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House Bill 1001




    Florida House of Representatives - 1997                HB 1001

        By Representative Bitner






  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to insurance; amending s.

  3         626.072, F.S.; authorizing general lines agents

  4         and general lines agencies to appoint temporary

  5         representatives to assist in transacting the

  6         business of insurance or private passenger

  7         motor vehicle insurance; providing conditions

  8         of appointment; providing a limitation;

  9         providing responsibilities of agents and

10         agencies that make such appointments; providing

11         responsibility; providing an effective date.

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13  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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15         Section 1.  Section 626.072, Florida Statutes, is

16  amended to read:

17         626.072  "Customer representative," "limited customer

18  representative," "temporary representative" "Customer

19  representative" and "limited customer representative"

20  defined.--For the purposes of this code:

21         (1)  A "customer representative" is an individual

22  appointed by a general lines agent or general lines agency to

23  assist the agent or agency in transacting the business of

24  insurance from the office of the agent or agency.

25         (2)  A "limited customer representative" is a customer

26  representative appointed by a general lines agent or general

27  lines agency to assist the agent or agency in transacting only

28  the business of private passenger motor vehicle insurance from

29  the office of the agent or agency.  A limited customer

30  representative is subject to this code in the same manner as a

31  customer representative unless otherwise specified.

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  1         (3)  A "temporary representative" is a person who does

  2  not hold a license issued by the department and who is

  3  appointed by a general lines agent or a general lines agency

  4  to assist the agent or agency from its office in transacting

  5  the business of insurance or in transacting the business of

  6  private passenger motor vehicle insurance. A person may be

  7  appointed a temporary representative only one time. The period

  8  of an appointment may not exceed 180 days. Prior to being

  9  appointed a temporary representative, a person must provide

10  the appointing agent or agency with evidence that he or she is

11  enrolled in a qualified insurance class and has applied to the

12  department for a license as a customer representative or

13  limited customer representative. Upon receipt of a certificate

14  of enrollment or other evidence of enrollment, the agent or

15  agency may appoint the person a temporary representative. The

16  agent or agency must then certify to the department that the

17  person appointed is an employee of the agent or agency, and

18  that the agent or agency will provide on-the-job training for

19  the temporary representative including quoting, writing, and

20  receipting insurance. An agent or agency that appoints a

21  person as its temporary representative is responsible for the

22  actions of such person relating to the insurance business of

23  the agent or agency.

24         Section 2.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a

25  law.

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  2                          SENATE SUMMARY

  3    Authorizes general lines agents and general lines
      agencies to appoint temporary representatives to assist
  4    in transacting the business of insurance or private
      passenger motor vehicle insurance. Provides conditions of
  5    appointment. Limits a person to only one appointment as a
      temporary representative. The period of an appointment
  6    may not exceed 180 days. Provides responsibilities of
      agents and agencies that make such appointments. Provides
  7    that agents and agencies that appoint a temporary
      representative are responsible for their actions relating
  8    to the business of insurance.

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