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The 2000 Florida Statutes

Title XXXVII
INSURANCE
Chapter 626
Insurance Field Representatives And Operations
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Chapter 626, Part I, Florida Statutes 2000

PART I

INSURANCE REPRESENTATIVES; LICENSING
PROCEDURES AND GENERAL REQUIREMENTS

626.011  Short title.

626.022  Scope of part.

626.031  "Agent" defined, in general.

626.032  "Administrative agent" defined; continuing education and designation required.

626.041  "General lines agent" defined.

626.0428  Agency personnel powers, duties, and limitations.

626.051  "Life agent" defined.

626.062  "Health agent" defined.

626.071  "Solicitor" defined.

626.072  "Customer representative" and "limited customer representative" defined.

626.081  "Service representative" defined.

626.091  "Managing general agent" defined.

626.094  "Insurance agency" defined.

626.101  "Adjuster" defined.

626.102  "Resident" defined.

626.103  "License" defined.

626.104  "Appointment" defined.

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

626.141  Violation not to affect validity of insurance.

626.161  Licensing forms.

626.171  Application for license.

626.172  Application for insurance agency license.

626.181  Number of applications for licensure required.

626.191  Repeated applications.

626.201  Investigation.

626.211  Approval, disapproval of application.

626.221  Examination requirement; exemptions.

626.231  Eligibility for examination.

626.241  Scope of examination.

626.251  Time and place of examination; notice.

626.261  Conduct of examination.

626.266  Printing of examinations or related materials to preserve examination security.

626.271  Examination fee; determination, refund.

626.281  Reexamination.

626.2815  Continuing education required; application; exceptions; requirements; penalties.

626.2816  Regulation of continuing education for licensees, course providers, instructors, school officials, and monitor groups.

626.2817  Regulation of course providers, instructors, school officials, and monitor groups involved in prelicensure education for insurance agents and other licensees.

626.291  Denial, issuance of license.

626.301  Form and contents of licenses, in general.

626.311  Scope of license.

626.321  Limited licenses.

626.322  License, appointment; certain military installations.

626.331  Number of appointments permitted or required.

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

626.342  Furnishing supplies to unlicensed life, health, or general lines agent prohibited; civil liability.

626.361  Effective date of appointments.

626.371  Payment of fees, taxes for appointment period without appointment.

626.381  Renewal, continuation, reinstatement, or termination of appointment.

626.382  Continuation, expiration of license; insurance agencies.

626.431  Effect of expiration of license and appointment.

626.441  License or appointment; transferability.

626.451  Appointment of agent or other representative.

626.461  Continuation of appointment of agent or other representative.

626.471  Termination of appointment.

626.511  Reasons for termination; confidential information.

626.521  Character, credit reports.

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

626.551  Notice of change of address, name.

626.561  Reporting and accounting for funds.

626.571  Delinquent agencies; notice of trusteeship.

626.5715  Parity of regulation of insurance agents and agencies.

626.572  Rebating; when allowed.

626.581  Commissions contingent upon adjustment savings; prohibition.

626.591  Penalty for violation of s. 626.581.

626.592  Primary agents.

626.601  Improper conduct; inquiry; fingerprinting.

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

626.6115  Grounds for compulsory refusal, suspension, or revocation of insurance agency license.

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

626.6215  Grounds for discretionary refusal, suspension, or revocation of insurance agency license.

626.631  Procedure for refusal, suspension, or revocation of license.

626.641  Duration of suspension or revocation.

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

626.6515  Effect of suspension or revocation upon associated agencies.

626.661  Surrender of license.

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

626.691  Probation.

626.692  Restitution.

626.711  Retaliatory provision, agents.