Montana § 33-17-103 Exemptions From Definition Of Insurance Producer

Montana Statutes

§ 33-17-103 — Exemptions From Definition Of Insurance Producer

Montana § 33-17-103

Title 33INSURANCE AND INSURANCE COMPANIES

Ch. 17INSURANCE PRODUCERS, ADJUSTERS, CONSULTANTS, AND ADMINISTRATORS

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Mont. Code Ann. § 33-17-103 (2026).

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33-17-103 . Exemptions from definition of insurance producer. The definition of insurance producer does not include:

(1)an individual who is a regularly salaried officer or employee of an insurer and who is engaged in the performance of usual and customary executive, administrative, or clerical duties and whose duties do not include the negotiation, sale, or solicitation of insurance;

(2)an individual who is a salaried employee in the office of an insurance producer and who devotes the individual's full time to clerical and administrative services, including the incidental taking of insurance applications and receipt of premiums in the office of the individual's employer, if the individual does not receive any commissions on the applications and the individual's compensation is not varie

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33-17-103 . Exemptions from definition of insurance producer. The definition of insurance producer does not include:
(1) an individual who is a regularly salaried officer or employee of an insurer and who is engaged in the performance of usual and customary executive, administrative, or clerical duties and whose duties do not include the negotiation, sale, or solicitation of insurance;
(2) an individual who is a salaried employee in the office of an insurance producer and who devotes the individual's full time to clerical and administrative services, including the incidental taking of insurance applications and receipt of premiums in the office of the individual's employer, if the individual does not receive any commissions on the applications and the individual's compensation is not varied by the volume of applications or premiums the individual takes or receives;
(3) a person who secures and furnishes information for the purpose of group life insurance, group property and casualty insurance, group annuities, or group or blanket accident and disability insurance or for the purpose of enrolling individuals under those plans, issuing certificates under those plans, or otherwise assisting in administering those plans if a commission is not paid for the service;
(4) an employer, the employer's officers or employees, or the trustees of an employee trust plan, to the extent that the employer, officers, employees, or trustees are engaged in the administration or operation of a program of employee benefits for their own employees or the employees of their subsidiaries or affiliates if the program involves the use of insurance issued by an insurer and the employer, officers, employees, or trustees are not compensated in any manner, directly or indirectly, by the insurer issuing the contracts;
(5) a person who is:
(a) an employee of an insurer or of an organization employed by an insurer, which insurer or organization is engaged in the inspection, rating, or classification of insurance risks or in the supervision of the training of insurance producers; and
(b) not individually engaged in the selling, solicitation, or negotiation of insurance policies and contracts;
(6) an attorney advising a client on general insurance matters, provided the attorney does not sell, solicit, or negotiate insurance;
(7) a salaried full-time employee who counsels or advises the employer or the subsidiaries or affiliates of the employer about the life insurance or annuities if the employee does not sell or solicit insurance or receive a commission or fee;
(8) a person whose activities in this state are limited to advertising without the intent to solicit insurance in this state through communications in printed publications or other forms of electronic mass media whose distribution is not limited to residents of this state if the person does not sell, solicit, or negotiate insurance contracts with respect to risks located in this state; or
(9) a person who is not a resident of this state who sells, solicits, or negotiates a contract of insurance for commercial property and casualty risks with respect to an insured with risks located in more than one state that are insured under the contract if the person is licensed in the state where the insured maintains its principal place of business and the contract insures risks located in that state.