The Florida Senate

CS/HB 863: Insurance Agents

GENERAL BILL by Murzin

Insurance Agents; deletes references to solicitors to conform to prior deletions; revises certain fingerprinting requirements; provides for fee for certain late appointment filings; revises applicant address requirements; requires inclusion of fingerprints in certain inquiries or investigations; revises licensure eligibility criteria to specify United States citizenship or certain legal alien status, etc. Amends FS.

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• Bill History

  Date	Chamber	Action
  2/27/2003	House	• Prefiled
  3/4/2003	House	• Introduced -HJ 00076
  3/7/2003	House	• Referred to Insurance Regulation (IN); Insurance; Finance & Tax -HJ 00163
  4/7/2003	House	• On Subcommittee agenda-- Insurance Regulation (IN), 04/09/03, 1:00 pm, 212-K
  4/9/2003	House	• Recommendation: Favorable with 1 amendment(s) by Insurance Regulation (IN); YEAS 9 NAYS 0
  4/10/2003	House	• Now in Insurance
  4/11/2003	House	• On Committee agenda-- Insurance, 04/15/03, 1:00 pm, 212-K
  4/15/2003	House	• Favorable with CS amendment by Insurance; YEAS 18 NAYS 0 -HJ 00404
  4/23/2003	House	• Pending review of CS under Rule 6.3(b)
  4/25/2003	House	• Now in Finance & Tax -HJ 00404
  4/28/2003	House	• Withdrawn from Finance & Tax -HJ 00703; Placed on Calendar
  5/1/2003	House	• Placed on Special Order Calendar; Temporarily postponed, on Second Reading -HJ 00980
  5/2/2003	House	• Placed on Special Order Calendar -HJ 01103; Substituted CS/SB 2364; Laid on Table, Link/Iden/Sim/Compare passed, refer to HB 513 (Ch. 2003-281), CS/SB 2364 (Ch. 2003-267), SB 40-A (Ch. 2003-407) -HJ 01106

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• CS/HB 863, Committee Substitute 1 (Current Bill Version) Posted 4/23/2003 at 3:36 PM

  Bill Text:	Web Page | PDF

  Analyses:	None

  Related Bills (2)

  Bill Number	Subject	Filed By	Relationship	Last Action and Location
  H 513 (e2)		Benson	Similar	Last Action: 7/11/2003 Approved by Governor; Chapter No. 2003-281; See also CS/SB 2364 (Ch. 2003-267), SB 2680 (Ch. 2003-21), SB 40-A (Ch. 2003-407) Location:
  S 2364 (e2)		Diaz de la Portilla	Similar	Last Action: 6/26/2003 Approved by Governor; Chapter No. 2003-267; See also HB 513 (Ch. 2003-281), SB 2190 (Ch. 2003-99), CS/SB 32-A (Ch. 2003-411), SB 40-A (Ch. 2003-407) Location:

  Citations - Statutes (71)

  Citation	Catchline	Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
  624.04	"Person" defined.
  624.303	Seal; certified copies as evidence.
  624.313	Publications.
  624.317	Investigation of agents, adjusters, administrators, service companies, and others.
  624.34	Authority of Department of Law Enforcement to accept fingerprints of, and exchange criminal history records with respect to, certain persons.
  624.501	Filing, license, appointment, and miscellaneous fees.
  624.504	Liability for state, county tax.
  624.506	County tax; deposit and remittance.
  624.521	Deposit of certain tax receipts; refund of improper payments.
  626.015	Definitions.
  626.022	Scope of part.
  626.032	Administrative agents; continuing education and designation required.
  626.112	License and appointment required; agents, customer representatives, adjusters, insurance agencies, service representatives, managing general agents.
  626.171	Application for license.
  626.175	Temporary licensing.
  626.201	Investigation.
  626.202	Fingerprinting requirements.
  626.221	Examination requirement; exemptions.
  626.2815	Continuing education required; application; exceptions; requirements; penalties.
  626.2816	Regulation of continuing education for licensees, course providers, instructors, school officials, and monitor groups.
  626.2817	Regulation of course providers, instructors, school officials, and monitor groups involved in prelicensure education for insurance agents and other licensees.
  626.311	Scope of license.
  626.321	Limited licenses.
  626.322	License, appointment; certain military installations.
  626.341	Additional appointments; general lines, life, and health agents.
  626.361	Effective date of appointments.
  626.371	Payment of fees, taxes for appointment period without appointment.
  626.381	Renewal, continuation, reinstatement, or termination of appointment.
  626.451	Appointment of agent or other representative.
  626.461	Continuation of appointment of agent or other representative.
  626.471	Termination of appointment.
  626.601	Improper conduct; inquiry; fingerprinting.
  626.731	Qualifications for general lines agent's license.
  626.7315	Prohibition against the unlicensed transaction of general lines insurance.
  626.732	Requirement as to knowledge, experience, or instruction.
  626.733	Agency firms and corporations; special requirements.
  626.7351	Qualifications for customer representative's license.
  626.7354	Customer representative's powers; agent's or agency's responsibility.
  626.7355	Temporary license as customer representative pending examination.
  626.741	Nonresident agents; licensing and restrictions.
  626.753	Sharing commissions; penalty.
  626.785	Qualifications for license.
  626.7851	Requirement as to knowledge, experience, or instruction.
  626.797	Code of ethics.
  626.829	"Health agent" defined.
  626.831	Qualifications for license.
  626.8311	Requirement as to knowledge, experience, or instruction.
  626.8414	Qualifications for examination.
  626.8417	Title insurance agent licensure; exemptions.
  626.843	Renewal, continuation, reinstatement, termination of title insurance agent's appointment.
  626.865	Public adjuster's qualifications, bond.
  626.866	Independent adjuster's qualifications.
  626.867	Company employee adjuster's qualifications.
  626.869	License, adjusters.
  626.874	Catastrophe or emergency adjusters.
  626.878	Rules; code of ethics.
  626.9541	Unfair methods of competition and unfair or deceptive acts or practices defined.
  626.9916	Viatical settlement broker license required; application for license.
  627.7295	Motor vehicle insurance contracts.
  632.634	Licensing and appointment of agents.
  634.171	Salesperson to be licensed and appointed.
  634.420	License and appointment of sales representatives.
  642.034	License and appointment required.
  642.036	Sales representatives to be licensed and appointed.
  642.045	Procedure for refusal, suspension, or revocation of license and appointment of sales representative; departmental action upon violation by licensed insurance agent or solicitor.
  648.27	Licenses and appointments; general.
  648.34	Bail bond agents; qualifications.
  648.355	Temporary limited license as limited surety agent or professional bail bond agent; pending examination.
  648.382	Appointment of bail bond agents and temporary bail bond agents; effective date of appointment.
  648.383	Renewal, continuation, reinstatement, and termination of appointment; bail bond agents.
  648.50	Effect of suspension, revocation upon associated licenses and licensees.

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• HB 863, Original Filed Version Posted 2/27/2003 at 6:09 PM

  Bill Text:	Web Page | PDF

  Analyses:	Insurance (Post-Meeting) (pdf) Insurance (Post-Meeting) (pdf) Insurance (Post-Meeting) (pdf)

  Citations - Statutes (67)

  Citation	Catchline	Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
  624.04	"Person" defined.
  624.303	Seal; certified copies as evidence.
  624.313	Publications.
  624.317	Investigation of agents, adjusters, administrators, service companies, and others.
  624.34	Authority of Department of Law Enforcement to accept fingerprints of, and exchange criminal history records with respect to, certain persons.
  624.501	Filing, license, appointment, and miscellaneous fees.
  624.504	Liability for state, county tax.
  624.506	County tax; deposit and remittance.
  624.521	Deposit of certain tax receipts; refund of improper payments.
  626.015	Definitions.
  626.022	Scope of part.
  626.032	Administrative agents; continuing education and designation required.
  626.112	License and appointment required; agents, customer representatives, adjusters, insurance agencies, service representatives, managing general agents.
  626.171	Application for license.
  626.175	Temporary licensing.
  626.202	Fingerprinting requirements.
  626.221	Examination requirement; exemptions.
  626.2815	Continuing education required; application; exceptions; requirements; penalties.
  626.2816	Regulation of continuing education for licensees, course providers, instructors, school officials, and monitor groups.
  626.2817	Regulation of course providers, instructors, school officials, and monitor groups involved in prelicensure education for insurance agents and other licensees.
  626.321	Limited licenses.
  626.322	License, appointment; certain military installations.
  626.341	Additional appointments; general lines, life, and health agents.
  626.361	Effective date of appointments.
  626.371	Payment of fees, taxes for appointment period without appointment.
  626.381	Renewal, continuation, reinstatement, or termination of appointment.
  626.451	Appointment of agent or other representative.
  626.461	Continuation of appointment of agent or other representative.
  626.471	Termination of appointment.
  626.601	Improper conduct; inquiry; fingerprinting.
  626.731	Qualifications for general lines agent's license.
  626.7315	Prohibition against the unlicensed transaction of general lines insurance.
  626.732	Requirement as to knowledge, experience, or instruction.
  626.733	Agency firms and corporations; special requirements.
  626.7351	Qualifications for customer representative's license.
  626.7354	Customer representative's powers; agent's or agency's responsibility.
  626.7355	Temporary license as customer representative pending examination.
  626.741	Nonresident agents; licensing and restrictions.
  626.753	Sharing commissions; penalty.
  626.785	Qualifications for license.
  626.7851	Requirement as to knowledge, experience, or instruction.
  626.797	Code of ethics.
  626.829	"Health agent" defined.
  626.831	Qualifications for license.
  626.8311	Requirement as to knowledge, experience, or instruction.
  626.8414	Qualifications for examination.
  626.8417	Title insurance agent licensure; exemptions.
  626.865	Public adjuster's qualifications, bond.
  626.866	Independent adjuster's qualifications.
  626.867	Company employee adjuster's qualifications.
  626.869	License, adjusters.
  626.874	Catastrophe or emergency adjusters.
  626.878	Rules; code of ethics.
  626.9541	Unfair methods of competition and unfair or deceptive acts or practices defined.
  626.9916	Viatical settlement broker license required; application for license.
  632.634	Licensing and appointment of agents.
  634.171	Salesperson to be licensed and appointed.
  634.420	License and appointment of sales representatives.
  642.034	License and appointment required.
  642.036	Sales representatives to be licensed and appointed.
  642.045	Procedure for refusal, suspension, or revocation of license and appointment of sales representative; departmental action upon violation by licensed insurance agent or solicitor.
  648.27	Licenses and appointments; general.
  648.34	Bail bond agents; qualifications.
  648.355	Temporary limited license as limited surety agent or professional bail bond agent; pending examination.
  648.382	Appointment of bail bond agents and temporary bail bond agents; effective date of appointment.
  648.383	Renewal, continuation, reinstatement, and termination of appointment; bail bond agents.
  648.50	Effect of suspension, revocation upon associated licenses and licensees.

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