Florida Senate - 2026                                    SB 1504
       
       
        
       By Senator Calatayud
       
       
       
       
       
       38-01130-26                                           20261504__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to insurance customer representative
    3         licensing qualifications; amending s. 626.7351, F.S.;
    4         revising the qualifications for applicants for a
    5         license as an insurance customer representative;
    6         providing an effective date.
    7          
    8  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
    9  
   10         Section 1. Subsection (3) of section 626.7351, Florida
   11  Statutes, is amended to read:
   12         626.7351 Qualifications for customer representative’s
   13  license.—The department shall not grant or issue a license as
   14  customer representative to any individual found by it to be
   15  untrustworthy or incompetent, or who does not meet each of the
   16  following qualifications:
   17         (3) Within 4 years preceding the date that the application
   18  for license was filed with the department, the applicant has
   19  earned the designation of Accredited Advisor in Insurance (AAI),
   20  Associate in General Insurance (AINS), or Accredited Customer
   21  Service Representative (ACSR) from the Insurance Institute of
   22  America; the designation of Certified Insurance Counselor (CIC)
   23  from the Society of Certified Insurance Service Counselors; the
   24  designation of Certified Professional Service Representative
   25  (CPSR) from the National Foundation for CPSR; the designation of
   26  Certified Insurance Service Representative (CISR) from the
   27  Society of Certified Insurance Service Representatives; the
   28  designation of Certified Insurance Representative (CIR) from
   29  All-Lines Training; the designation of Chartered Customer
   30  Service Representative (CCSR) from American Insurance College;
   31  the designation of Professional Customer Service Representative
   32  (PCSR) from the Professional Career Institute; the designation
   33  of Insurance Customer Service Representative (ICSR) from
   34  Statewide Insurance Associates LLC; the designation of
   35  Registered Customer Service Representative (RCSR) from a
   36  regionally accredited postsecondary institution in the state
   37  whose curriculum is approved by the department and includes
   38  comprehensive analysis of basic property and casualty lines of
   39  insurance and testing which demonstrates mastery of the subject;
   40  a diploma from a Florida high school which includes 0.5 credit
   41  hour in Personal Finance and Money Management, 0.5 credit hour
   42  in Economics and Personal Finance, and 0.5 credit hour in
   43  Insurance and Personal Finance; or a degree from an accredited
   44  institution of higher learning approved by the department when
   45  the degree includes a minimum of 9 credit hours of insurance
   46  instruction, including specific instruction in the areas of
   47  property, casualty, and inland marine insurance. The department
   48  shall adopt rules establishing standards for the approval of
   49  curriculum.
   50         Section 2. This act shall take effect January 1, 2027.