Syfert Injury Law Firm

Short title.

Definitions.

Powers and duties of department, commission, and office.

Scope of part.

Consumer protections.

Agency personnel powers, duties, and limitations.

License and appointment required; agents, customer representatives, adjusters, insurance agencies, service representatives, managing general agents, insurance adjusting firms.

Violation not to affect validity of insurance.

Licensing forms.

Application for license as an agent, customer representative, adjuster, service representative, or reinsurance intermediary.

Application for insurance agency license.

Insurance agency closure; cancellation of licenses.

Temporary licensing.

Number of applications for licensure required.

Repeated applications.

Investigation.

Fingerprinting requirements.

Disqualification of applicants and licensees; penalties against licensees; rulemaking authority.

Approval, disapproval of application.

Examination requirement; exemptions.

Eligibility; application for examination.

Scope of examination.

Annual report of results of life insurance examinations.

Time and place of examination; notice.

Conduct of examination.

Printing of examinations or related materials to preserve examination security.

Examination fee; determination, refund.

Reexamination.

Continuing education requirements.

Regulation of continuing education for licensees, course providers, instructors, school officials, and monitor groups.

Regulation of course providers, instructors, and school officials involved in prelicensure education for insurance agents and other licensees.

Examination results; denial, issuance of license.

Transfer of license from another state.

Form and contents of licenses, in general.

Scope of license.

Limited licenses and registration.

License, appointment; certain military installations.

Number of appointments permitted or required.

Additional appointments; general lines, life, and health agents.

Furnishing supplies to unlicensed agent prohibited; civil liability.

Payment of fees, taxes for appointment period without appointment.

Renewal, continuation, reinstatement, or termination of appointment.

Continuation, expiration of license; insurance agencies.

Effect of expiration of license and appointment.

License or appointment; transferability.

Appointment of agent or other representative.

Continuation of appointment of agent or other representative.

Termination of appointment.

Reasons for termination; confidential information.

Reporting of administrative actions.

Firm, corporate, and business names; officers; associates; notice of changes.

Notice of change of address, name.

Reporting and accounting for funds.

Delinquent agencies; notice of trusteeship.

Parity of regulation of insurance agents and agencies.

Rebating; when allowed.

Commissions contingent upon adjustment savings; prohibition.

Penalty for violation of s. 626.581.

Insurance agent; written contract for compensation.

Improper conduct; inquiry; fingerprinting.

Insurance agency and adjusting firm names; disapproval.

Grounds for compulsory refusal, suspension, or revocation of agent’s, title agency’s, adjuster’s, customer representative’s, service representative’s, or managing general agent’s license or appointment.

Grounds for compulsory refusal, suspension, or revocation of insurance agency license.

Grounds for discretionary refusal, suspension, or revocation of agent’s, adjuster’s, customer representative’s, service representative’s, or managing general agent’s license or appointment.

Grounds for discretionary refusal, suspension, or revocation of insurance agency license.

Procedure for refusal, suspension, or revocation of license.

Duration of suspension or revocation.

Effect of suspension, revocation upon associated licenses and appointments and licensees and appointees.

Effect of suspension or revocation upon associated agencies.

Surrender of license.

Administrative fine in lieu of or in addition to suspension, revocation, or refusal of license, appointment, or disapproval.

Probation.

Restitution.

Retaliatory provision, agents.