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, are required to qualify and be licensed individually as agents or customer representatives; and all of such agents must be individually appointed as to each property and casualty insurer entering into an agency contract with such agency. Each such appointing insurer as soon as known to it shall comply with this section and shall determine and require that each agent so associated in or so connected with such agency is likewise appointed as to the same such insurer and for the same type and class of license. However, no insurer is required to comply with the provisions of this section if such insurer satisfactorily demonstrates to the department that the insurer has issued an aggregate net written premium, in an agency, in an amount of $25,000 or less.
History.—s. 258, ch. 59-205; s. 18, ch. 71-86; s. 3, ch. 76-168; s. 1, ch. 77-457; s. 3, ch. 81-282; ss. 2, 3, ch. 81-318; ss. 222(1st), 241, 807, 810, ch. 82-243; s. 30, ch. 82-386; s. 4, ch. 83-157; ss. 69, 206, 207, ch. 90-363; s. 4, ch. 91-429; s. 38, ch. 98-199; s. 82, ch. 2003-1; s. 44, ch. 2003-267; s. 37, ch. 2003-281.
