626.733 – Agency firms and corporations; special requirements.
626.733 Agency firms and corporations; special requirements.—If a sole proprietorship, partnership, corporation, or association holds an agency contract, all members thereof who solicit, negotiate, or effect insurance contracts, and all officers and stockholders of the corporation who solicit, negotiate, or effect insurance contracts, must qualify and be licensed individually as agents or customer representatives, and all […]
626.748 – Agent’s records.
626.748 Agent’s records.—Every agent transacting any insurance policy must maintain in his or her office, or have readily accessible by electronic or photographic means, for a period of at least 5 years after policy expiration, such records of policies transacted by him or her as to enable the policyholders and department to obtain all necessary information, […]
626.734 – Corporations, liability of agent.
626.734 Corporations, liability of agent.—Any general lines insurance agent who is an officer, director, or stockholder of an incorporated general lines insurance agency shall remain personally and fully liable and accountable for any wrongful acts, misconduct, or violations of any provisions of this code committed by such licensee or by any person under his or her […]
626.749 – Place of business in residence.
626.749 Place of business in residence.—No requirement of this part that an agent maintain within this state a place of business which is accessible to the public shall be deemed to prohibit the maintenance of such a place of business in connection with the place of residence of either the agent or of other persons, if: […]
626.7351 – Qualifications for customer representative’s license.
626.7351 Qualifications for customer representative’s license.—The department shall not grant or issue a license as customer representative to any individual found by it to be untrustworthy or incompetent, or who does not meet each of the following qualifications: (1) The applicant is a natural person at least 18 years of age. (2)(a) The applicant is a United States […]
626.7352 – Customer representative’s office.
626.7352 Customer representative’s office.—A customer representative shall be housed wholly and completely within the actual confines of the office of the agent or agency whom he or she represents, together with any such furniture, books, records, equipment, and paraphernalia necessary for the conduct of such insurance business. The customer representative shall not maintain any such office […]
626.7353 – Appointment of customer representatives.
626.7353 Appointment of customer representatives.— (1) Any person duly licensed and appointed as a general lines agent, except a person holding a limited license provided for in s. 626.321, and any general lines insurance agency may appoint as customer representatives any persons who hold or have qualified for a customer representative’s license. (2) The same individual shall not […]
626.7354 – Customer representative’s powers; agent’s or agency’s responsibility.
626.7354 Customer representative’s powers; agent’s or agency’s responsibility.— (1) A customer representative’s license shall not cover life insurance or any kind of insurance for which the agent or agency by which he or she is appointed is not then licensed. (2) A customer representative may engage in transacting insurance with customers who have been solicited by any agent […]
626.741 – Nonresident agents; licensing and restrictions.
626.741 Nonresident agents; licensing and restrictions.— (1) The department may, upon written application and the payment of the fees as specified in s. 624.501, issue a license as: (a) A nonresident general lines agent to an individual licensed in his or her home state as a resident agent for the same line of authority as a Florida resident […]
626.742 – Nonresident agents; service of process.
626.742 Nonresident agents; service of process.— (1) Each licensed nonresident agent shall appoint the Chief Financial Officer as his or her attorney to receive service of legal process issued against the agent in this state, upon causes of action arising within this state out of transactions under the agent’s license and appointment. Service upon the Chief Financial […]