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2011 Florida Statutes

Title XXXVII INSURANCE
Chapter 626 INSURANCE FIELD REPRESENTATIVES AND OPERATIONS Entire Chapter
SECTION 872
Temporary license.
F.S. 626.872
626.872 Temporary license.—
(1) The department may, in its discretion, issue a temporary license as an independent adjuster or as a company employee adjuster, subject to the following conditions:
(a) The applicant must be an employee of an adjuster currently licensed by the department, an employee of an authorized insurer, or an employee of an established adjusting firm or corporation which is supervised by a currently licensed independent adjuster.
(b) The application must be accompanied by a certificate of employment and a report as to the applicant’s integrity and moral character on a form prescribed by the department and executed by the employer.
(c) The applicant must be a natural person of at least 18 years of age, must be a bona fide resident of this state, must be trustworthy, and must have such business reputation as would reasonably assure that the applicant will conduct his or her business as an adjuster fairly and in good faith and without detriment to the public.
(d) The applicant’s employer is responsible for the adjustment acts of any licensee under this section.
(e) The applicable license fee specified must be paid before issuance of the temporary license.
(f) The temporary license shall be effective for a period of 1 year, but subject to earlier termination at the request of the employer, or if the licensee fails to take an examination as an independent adjuster or company employee adjuster within 6 months after issuance of the temporary license, or if suspended or revoked by the department.
(2) If during the 1-year temporary license period the applicant passes the examination as for a regular license, the temporary license shall continue in effect as a regular license, but subject to expiration, renewal, or continuation, if the licensee remains continuously employed as referred to in paragraph (1)(a), under the supervision of a licensed adjuster or as an employee of an authorized insurer.
(3) An adjuster licensed under this section may not adjust losses in this state after expiration of the temporary license without having been issued a regular adjuster’s license.
(4) Under the temporary license, the licensee shall have the authority to handle only such classes of business as his or her supervising adjuster is licensed to handle, except that the temporary licensee shall not be permitted by his or her employer to negotiate settlements with the insured or claimant for amounts in excess of $20,000.
(5) The department shall not issue a temporary license as an independent adjuster or as a company employee adjuster to any individual who has ever held such a license in this state.
History.—s. 335, ch. 59-205; ss. 13, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 3, ch. 81-282; s. 2, ch. 81-318; ss. 287, 293, 807, 810, ch. 82-243; ss. 146, 206, 207, ch. 90-363; s. 4, ch. 91-429; s. 291, ch. 97-102; s. 64, ch. 98-199; s. 18, ch. 2001-142; s. 987, ch. 2003-261; s. 67, ch. 2004-390.