(1) As to each person appointed as title insurance agent for the first time in this state, the appointing insurer shall, coincidentally with such appointment, secure and thereafter keep on file a full, detailed credit and character report for the 5-year period immediately prior to the date of application for appointment, made by an established and reputable independent reporting service, relative to the individual, if a partnership or sole proprietorship, or the officers, if a corporation or other legal entity, unless otherwise expressly requested by the department.
(2) At the time the application is filed, the insurer shall furnish to the department, on a form furnished by the department, such information as the department may reasonably require relative to such title insurance agent and investigation.
(3) Information contained in credit or character reports furnished to the department under this section is confidential and exempt from the provisions of s. 119.07(1).
History.—s. 6, ch. 85-185; s. 1, ch. 86-286; s. 119, ch. 90-363; s. 114, ch. 92-318; s. 6, ch. 93-80; s. 374, ch. 96-406.
Structure Florida Statutes
Chapter 626 - Insurance Field Representatives and Operations
Part V - Title Insurance Agents (Ss. 626.841-626.8473)
626.8411 - Application of Florida Insurance Code provisions to title insurance agents or agencies.
626.8412 - License and appointments required.
626.8413 - Title insurance agents; certain names prohibited.
626.8414 - Qualifications for examination.
626.8417 - Title insurance agent licensure; exemptions.
626.8418 - Application for title insurance agency license.
626.8419 - Appointment of title insurance agency.
626.84195 - Confidentiality of information supplied by title insurance agencies and insurers.
626.842 - Credit and character reports.
626.84201 - Nonresident title insurance agents.
626.8421 - Number of appointments permitted or required.
626.8423 - Investigation of applicants for license or renewal or continuation.
626.8437 - Grounds for denial, suspension, revocation, or refusal to renew license or appointment.
626.844 - Grounds for discretionary refusal, suspension, or revocation of license or appointment.
626.8443 - Duration of suspension or revocation.
626.8447 - Effect of suspension or revocation upon other licensees, appointees.
626.845 - Cancellation of license.
626.8453 - Penalty for violation.
626.8457 - Administrative fine in lieu of suspension or revocation of license or appointment.
626.8463 - Witnesses and evidence.
626.8467 - Testimony compelled; immunity from prosecution.