About TLD .insurance

Type: Generic

Status: Taking registrations for GA

Eligibility Requirements

Applicants must fall under one of the follow categories to qualify for a .INSURANCE domain.

1. Insurance companies regulated by the relevant Government Regulatory Authority (e.g., licensed, approved, certified)
2. Licensed insurance agents/agencies, brokers/brokerages or other equivalents (e.g., intermediaries, representatives) regulated by the relevant Government Regulatory Authority
3. Associations whose members are primarily comprised of entities or individuals identified above in 1 or 2
4. Groups of associations whose members are primarily comprised of associations identified above in 3
5. Government Regulatory Authorities of insurance companies, agents/agencies, brokers/brokerages or other equivalents (e.g., intermediaries, representatives) or organizations whose members are primarily comprised of such relevant Government Regulatory Authorities (if approved by the Registry Operator Board)
6. Other Regulated entities supervised by the relevant Government Regulatory Authority (if approved by the Registry Operator Board)
7. Holding and parent companies of entities identified above in 1 or 2 if supervised by the relevant Government Regulatory Authority

General remarks

Name Selection Policy
.INSURANCE domains must comply with the following: 

1. Standard Name Requirements – Domain must:
   1. correspond to a trademark, trade name or service mark of the business or organization;
   2. not be a Reserved Name; and
   3. not be likely to deceive or cause material detriment to a significant portion of the insurance and/or financial services communities, its customers or Internet user
2. Registry Operator Reserved Names and ICANN Reserved Names – The domain names in these two classes will be incorporated into the Registry Operator’s Name Allocation Policy.
3. Reserved Names are not available for registration.

Registration Documentation
As part of the registration process, applicants will be required to provide certain information to the registry operator to verify their eligibility to register a .INSURANCE domain name. This information may include, but is not limited to: Full legal name, business name, business address, business phone, business email, and another proof of identity to establish that the Applicant is an eligible member of the insurance community (e.g. business license, certificate of formation, articles of incorporation, corporate operating agreement, charter documents, attorney opinion letter). Insurance companies will need to provide the assigned regulatory ID and government regulatory authority issuing its charter. Agents/agencies, brokers/brokerages and other equivalents will need to provide the assigned license ID and government regulatory licensing agency issuing its permission..

Verification
To register a new .insurance domain, please follow the following steps:

1. Complete the pre-verification with fTLD Registry Services here https://www.register.insurance/get-started/
2. Once you are verified, you will receive an email from fTLD that you are approved to proceed and Lexsynergy will submit the registration for you.

This verification will be performed at the time of initial registration then annually. During the verification process, fTLD Registry Services will verify the following:

1. Organization, Jurisdiction and Credentials – the registrant must be a registered and active organization in a jurisdiction appropriate to its business location and has valid credentials proving that it meets the requirements of the eligibility policy.
2. Domain Name Selection – the applied-for domain name must meet the requirements of the .INSURANCE Name Selection Policy.