General Membership

Open to individuals working for or contracts with a state or federal agency involved in insurance regulation.

General Membership is open to anyone who works for or contracts with a state or federal agency that is involved in insurance regulation, regardless of their title or position. Current members of IRES work in all areas of insurance regulation, including but not limited to the following:

Consumer Services
Enforcement & Compliance
Financial Analysis & Examinations
Fraud Investigation
Legal
Life-Health Insurance
Managed Health Care
Market Analysis & Examinations
Producer Licensing
Property-Casualty Insurance
Rate-Form Review

Eligibility

The following individuals are eligible to join IRES as a General Member provided the individual’s responsibilities include the regulation of insurance company products and/or operations or support such regulation.

Individuals employed on a salaried basis with a state or federal insurance regulatory agency.
Individuals employed under contract or appointment by one or more state or federal insurance regulatory agencies, where such employment represents at least 75% of the individual’s work.
Individuals employed by a firm or corporation which is under contract or appointment by one or more state or federal insurance regulatory agencies, if such employment represents at least 75% of the individual’s work on behalf of one or more state or federal insurance regulatory agencies.

A General Member is any eligible individual who has been accepted by the Membership and Benefits Committee and the Board of Directors as an honorable person of good moral character. General Members have voting rights in IRES and enjoy all the benefits IRES has to offer.

A General Member must be:

Employed on a salary basis by an Agency, as defined; or
An Unaffiliated Examiner which is an examiner who is employed under contract(s) or appointment(s) by an Agency or Agencies or is employed by a firm or corporation that is under contract(s) or appointment(s) by an Agency or Agencies, as defined, where such employment represents at least 75% of the Examiner’s work (continuing requirement during any preceding 12-month period).

Cost: $110 per year

Become a General Member

General members of IRES who leave regulation to work in the insurance industry may apply for Non-voting General Membership status and continue to receive all the benefits of membership.

Non-voting General Members pay the same annual membership dues as general members based on their designation status, may continue to maintain any designation they have attained, and are entitled to register for IRES-sponsored events at the General Membership fee level. As the category name implies, however, Non-voting General Members no longer have voting rights.

Cost: $110 per year

Retired Member status is reserved for General Members and Active Former Regulator Members who have ceased to be actively engaged in any aspect of the field of insurance and have been accepted for said title by the Board of Directors. A qualifying member may also be eligible for the Retired Member status if the person is no longer engaged full time in the field of insurance and their age plus the number of years the person has held an IRES designation is equal to or greater than 70.

Retired Members continue to receive all the benefits of membership, may continue to use any designations they have attained, and may register for IRES-sponsored events at a reduced fee for as long as they continue to pay the annual IRES membership fee. In accordance with the bylaws, retired members no longer have voting rights.

Cost: $70 per year

About General Membership Dues:

Dues are due annually.
The General membership year runs from January 1 through December 31.
General members joining on or after October 1 will receive membership through the end of the next full calendar year (e.g. October 1, 2020 through December 31, 2021).
First-time members receive a 50% discount on their dues for the first year.
All dues are payable in U.S. funds.
Payment must accompany the application for membership.
Dues are subject to change at any time at the discretion of the IRES Board of Directors and/or the IRES Executive Committee.