Senate Bill 938 (2012) - The Florida Senate

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CS/SB 938: Insurance Agents and Adjusters

GENERAL BILL by Banking and Insurance ; Richter ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Oelrich

Insurance Agents and Adjusters; Deleting a requirement that an insurer pay an agent tax for each county in which an agent represents the insurer and has a place of business; revising the definitions of “adjuster” and “home state”; revising provisions relating to who may bind insurance coverage; revising provisions relating to continuing education requirements; providing that persons on active military duty may seek a waiver; revising provisions relating to the purpose of the general lines and personal lines license and certain requirements related to general lines and personal lines agents; requiring persons transacting mortgage guaranty insurance to be licensed and appointed as a credit insurance agent; revising the licensure application for bail bond agents to include certain information etc.

Effective Date: except as otherwise expressly provided in this act, this act shall take effect October 1, 2012
Last Action: 3/7/2012 Senate - Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/CS/HB 725 (Ch. 2012-209) -SJ 918
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF

Senate Committee References:

Banking and Insurance (BI)
Budget Subcommittee on General Government Appropriations (BGA)
Budget (BC)

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Bill History

Date	Chamber	Action
11/15/2011	Senate	• Filed
12/6/2011	Senate	• Referred to Banking and Insurance; Budget -SJ 78
12/21/2011	Senate	• On Committee agenda-- Banking and Insurance, 01/09/12, 3:15 pm, 412 Knott Building
1/9/2012	Senate	• CS by Banking and Insurance; YEAS 9 NAYS 0 -SJ 112
1/10/2012	Senate	• Introduced -SJ 78 • Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute) • CS by Banking and Insurance read 1st time -SJ 107
1/11/2012	Senate	• Now in Budget -SJ 112 • Subreferred to Budget Subcommittee on General Government Appropriations -SJ 160 • Now in Budget Subcommittee on General Government Appropriations
1/13/2012	Senate	• On Committee agenda-- Budget Subcommittee on General Government Appropriations, 01/19/12, 2:45 pm, 401 Senate Office Building
1/19/2012	Senate	• Favorable by Budget Subcommittee on General Government Appropriations; YEAS 8 NAYS 0 -SJ 252
1/20/2012	Senate	• Now in Budget -SJ 252
2/16/2012	Senate	• On Committee agenda-- Budget, 02/21/12, 3:45 pm, 412 Knott Building
2/21/2012	Senate	• Favorable by- Budget; YEAS 21 NAYS 0 -SJ 671
2/22/2012	Senate	• Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading -SJ 671
3/5/2012	Senate	• Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/07/12
3/7/2012	Senate	• Read 2nd time -SJ 917 • Amendment(s) adopted (916578) -SJ 918 • Substituted CS/CS/CS/HB 725 -SJ 918 • Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/CS/HB 725 (Ch. 2012-209) -SJ 918

Related Bills

Bill Number	Subject	Filed By	Relationship	Last Action and Location
H 725 (er)	Insurance Agents and Adjusters	Hager	Compare	Last Action: 5/6/2012 Chapter No. 2012-209, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 643 (Ch. 2012-206) Location: Became Law
H 771	Bail Bond Agencies and Agents	Artiles	Compare	Last Action: 3/9/2012 H Died in Insurance and Banking Subcommittee, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/CS/HB 725 (Ch. 2012-209) Location: In committee/council (INBS)
H 4147	Title Insurance Agency Licensure	Logan	Compare	Last Action: 3/9/2012 H Died in Insurance and Banking Subcommittee Location: In committee/council (INBS)
S 1694	Title Insurance Agency Licensure	Hays	Compare	Last Action: 3/9/2012 S Died in Banking and Insurance Location: In committee/council (BI)
S 1820	Bail Bond Agencies and Agents	Latvala	Compare	Last Action: 3/9/2012 S Died in Banking and Insurance, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/CS/HB 725 (Ch. 2012-209) Location: In committee/council (BI)

Version	Posted	Format
S 938 Filed	11/15/2011 8:37 AM	Web Page \| PDF
S 938 c1	1/10/2012 2:06 PM	Web Page \| PDF

Committee Amendments

S 938 Filed
Amendment	Sponsor	Filed	Last Committee Action	Format
537768 - Amendment (Delete All) Delete everything after the enacting clause and insert:	Banking and Insurance (Richter)	1/6/2012 2:32 PM	Replaced by Committee Substitute 1/9/2012	Web Page PDF

Floor Amendments

S 938 c1
Amendments	Sponsor	Filed	Last Floor Action	Format
916578 - Amendment Delete everything after the enacting clause and insert:	Richter	3/6/2012 4:52 PM	Senate: Adopted 3/7/2012	Web Page PDF
894892 - Amendment (Delete All) Delete everything after the enacting clause and insert:	Richter	3/5/2012 3:33 PM	Senate: Withdrawn 3/6/2012	Web Page PDF

Bill Analyses

Type	Analysis	Author	Posted	Format
Bill Analysis	S 938	Banking and Insurance (Pre-Meeting)	1/6/2012 12:46 PM	PDF
Bill Analysis	S 938	Banking and Insurance (Post-Meeting)	1/10/2012 2:00 PM	PDF
Bill Analysis	S 938	Budget Subcommittee on General Government Appropriations (Pre-Meeting)	1/18/2012 10:19 AM	PDF
Bill Analysis	S 938	Budget Subcommittee on General Government Appropriations (Post-Meeting)	1/19/2012 6:07 PM	PDF
Bill Analysis	S 938	Budget (Pre-Meeting)	2/20/2012 4:00 PM	PDF
Bill Analysis	S 938	Budget (Post-Meeting)	2/21/2012 8:30 PM	PDF

Version	Committee	Date	Result
S 938 Filed	Banking and Insurance	1/9/2012 3:15 PM	9 Yeas - 0 Nays
S 938 c1	Budget Subcommittee on General Government Appropriations	1/19/2012 2:45 PM	8 Yeas - 0 Nays
S 938 c1	Budget	2/21/2012 3:45 PM	21 Yeas - 0 Nays

Citations - Statutes (56)

Citation	Catchline	Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
624.501	Filing, license, appointment, and miscellaneous fees.	Page 5 (pdf)
624.505	County tax; determination; additional offices; nonresident agents.	Page 6 (pdf)
626.015	Definitions.	Page 7 (pdf)
626.0428	Agency personnel powers, duties, and limitations.	Page 7 (pdf)
626.171	Application for license as an agent, customer representative, adjuster, service representative, managing general agent, or reinsurance intermediary.	Page 8 (pdf)
626.191	Repeated applications.	Page 9 (pdf)
626.221	Examination requirement; exemptions.	Page 9 (pdf)
626.231	Eligibility; application for examination.	Page 14 (pdf)
626.241	Scope of examination.	Page 15 (pdf)
626.251	Time and place of examination; notice.	Page 16 (pdf)
626.281	Reexamination.	Page 17 (pdf)
626.2815	Continuing education required; application; exceptions; requirements; penalties.	Page 18 (pdf), Page 28 (pdf)
626.292	Transfer of license from another state.	Page 32 (pdf)
626.311	Scope of license.	Page 33 (pdf)
626.321	Limited licenses.	Page 33 (pdf)
626.342	Furnishing supplies to unlicensed life, health, or general lines agent prohibited; civil liability.	Page 49 (pdf)
626.381	Renewal, continuation, reinstatement, or termination of appointment.	Page 49 (pdf)
626.536	Reporting of actions.	Page 50 (pdf)
626.551	Notice of change of address, name.	Page 50 (pdf)
626.621	Grounds for discretionary refusal, suspension, or revocation of agent’s, adjuster’s, customer representative’s, service representative’s, or managing general agent’s license or appointment.	Page 51 (pdf)
626.641	Duration of suspension or revocation.	Page 52 (pdf)
626.651	Effect of suspension, revocation upon associated licenses and appointments and licensees and appointees.	Page 52 (pdf)
626.730	Purpose of license.	Page 52 (pdf)
626.732	Requirement as to knowledge, experience, or instruction.	Page 53 (pdf)
626.8411	Application of Florida Insurance Code provisions to title insurance agents or agencies.	Page 58 (pdf)
626.8418	Application for title insurance agency license.	Page 59 (pdf)
626.8548		Page 61 (pdf)
626.855	“Independent adjuster” defined.	Page 62 (pdf)
626.856	“Company employee adjuster” defined.	Page 62 (pdf)
626.858	“Nonresident company employee adjuster” defined.	Page 62 (pdf)
626.8584	“Nonresident independent adjuster” defined.	Page 63 (pdf)
626.863	Licensed independent adjusters required; insurers’ responsibility.	Page 63 (pdf)
626.864	Adjuster license types.	Page 64 (pdf)
626.865	Public adjuster’s qualifications, bond.	Page 64 (pdf)
626.866	Independent adjuster’s qualifications.	Page 65 (pdf)
626.867	Company employee adjuster’s qualifications.	Page 66 (pdf)
626.869	License, adjusters; continuing education.	Page 66 (pdf)
626.8697	Grounds for refusal, suspension, or revocation of adjusting firm license.	Page 69 (pdf)
626.872	Temporary license.	Page 69 (pdf)
626.873	Nonresident company employee adjusters.	Page 70 (pdf)
626.8734	Nonresident independent adjuster’s qualifications.	Page 71 (pdf)
626.8736	Nonresident independent or public adjusters; service of process.	Page 75 (pdf)
626.874	Catastrophe or emergency adjusters.	Page 76 (pdf)
626.875	Office and records.	Page 77 (pdf)
626.876	Exclusive employment; public adjusters, independent adjusters.	Page 77 (pdf)
626.927	Licensing of surplus lines agent.	Page 77 (pdf)
626.928	Surplus lines agent’s bond.	Page 78 (pdf)
626.933	Collection of tax and service fee.	Page 78 (pdf)
626.935	Suspension, revocation, or refusal of surplus lines agent’s license.	Page 79 (pdf)
627.952	Risk retention and purchasing group agents.	Page 80 (pdf)
635.051	Licensing and appointment of mortgage guaranty insurance agents.	Page 81 (pdf)
648.34	Bail bond agents; qualifications.	Page 82 (pdf)
648.38	Licensure examination for bail bond agents; time; place; fees; scope.	Page 82 (pdf)
648.385	Continuing education required; application; exceptions; requirements; penalties.	Page 83 (pdf)
648.421	Notice of change of address or telephone number.	Page 84 (pdf)
903.27	Forfeiture to judgment.	Page 85 (pdf)

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