Pennsylvania legislation · 2025-2026 Regular Session
Pennsylvania SB1210: An Act amending the act of May 17, 1921 (P.L.789, No.285), known as The Insurance Department Act of 1921, in insurance producers, further providing for powers and duties of department.
Status: Signed into law, October 22, 2026
What the bill says
An act relating to insurance; establishing an insurance department; and amending, revising, and consolidating the law relating to the licensing, qualification, regulation, examination, suspension, and dissolution of insurance companies, Lloyds associations, reciprocal and inter- insurance exchanges, and certain societies and orders, the examination and regulation of fire insurance rating bureaus, and the licensing and regulation of insurance agents and brokers; the service of legal process upon foreign insurance companies, associations or exchanges…
From the introduced text, March 12, 2026:
An act relating to insurance; establishing an insurance department; and amending, revising, and consolidating the law relating to the licensing, qualification, regulation, examination, suspension, and dissolution of insurance companies, Lloyds associations, reciprocal and inter- insurance exchanges, and certain societies and orders, the examination and regulation of fire insurance rating bureaus, and the licensing and regulation of insurance agents and brokers; the service of legal process upon foreign insurance companies, associations or exchanges; providing penalties, and repealing existing laws," in insurance producers, further providing for powers and duties of department. The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania hereby enacts as follows: Section 1. Section 602-A(a) of the act of May 17, 1921 (P.L.789, No.285), known as The Insurance Department Act of 1921, is amended by adding a paragraph to read: Section 602-A. Powers and duties of department. (a) Responsibilities.--The commissioner shall do all of the following: * * * (3) Approve or contract to approve a program or course of study that prepares candidates for an insurance producer licensing examination. Notwithstanding the provisions of the act of December 15, 1986 (P.L.1585, No.174), known as the Private Licensed Schools Act, the authority to approve or contract to approve insurance producer preexamination educational courses or programs shall be exclusively vested in and exercised by the commissioner. The approved courses or programs shall …