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FIRE Solutions Joins ClearCert, Releases NAIC Suitability Training

NEW YORK, Jan. 12, 2011 — FIRE Solutions, Inc., the industry leader in Compliance and Training solutions for the Broker/Dealer and Insurance communities, today announced that it is now a participating provider in ClearCert's Insurance Continuing Education Clearinghouse.

In related news, FIRE also announced that through its long-standing CE partnership with InsuranceStudy.com it has added courses to satisfy NAIC's 2010 Annuities Suitability Continuing Education requirements in all states that have implemented them. The firm will add courses to keep pace as other states join in these requirements.

Through its relationship with ClearCert, FIRE affirms its commitment to supporting the ability of Insurance Producers, Carriers, Distributors, and Broker/Dealers to fulfill this training requirement. By selecting ClearCert Certified courses, producers can be confident the course they complete is fully compliant with state requirements and that their completion data is accessible by participating carriers without the need to fax completion certificates.

Other advantages of the FIRE/ClearCert relationship include:

  • Multiple courses to fulfill specific states' NAIC Annuity Suitability requirement are certified and ready for immediate enrollment
  • Multiple Insurance Carriers participate in the ClearCert platform
  • Carriers and their distributors can validate compliance with both the NAIC Annuities Suitability requirement and product-specific training through a single resource
  • Automatic calculation of reciprocity for Producers licensed in multiple states
  • Carriers can choose any method to deliver product training, including hosting through FIRE's innovative, interactive platform

"We are extremely pleased to become a member of the proven, 500+ member ClearCert Provider Network. This new relationship will enable FIRE Solutions to offer an expanded, integrated set of solutions to our Insurance-related client base," says FIRE Solutions CEO Eric Sternbach.

About FIRE Solutions

Over the past 12 years, FIRE Solutions, Inc. (FIRE = Finance – Insurance – Regulation – Education) has provided compliance and training solutions to over 300,000 professionals at more than 250 firms. Headquartered in New York City, FIRE offers an unmatched collection of compliance and training solutions, including Securities Exam Prep, Firm Element and Insurance Continuing Education, On-demand Annual Compliance Meetings, Rep Registration and Tracking systems, Gift and Entertainment & Pay-to-Play tracking, and a wide range of online Questionnaire Services.

About ClearCert

The Compliance Certification Clearinghouse, LLC (ClearCert) is the insurance industry's proven compliance platform dedicated solely to carrier-validated training. The firm publishes authoritative, industry-standard interpretations of state training requirements on behalf of its participating carriers and certifies the courses of participating providers as being fully compliant with their application of state approval and content requirements. By accepting reports of producer completion data directly from participating providers, member carriers and brokers enjoy the highest degree of data integrity available for the purpose of validating producer compliance.

For further information, please contact:

Don Adams, Chief Learning Officer
FIRE Solutions, Inc.
Email
(415) 869-9036
http://www.firesolutions.com

Bill Wienhoff, Membership Director
ClearCert
Email
513-717-4120
http://www.ClearCert.com

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