(1)(a) An agent may divide or share in commissions only with other agents appointed and licensed to write the same kind or kinds of insurance, or may divide commissions with a customer representative.
(b) This section shall not be construed to prevent the payment or receipt of renewal commissions or other deferred commissions or pensions to or by any person solely because such person has ceased to hold a license to act as an insurance agent or customer representative, and shall not prevent the payment of renewal commissions or other deferred commissions to any incorporated insurance agency solely because any of its stockholders has ceased to hold a license to act as an insurance agent or customer representative.
(c) A customer representative may share in commissions with an agent.
(2) No such licensee shall share a commission with any corporation unless such corporation is an insurance agency.
(3) A general lines agent may share commissions derived from the sale of crop hail or multiple-peril crop insurance with a production credit association organized under 12 U.S.C.A. ss. 2071-2077 or a federal land bank association organized under U.S.C.A. ss. 2091-2098 if the association has specifically approved the insurance activity by its employees. The amount of commission to be shared shall be determined by the general lines agent and the company paying the commission.
(4) In addition to other penalties provided therefor, the license of any licensee violating or participating in the violation of this section shall be revoked.
History.—s. 277, ch. 59-205; s. 3, ch. 76-168; s. 1, ch. 77-457; s. 3, ch. 81-282; ss. 2, 3, ch. 81-318; ss. 239, 241, 807, 810, ch. 82-243; s. 2, ch. 83-54; ss. 91, 206, 207, ch. 90-363; s. 4, ch. 91-429; s. 258, ch. 97-102; s. 85, ch. 2003-1; s. 49, ch. 2003-267; s. 42, ch. 2003-281; s. 7, ch. 2004-374; s. 11, ch. 2015-180.
Structure Florida Statutes
Chapter 626 - Insurance Field Representatives and Operations
Part II - General Lines Agents (Ss. 626.726-626.754)
626.728 - This part supplements licensing law.
626.729 - “Industrial fire insurance” defined.
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.
626.734 - Corporations, liability of agent.
626.7351 - Qualifications for customer representative’s license.
626.7352 - Customer representative’s office.
626.7353 - Appointment of customer representatives.
626.7354 - Customer representative’s powers; agent’s or agency’s responsibility.
626.741 - Nonresident agents; licensing and restrictions.
626.742 - Nonresident agents; service of process.
626.743 - Nonresident agents; retaliatory provision.
626.744 - Service representatives; application for license.
626.745 - Service representatives, managing general agents; managers; activities.
626.7451 - Managing general agents; required contract provisions.
626.7452 - Managing general agents; examination authority.
626.7453 - Managing general agents; errors and omissions insurance.
626.7454 - Managing general agents; duties of insurers.
626.7455 - Managing general agent; responsibility of insurer.
626.749 - Place of business in residence.
626.7491 - Business transacted with producer controlled property and casualty insurer.
626.7492 - Reinsurance intermediaries.
626.752 - Exchange of business.
626.753 - Sharing commissions; penalty.
626.754 - Rights of agent following termination of appointment.