Florida Senate - 2021 SB 534 By Senator Gibson 6-00285-21 2021534__ 1 A bill to be entitled 2 An act relating to insurance representative 3 examination requirements; amending s. 626.221, F.S.; 4 exempting certain applicants for licensure as an all 5 lines adjuster from a required examination; reenacting 6 s. 626.8734, F.S., relating to nonresident all-lines 7 adjuster license qualifications, to incorporate the 8 amendment made to s. 626.221, F.S., in a reference 9 thereto; providing an effective date. 10 11 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 12 13 Section 1. Paragraph (j) of subsection (2) of section 14 626.221, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 15 626.221 Examination requirement; exemptions.— 16 (2) However, an examination is not necessary for any of the 17 following: 18 (j) An applicant for license as an all-lines adjuster who 19 has the designation of Accredited Claims Adjuster (ACA) from a 20 regionally accredited postsecondary institution in this state, 21 Associate in Claims (AIC) from the Insurance Institute of 22 America, Professional Claims Adjuster (PCA) from the 23 Professional Career Institute, Professional Property Insurance 24 Adjuster (PPIA) from the HurriClaim Training Academy, Certified 25 Adjuster (CA) from ALL LINES Training, Certified Claims Adjuster 26 (CCA) from AE21 Incorporated, Claims Adjuster Certified 27 Professional (CACP) from WebCE, Inc., Accredited Insurance 28 Claims Specialist (AICS) from Encore Claim Services, or 29 Universal Claims Certification (UCC) from Claims and Litigation 30 Management Alliance (CLM) whose curriculum has been approved by 31 the department and which includes comprehensive analysis of 32 basic property and casualty lines of insurance and testing at 33 least equal to that of standard department testing for the all 34 lines adjuster license. The department shall adopt rules 35 establishing standards for the approval of curriculum. 36 Section 2. For the purpose of incorporating the amendment 37 made by this act to section 626.221, Florida Statutes, in a 38 reference thereto, paragraph (b) of subsection (1) of section 39 626.8734, Florida Statutes, is reenacted to read: 40 626.8734 Nonresident all-lines adjuster license 41 qualifications.— 42 (1) The department shall issue a license to an applicant 43 for a nonresident all-lines adjuster license upon determining 44 that the applicant has paid the applicable license fees required 45 under s. 624.501 and: 46 (b) Has passed to the satisfaction of the department a 47 written Florida all-lines adjuster examination of the scope 48 prescribed in s. 626.241(6); however, the requirement for the 49 examination does not apply to: 50 1. An applicant who is licensed as an all-lines adjuster in 51 his or her home state if that state has entered into a 52 reciprocal agreement with the department; 53 2. An applicant who is licensed as a nonresident all-lines 54 adjuster in a state other than his or her home state and a 55 reciprocal agreement with the appropriate official of the state 56 of licensure has been entered into with the department; or 57 3. An applicant who holds a certification set forth in s. 58 626.221(2)(j). 59 Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2021.