Florida Statutes
Part I - Insurance Representatives: Licensing Procedures and General Requirements (Ss. 626.011-626.711)
626.025 - Consumer protections.


(1) Continuing education requirements for resident and nonresident agents, as required in s. 626.2815.
(2) Fingerprinting requirements for resident and nonresident agents, as required under s. 626.171 or s. 626.202.
(3) Fingerprinting following a department investigation under s. 626.601.
(4) The submission of credit and character reports, as required by s. 626.171.
(5) Qualifications for licensure as an agent in s. 626.731, s. 626.741, s. 626.785, s. 626.792, s. 626.831, or s. 626.835.
(6) Examination requirements in s. 626.221, s. 626.741, s. 626.792, or s. 626.835.
(7) Required licensure or registration of insurance agencies under s. 626.112.
(8) Requirements for licensure of resident and nonresident agents in s. 626.112, s. 626.321, s. 626.731, s. 626.741, s. 626.785, s. 626.792, s. 626.831, s. 626.835, or s. 626.927.
(9) The prohibition against employees of the United States Department of Veterans Affairs being licensed as life agents or health agents, under s. 626.788 or s. 626.833.
(10) The prohibition against licensed life agents or health agents who are members of the United States Armed Services selling insurance products to those of a lower military rank, under s. 626.789 or s. 626.834.
(11) Countersignature of insurance policies, as required under s. 624.425, s. 624.426, or s. 626.741.
(12) The code of ethics for life insurance agents, as set forth in s. 626.797.
(13) The prohibition against the designation of a life insurance agent or his or her family member as the beneficiary of a life insurance policy sold to an individual other than a family member under s. 626.798.
(14) Any other licensing requirement, restriction, or prohibition designated a consumer protection by the Chief Financial Officer, but not inconsistent with the requirements of Subtitle C of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, 15 U.S.C.A. ss. 6751 et seq.
History.—s. 5, ch. 2002-206; s. 909, ch. 2003-261; s. 4, ch. 2004-374; s. 6, ch. 2005-257; s. 45, ch. 2010-175; s. 38, ch. 2019-140.

Structure Florida Statutes

Florida Statutes

Title XXXVII - Insurance

Chapter 626 - Insurance Field Representatives and Operations

Part I - Insurance Representatives: Licensing Procedures and General Requirements (Ss. 626.011-626.711)

626.011 - Short title.

626.015 - Definitions.

626.016 - Powers and duties of department, commission, and office.

626.022 - Scope of part.

626.025 - Consumer protections.

626.0428 - Agency personnel powers, duties, and limitations.

626.112 - License and appointment required; agents, customer representatives, adjusters, insurance agencies, service representatives, managing general agents, insurance adjusting firms.

626.141 - Violation not to affect validity of insurance.

626.161 - Licensing forms.

626.171 - Application for license as an agent, customer representative, adjuster, service representative, or reinsurance intermediary.

626.172 - Application for insurance agency license.

626.173 - Insurance agency closure; cancellation of licenses.

626.175 - Temporary licensing.

626.181 - Number of applications for licensure required.

626.191 - Repeated applications.

626.201 - Investigation.

626.202 - Fingerprinting requirements.

626.207 - Disqualification of applicants and licensees; penalties against licensees; rulemaking authority.

626.211 - Approval, disapproval of application.

626.221 - Examination requirement; exemptions.

626.231 - Eligibility; application for examination.

626.241 - Scope of examination.

626.2415 - Annual report of results of life insurance examinations.

626.251 - Time and place of examination; notice.

626.261 - Conduct of examination.

626.266 - Printing of examinations or related materials to preserve examination security.

626.271 - Examination fee; determination, refund.

626.281 - Reexamination.

626.2815 - Continuing education requirements.

626.2816 - Regulation of continuing education for licensees, course providers, instructors, school officials, and monitor groups.

626.2817 - Regulation of course providers, instructors, and school officials involved in prelicensure education for insurance agents and other licensees.

626.291 - Examination results; denial, issuance of license.

626.292 - Transfer of license from another state.

626.301 - Form and contents of licenses, in general.

626.311 - Scope of license.

626.321 - Limited licenses and registration.

626.322 - License, appointment; certain military installations.

626.331 - Number of appointments permitted or required.

626.341 - Additional appointments; general lines, life, and health agents.

626.342 - Furnishing supplies to unlicensed agent prohibited; civil liability.

626.371 - Payment of fees, taxes for appointment period without appointment.

626.381 - Renewal, continuation, reinstatement, or termination of appointment.

626.382 - Continuation, expiration of license; insurance agencies.

626.431 - Effect of expiration of license and appointment.

626.441 - License or appointment; transferability.

626.451 - Appointment of agent or other representative.

626.461 - Continuation of appointment of agent or other representative.

626.471 - Termination of appointment.

626.511 - Reasons for termination; confidential information.

626.536 - Reporting of administrative actions.

626.541 - Firm, corporate, and business names; officers; associates; notice of changes.

626.551 - Notice of change of address, name.

626.561 - Reporting and accounting for funds.

626.571 - Delinquent agencies; notice of trusteeship.

626.5715 - Parity of regulation of insurance agents and agencies.

626.572 - Rebating; when allowed.

626.581 - Commissions contingent upon adjustment savings; prohibition.

626.591 - Penalty for violation of s. 626.581.

626.593 - Insurance agent; written contract for compensation.

626.601 - Improper conduct; inquiry; fingerprinting.

626.602 - Insurance agency names; disapproval.

626.611 - Grounds for compulsory refusal, suspension, or revocation of agent’s, title agency’s, adjuster’s, customer representative’s, service representative’s, or managing general agent’s license or appointment.

626.6115 - Grounds for compulsory refusal, suspension, or revocation of insurance agency license.

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.

626.6215 - Grounds for discretionary refusal, suspension, or revocation of insurance agency license.

626.631 - Procedure for refusal, suspension, or revocation of license.

626.641 - Duration of suspension or revocation.

626.651 - Effect of suspension, revocation upon associated licenses and appointments and licensees and appointees.

626.6515 - Effect of suspension or revocation upon associated agencies.

626.661 - Surrender of license.

626.681 - Administrative fine in lieu of or in addition to suspension, revocation, or refusal of license, appointment, or disapproval.

626.691 - Probation.

626.692 - Restitution.

626.711 - Retaliatory provision, agents.