Senate Bill sb1952

    Florida Senate - 2002                                  SB 1952

    By Senator Sebesta





    20-1024-02

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to insurance; amending s.

  3         626.221, F.S.; exempting an applicant for

  4         licensure as a customer representative from

  5         examination requirements under certain

  6         conditions; exempting an applicant for

  7         licensure as an adjuster from examination

  8         requirements under certain conditions;

  9         providing an effective date.

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

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13         Section 1.  Paragraphs (l) and (m) of subsection (2) of

14  section 626.221, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:

15         626.221  Examination requirement; exemptions.--

16         (2)  However, no such examination shall be necessary in

17  any of the following cases:

18         (l)  An applicant for license as a customer

19  representative who has the designation of Accredited Advisor

20  in Insurance (AAI) from the Insurance Institute of America,

21  the designation of Certified Insurance Counselor (CIC) from

22  the Society of Certified Insurance Service Counselors, the

23  designation of Accredited Customer Service Representative

24  (ACSR) from the Independent Insurance Agents of America, the

25  designation of Certified Professional Service Representative

26  (CPSR) from the National Association of Professional Insurance

27  Agents, the designation of Certified Insurance Service

28  Representative (CISR) from the Society of Certified Insurance

29  Service Representatives. Also, an applicant for license as a

30  customer representative who has the designation of Certified

31  Customer Service Representative (CCSR) from the Florida

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    Florida Senate - 2002                                  SB 1952
    20-1024-02




  1  Association of Insurance Agents, or the designation of

  2  Registered Customer Service Representative (RCSR) from a

  3  regionally accredited postsecondary institution in this state,

  4  or the designation of Professional Customer Service Associate

  5  (PCSA) from the Professional Career Institute, whose

  6  curriculum has been approved by the department and whose

  7  curriculum includes comprehensive analysis of basic property

  8  and casualty lines of insurance and testing at least equal to

  9  that of standard department testing for the customer

10  representative license. The department shall adopt rules

11  establishing standards for the approval of curriculum.

12         (m)  An applicant for license as an adjuster who has

13  the designation of Accredited Claims Adjuster (ACA) from a

14  regionally accredited postsecondary institution in this state

15  or Professional Claims Adjuster (PCA) from the Professional

16  Career Institute, whose curriculum has been approved by the

17  department and whose curriculum includes comprehensive

18  analysis of basic property and casualty lines of insurance and

19  testing at least equal to that of standard department testing

20  for the all-lines adjuster license. The department shall adopt

21  rules establishing standards for the approval of curriculum.

22         Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2002.

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25                          SENATE SUMMARY

26    Exempts certain applicants for licensure as customer
      representatives or adjusters from examination
27    requirements.

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