Florida Statute 626.8412 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title XXXVII
INSURANCE

Chapter 626
INSURANCE FIELD REPRESENTATIVES AND OPERATIONS

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626.8412 License and appointments required.—

(1) Except as otherwise provided in this part:

(a) Title insurance may be sold only by a licensed and appointed title insurance agent employed by a licensed and appointed title insurance agency or employed by a title insurer.

(b) A title insurance agent may not sell a title insurance policy issued by an insurer for which the agent and the agency do not hold a current appointment.

(2) Except as otherwise provided in this part, a person, other than a title insurance agency or an employee of a title insurance agency, may not perform any of the functions of a title insurance agency without a title insurance agency license.

History.—s. 13, ch. 92-318; s. 5, ch. 2014-112; s. 38, ch. 2022-138.

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FCOA LLC v. Foremost Title & Escrow Servs. LLC (11th Cir. 2023).

Published | Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

...itle to real estate at closing. FT&E 5 Under Florida law, title insurance may only be sold by a “licensed and ap- pointed title insurance agent employed by a licensed and appointed title insur- ance agency.” Fla. Stat. § 626.8412(1)(a)....

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