(1) Any cause for which issuance of the license or appointment could have been refused had it then existed and been known to the department.
(2) Violation of any provision of the Florida Insurance Code in the course of dealing under the license or appointment.
(3) Violation of any lawful order or rule of the department.
(4) Failure or refusal upon demand to pay over to any title insurer that the appointee represents or has represented any money coming into the hands of such appointee and belonging to the title insurer.
(5) Engaging in unfair methods of competition or in unfair or deceptive acts or practices in the conduct of business, as prohibited under part IX of this chapter, or having otherwise shown himself or herself to be a source of injury or loss to the public or to be detrimental to the public interest.
(6) The licensee if an individual, or the partners if a partnership, or owner if a sole proprietorship, or the officers if a corporation, having been found guilty of or having pleaded guilty or nolo contendere to a felony or a crime punishable by imprisonment of 1 year or more under the law of the United States or of any state or under the law of any other country, without regard to whether a judgment of conviction has been entered by the court having jurisdiction of such cases.
History.—s. 13, ch. 85-185; s. 1, ch. 86-286; s. 126, ch. 90-363; s. 114, ch. 92-318; s. 279, ch. 97-102; s. 49, ch. 98-199; s. 49, ch. 2001-63; s. 26, ch. 2019-140.
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.