the producer record.

  • Return: Click to exit the page and return to the producer record in the Review/Update Producer page.

 

Notes

Note: When submitting an appointment transaction for a producer to a state that requires a state producer number, the system automatically will derive the value of the License Number field that corresponds to the producer license associated with the appointment request and pass this value in the transaction as the state producer number. It will ignore existing state producer numbers recorded in the State Producer Numbers section of the producer's record.