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Licensure & Compliance

RESIDENT AGENCY LICENSURE

TYPE AND CLASSES:

• 21-05 Agency (Licensure)

Florida Statutes 626.015 (8) defines an “INSURANCE AGENCY” as a business location which an individual, firm, partnership, corporation, association, or other entity engages in any activity or employs individuals to engage in any activity which by law may be performed only by a licensed insurance agent.

Florida Statutes 626.112 (7)(a) defines “AGENCY LICENSURE” as no individual, firm, partnership, corporation, association, or any other entity shall act in its own name or under a trade name directly or indirectly, as an insurance agency, unless it complies with s. 626.172 with respect to possessing an insurance agency license for each place of business at which it engages in any activity which may be performed only by a licensed insurance agent.

Application Qualifications:

• Complete an online application for License. Apply for license
• Business must be located in Florida.
• The sole proprietor, partner, owner, president, vice president, treasurer, secretary, directors and any other person who directs or participates in the management or control of an incorporated agency whose shares are not traded on a securities exchange are required to be fingerprinted via livescan process. Please click here for fingerprinting information and LiveScan locations throughout Florida.
• Requirements for applicants with prior criminal history (Click Here)

  Special Notes

• A license is obtained by the agencies that were in business on or after January 1, 2003, or the agencies that were in business prior to January 1, 2003, or do not meet the criteria listed for agency registration.
• The owner or owners of the agency shall sign an application for an insurance agency license. If the agency is incorporated, the president and secretary of the corporation shall sign the application.
• An agency license is valid for three (3) years and must be renewed.