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			<title>Logo - National Insurance Producer Registry</title>
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Make sure you increment info the guid tag each time you add a new announcment - this helps news aggregators recognize that a new announcment has come out.  The only part that needs to be changed is the counter  text . . . NIPR_ANNOUNCEMENT__003     NIPR_ANNOUNCEMENT__004 . . . .  NIPR_ANNOUNCEMENT__005   etc.  


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			<pubDate>Tue, 03 Feb 2010 08:00:00 CST</pubDate>
			<title><![CDATA[February 3, 2010]]></title>
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			<title><![CDATA[<strong>NIPR is having temporary problems with its PDB and Gateway logins. This announcement will be removed when the problem is fixed.</strong><br><hr>]]></title>
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			<title><![CDATA[NAIC/NIPR Offices will be relocating on Friday, February 10th.  All NIPR services will remain available; however beginning at 12:00PM Central time, there will be limited customer support services.  Normal support services will resume on Monday, February 13th. ]]></title>
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			<title><![CDATA[<b>Company Appointment Renewal Invoicing Fee Increase</b><br><br>Effective November 1, 2011, NIPR will be increasing the fees charged for Company Appointment Renewal Invoicing.   This unique product supports Regulatory requirements related to a carriers' renewal of producer appointments.
<p>The NIPR processing fee will equal 1% of total state fees charged with a minimum of $5.00 and a maximum of $1,000.00.	</p>
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Transaction fee is 1% of $2000.00 or $20.00<br><hr>]]></title>
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			<title><![CDATA[<a href="appointment_renewals.htm" target="_blank">Company Appointment Renewal Guide</a><br>Please reference the above link for valuable information regarding Appointment Renewals.<br><hr>]]></title>
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			<title><![CDATA[NIPR is now on Twitter.  Please follow us at: <a href="https://twitter.com/#!/niprcom" target="_blank">twitter.com/niprcom</a>]]></title>
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