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647.04 – Travel Protection Plans.

647.04 Travel protection plans.—A travel protection plan may be offered for one price for the combined features that the travel protection plan offers in this state if the travel protection plan meets all of the following requirements: (1) The travel protection plan clearly discloses to the consumer, at or before the time of purchase, that it includes […]

642.0336 – Duration of Suspension; Obligations During Suspension; Reinstatement.

642.0336 Duration of suspension; obligations during suspension; reinstatement.— (1) Suspension of an insurer’s certificate of authority shall be for such period, not to exceed 1 year, as is fixed in the order of suspension, unless such suspension or the order upon which the suspension is based is modified, rescinded, or reversed. (2) During the period of suspension, the […]

642.0338 – Administrative Fine in Lieu of Suspension or Revocation.

642.0338 Administrative fine in lieu of suspension or revocation.— (1) If the office finds that one or more grounds exist for the revocation or suspension of a certificate of authority issued under this chapter, the office may, in lieu of such suspension or revocation, impose a fine upon the insurer. (2) With respect to any nonwillful violation, such […]

642.034 – License and Appointment Required.

642.034 License and appointment required.—No person may solicit, negotiate, sell, or execute legal expense insurance contracts on behalf of an insurer in this state unless such person is licensed and appointed as a sales representative or is licensed and appointed under the insurance code as a general lines agent. No person licensed and appointed as a […]

642.036 – Sales Representatives to Be Licensed and Appointed.

642.036 Sales representatives to be licensed and appointed.—Sales representatives of legal expense insurers shall be licensed, appointed, renewed, continued, reinstated, or terminated as prescribed in chapter 626 for insurance representatives in general, and shall pay the license and appointment fees prescribed in s. 624.501. No employee or sales representative of an insurer may directly or indirectly […]

642.038 – Reporting and Accounting for Funds.

642.038 Reporting and accounting for funds.— (1) All funds belonging to an insurer or other person received by a sales representative in transactions under his or her license and appointment shall be trust funds so received by such representative in a fiduciary capacity; and the representative, in the applicable regular course of business, shall account for and […]

642.041 – Grounds for Compulsory Refusal, Suspension, or Revocation of License or Appointment of Contracting Sales Representatives.

642.041 Grounds for compulsory refusal, suspension, or revocation of license or appointment of contracting sales representatives.—The department shall, pursuant to the insurance code, deny, suspend, revoke, or refuse to renew or continue the license or appointment of any sales representative or the license or appointment of any general lines agent if it finds that, as to […]

642.043 – Grounds for Discretionary Refusal, Suspension, or Revocation of License or Appointment of Sales Representatives.

642.043 Grounds for discretionary refusal, suspension, or revocation of license or appointment of sales representatives.—The department may, in its discretion, deny, suspend, revoke, or refuse to renew or continue the license or appointment of any sales representative if it finds that, as to the representative, any one or more of the following applicable grounds exist under […]

642.045 – Procedure for Refusal, Suspension, or Revocation of License and Appointment of Sales Representative; Departmental Action Upon Violation by Licensed Insurance Agent.

642.045 Procedure for refusal, suspension, or revocation of license and appointment of sales representative; departmental action upon violation by licensed insurance agent.— (1) If any sales representative is convicted by a court of a violation of any provision of ss. 642.011-642.049, the license and appointment of such individual shall thereby be deemed to be immediately revoked without […]

642.047 – Administrative Fine in Lieu of Suspension or Revocation of License or Appointment.

642.047 Administrative fine in lieu of suspension or revocation of license or appointment.— (1) If, pursuant to procedures provided for in ss. 642.011-642.049, it is found that one or more grounds exist for the suspension or revocation of, or refusal to renew or continue, any license or appointment issued under ss. 642.011-642.049, and except when such suspension, […]