Division of Agent and Agency Services
Protecting the Insurance-Buying Public by Licensing Competent and Trustworthy
Individuals and Entities and Expeditiously Investigating Alleged Violations
of the Florida Insurance Code
Licensure & Compliance
RESIDENT CREDIT LIFE OR DISABILITY INSURANCE AGENT FOR A FIRM
TYPE AND CLASSES:
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2-11 Credit Life or Disability Insurance (Firm)
Florida Statutes 626.321 (1) (e) defines a “CREDIT LIFE OR DISABILITY
INSURANCE AGENT” as an individual employed by a life and health insurer
as an officer or other salaried or commissioned representative, to an
individual employed by or associated with a lending or financial institution
or creditor, or to a lending or financial institution or creditor, and
may authorize the sale of such insurance only with respect to borrowers
or debtors of such lending or financing institution or creditor.
Application Qualifications:
- Complete an online application for License and submit appropriate
fees.
Apply for license
- Business must be located in Florida.
- Majority owner, partner, officer and director of the agency
must not be an employee of the United States Department of Veterans
Affairs or state service office, as referred to in Section 626.833,
Florida Statutes.
- Be fingerprinted at one of the Department's fingerprint sites.
(Fingerprint locations and additional information)
- Requirements for applicants with prior criminal history
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Special Notes
- Not be a funeral director or direct disposer, or an employee
or representative thereof, or have an office in or in connection
with a funeral establishment. A funeral establishment may contract
with a life insurance agent to sell a pre-need contract as defined
in Chapter 497. Individuals who are funeral directors, direct disposers
or employees of a funeral establishment which holds a certificate
of authority pursuant to Florida Statutes 497.405 may be licensed
as life insurance agents to sell only policies of life insurance
covering the expense of a prearrangement for funeral services or
merchandise so as to provide funds at the time the services and
merchandise are needed. The face amount of insurance covered by
any such policy shall not exceed $12,500.
- An entity holding a credit life or disability insurance license
is authorized to sell credit insurance and credit property insurance.
- Each office, branch office or place of business making use of
the entity’s business name must file an “Application for Branch
Office” after the primary location obtains the license.
