The Florida Senate

493.6110  Licensee's insurance.--No agency license shall be issued unless the applicant first files with the department a certification of insurance evidencing coverage as delineated below. The coverage shall provide the department as an additional insured for the purpose of receiving all notices of modification or cancellation of such insurance. Coverage shall be written by an insurance company which is lawfully engaged to provide insurance coverage in Florida. Coverage shall provide for a combined single-limit policy in the amount of at least $300,000, which policy shall include comprehensive general liability coverage for death, bodily injury, property damage, and personal injury coverage including false arrest, detention or imprisonment, malicious prosecution, libel, slander, defamation of character, and violation of the right of privacy. Coverage shall insure for the liability of all employees licensed by the department while acting in the course of their employment.

(1)  The licensed agency shall notify the department of any claim against such insurance.

(2)  The licensed agency shall notify the department immediately upon cancellation of the insurance policy, whether such cancellation was initiated by the insurance company or the insured agency.

(3)  The agency license shall be automatically suspended upon the date of cancellation unless evidence of insurance is provided to the department prior to the effective date of cancellation.

History.--ss. 2, 11, ch. 90-364; s. 4, ch. 91-248; s. 4, ch. 91-429.