CHAPTER 5. Production Agencies [1621. - 1758.993.]
Chapter 5 repealed and added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 4.
§§ 1621–1758.993 · 219 sections
ARTICLE 1. Definitions §§ 1621–1624 · 4 sections
- § 1621 An insurance agent is a person who transacts insurance, other than life, disability, or health insurance, on behalf of an admitted insurance company. The term…
- § 1622 (a) A life and accident and health or sickness licensee is a person authorized to act on behalf of a life insurer or a disability insurer to transact any of…
- § 1623 (a) An insurance broker is a person who, for compensation and on behalf of another person, transacts insurance other than life, disability, or health insurance…
- § 1624 “Insurance solicitor” means a natural person employed to aid a property and casualty broker-agent acting as an insurance agent or insurance broker in…
ARTICLE 2. Comprehensive Definitions §§ 1625–1630 · 10 sections
- § 1625 (a) A property licensee or a casualty licensee is a person authorized to act as an insurance agent, broker, or solicitor, and a property broker-agent license…
- § 1625.5 (a) A personal lines licensee is a person authorized to transact automobile insurance, as defined in Section 660, including insurance for recreational vehicles…
- § 1625.55 (a) A limited lines automobile insurance agent is a person authorized to transact automobile insurance, as defined in Section 660. A limited lines automobile…
- § 1625.56 “License year” for a limited lines automobile insurance agent shall be determined as follows: (a) Upon initial licensing, the license year starts on the date…
- § 1625.57 “License term” for a limited lines automobile insurance agent means all of that two-year period beginning as described in subdivision (a) or (b) of Section…
- § 1626 (a) A life and accident and health or sickness licensee is a person authorized to act as a life and accident and health or sickness agent. Licenses to act as a…
- § 1627 A license is a permit to act in the capacity specified therein. A person licensed is the holder of the license. In case of a license to act as a life agent,…
- § 1628 As used in this chapter, an “organization” means any legal entity other than a natural person. If reference is made to a natural person named on an…
- § 1629 “License year” as used in this chapter shall be determined for each entity as follows: (a) Upon initial licensing, the license year starts on the date the…
- § 1630 “License term” as used in this chapter means all of that two-year period beginning as described in subdivision (a) or (b) of Section 1629, as applicable, and…
ARTICLE 3. Licensing §§ 1631–1651 · 20 sections
- § 1631 Unless exempt by the provisions of this article, a person shall not solicit, negotiate, or effect contracts of insurance, or act in any of the capacities…
- § 1631.5 Nothing in this article shall be deemed to affect the current operations of the Healthy Families Program (Part 6.2 (commencing with Section 12693) of Division…
- § 1632 Unless prohibited in this article, a person otherwise eligible for a license may be authorized to act in one or more of the capacities specified in this…
- § 1633 Any person who transacts insurance without a valid license so to act is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not exceeding fifty thousand dollars…
- § 1633.5 It is hereby declared to be the intent of the Legislature in enacting this chapter that the regulations prescribed herein be the exclusive regulations relating…
- § 1634 No license is required under this chapter for a person to act in any of the following capacities: (a) As a full-time salaried employee of a title insurer,…
- § 1635 A license is not required under the provisions of this chapter for a person to act in the following capacities or to engage in the following activities,…
- § 1637 An organization may hold any license or licenses necessary to act in the following capacities under this chapter and no others: (a) A license to act as a life…
- § 1638 (a) A nonresident license is a license issued to a person not a resident of this state. A person is a resident of this state if either of the following…
- § 1638.5 Unless denied licensure pursuant to Article 6 (commencing with Section 1666), a nonresident person shall receive a production agency license if that…
- § 1639 The following types of licenses under this chapter may be issued to nonresidents: (a) A property broker-agent or a casualty broker-agent if the nonresident is…
- § 1639.1 (a) The class or classes of insurance which a nonresident person is licensed to transact under that nonresident person’s resident license shall be determined…
- § 1640 A person authorized to act as an insurance solicitor is not eligible at the same time to act as an insurance agent or broker, and a person authorized to act as…
- § 1642 An insurer or reciprocal or interinsurance exchange is not eligible for any license under this chapter; but a corporation rendering sales services in…
- § 1644 A person under 18 years of age is not eligible to apply for a license pursuant to this chapter, Chapter 5A (commencing with Section 1759), Chapter 6…
- § 1646 An organization is not eligible for a license under this chapter if its articles of incorporation or association or agreement of copartnership forbid it to act…
- § 1647.5 (a) Each limited liability company, at the time of licensing pursuant to this chapter and, with respect to surplus line brokers, Chapter 6 (commencing with…
- § 1649.5 Notwithstanding Section 1642, an insurer may own or control, whether directly or indirectly, a separate entity licensed under this chapter as a property…
- § 1650 Every license issued under this chapter shall state thereon all the following: (a) The name of the licensee. (b) The capacity of the license. (c) The…
- § 1651 The commissioner shall at all times retain full property rights in any document evidencing any license issued pursuant to Chapters 5, 6, 7, and 8 of this part.…
ARTICLE 4. Applications §§ 1652–1661 · 7 sections
- § 1652 (a) The commissioner shall submit to the Department of Justice fingerprint images and related information required by the Department of Justice pursuant to…
- § 1655 No application for a license shall be deemed filed unless the document has been submitted by a means of electronic service approved by the commissioner, and…
- § 1656 Every applicant for an organizational license shall provide the names of all licensed natural persons who may exercise the power and perform the duties under…
- § 1656.1 (a) Every application for a license filed by a corporation shall contain the names and addresses of all stockholders owning 10 percent or more of the…
- § 1656.2 (a) Every application for a license filed by a limited liability company shall contain the names and addresses of all members owning 10 percent or more of the…
- § 1658 Each application filed by a natural person for a license shall contain the residence address, the principal business address, and the mailing address of the…
- § 1661 Whenever an organization licensed as a life agent, property broker-agent, casualty broker-agent, personal lines broker-agent, or limited lines automobile…
ARTICLE 5. Bonds §§ 1662–1665 · 3 sections
- § 1662 A property broker-agent, a casualty broker-agent, and a personal lines broker-agent shall, prior to acting in the capacity of an insurance broker, file with…
- § 1663 Such bond shall be duly executed by an admitted surety insurer, shall be continuous in form, and shall be in favor of the people of the State of California.
- § 1665 The bond of a property broker-agent and a casualty broker-agent shall be in the amount of ten thousand dollars ($10,000). Individuals and organizations…
ARTICLE 6. License Qualifications §§ 1666–1672 · 9 sections
- § 1666 Upon the filing of an application for a license in accordance with Article 4 of this chapter, the commissioner may make an investigation and require the filing…
- § 1666.5 (a) (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the commissioner shall at the time of issuance or renewal of any license under this chapter or Chapter 6…
- § 1667 Except as provided in Section 1669, a license shall not be denied without an opportunity to the applicant to be heard in support of his application. When a…
- § 1668 The commissioner may deny an application for a license issued pursuant to this chapter if any of the following are true: (a) The applicant is not properly…
- § 1668.1 In addition to the grounds set forth in Section 1668, the following acts shall constitute cause to suspend or revoke any permanent license issued pursuant to…
- § 1668.5 (a) The commissioner may deny an application for a license issued pursuant to this chapter, and may suspend or revoke the permanent license of an organization…
- § 1669 The commissioner may, without hearing, deny an application if the applicant has done one or more of the following: (a) (1) Been convicted of a felony. (2) Been…
- § 1670 If an applicant for any license under this chapter, Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 1800) of this part, or Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 14000) or…
- § 1672 The commissioner may deny an application filed by an organization, unless both the organization and all natural persons named thereon meet the qualifications…
ARTICLE 7. License Qualification Examinations §§ 1675–1684 · 10 sections
- § 1675 The following applicants who have theretofore been licensed under this code are exempt from the requirements of this article: (a) An applicant for a license to…
- § 1676 (a) Except as set forth in Sections 1675 and 1679, the commissioner shall not issue a permanent license pursuant to this chapter to an applicant therefor…
- § 1677 (a) Each qualifying examination for a license pursuant to this chapter shall be in writing and shall be of sufficient scope to satisfy the commissioner that…
- § 1678 The commissioner shall administer qualifying license examinations under this chapter at test centers designated by the commissioner and through online…
- § 1679 (a) A nonresident applicant for a license shall be subject to the same qualifying examination as is required of a resident applicant. The examination may be…
- § 1681 If an applicant fails the qualifying examination, that applicant may, subject to the provisions of Section 1682, retake a qualifying examination.
- § 1681.5 (a) No person shall cheat on, subvert, or attempt to subvert, any licensing examination given by the department, including, but not limited to, engaging in,…
- § 1682 (a) (1) A person shall not be admitted to more than 10 license qualification examinations of the same type in any 12-month period. (2) If a person is admitted…
- § 1683 An applicant shall schedule or reschedule the applicant’s qualifying examination using an electronic service approved by the commissioner. If an applicant…
- § 1684 Except as otherwise provided in this article, whenever reference is made in this article to an applicant for a license, such reference includes each natural…
ARTICLE 8. Certificates of Convenience §§ 1685–1698 · 7 sections
- § 1685 The commissioner may issue to an eligible person a certificate of convenience to act as any of the following: (a) Any type of a licensee under this chapter or…
- § 1686 To be eligible for an estate certificate of convenience, a person shall be one of the following: (a) The executor or administrator of the estate of a deceased…
- § 1687 Except as provided in Section 1637, to be eligible for a military service certificate of convenience, a person is required to be nominated therefor by the…
- § 1693 An estate certificate of convenience expires upon the happening of any of the following events, whichever occurs first: (a) Upon the filing with the…
- § 1694 A military service certificate of convenience shall terminate upon the relicensing of the nominating licensee, but in no event shall it remain in force beyond…
- § 1697 A military service certificate of convenience may be issued to an organization only under the following circumstances: (a) Such organization is the holder of a…
- § 1698 The military service certificate of convenience referred to in Section 1697 expires at one of the following times, whichever occurs first: (a) Upon the…
ARTICLE 9. Issuance of Licenses §§ 1702–1707.7 · 9 sections
- § 1702 All licenses issued pursuant to this chapter shall be issued to the holder thereof.
- § 1703 Every applicant for an original license under this chapter, Chapter 5A (commencing with Section 1759), Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 1760), or Chapter 7…
- § 1704 (a) Any person acting as a licensee under this chapter shall not act as an agent of an insurer unless the insurer has filed with the commissioner a notice of…
- § 1704.5 (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), a licensed life agent may present a proposal for insurance to a prospective policyholder on behalf of a life insurer…
- § 1705 An insurer, or employing property broker-agent or casualty broker-agent, by filing a notice of appointment on behalf of an applicant for an original license…
- § 1707 Except as otherwise provided in Section 1704.5, each notice of appointment or notice of termination of appointment filed pursuant to this article shall be…
- § 1707.5 The commissioner in lieu of retaining in his or her files a copy of the notices of appointment or notices of termination described in Section 1707, if he or…
- § 1707.51 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, qualified applicants who applied in proper form and requested an examination date for a property, casualty, or…
- § 1707.7 As part of the report required under Section 12922, the commissioner shall provide the following information for the previous calendar year ending December 31…
ARTICLE 10. Termination of Licenses §§ 1708–1712.5 · 5 sections
- § 1708 A licensee may at any time surrender for cancellation any license under which that licensee is permitted to act in any of the capacities specified in this…
- § 1710 All licenses issued to natural persons terminate upon the death of such person.
- § 1711 For the purposes of this chapter and except as provided in this article, an organization ceases to exist as an entity eligible to hold a license: (a) Upon…
- § 1712 The termination of the existence of the license entity as provided in Section 1711, automatically terminates the right of that entity to transact insurance…
- § 1712.5 (a) The license of an organization licensed as a property broker-agent, casualty broker-agent, or life agent shall become inoperative upon the removal or…
ARTICLE 11. License Terms §§ 1716–1723 · 8 sections
- § 1716 The provisions of this article shall not apply to any certificate of convenience other than a military service certificate of convenience issued to a natural…
- § 1717 All licenses issued under this chapter shall be for the license term specified in Section 1630. Such licenses may be issued for all of such term, or, upon…
- § 1717.5 Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, the commissioner shall institute year-round licensing of production agency licensees commencing with those…
- § 1718 (a) Not less than 60 days before a permanent license will expire, the commissioner may use an electronic delivery method, including email or other similar…
- § 1719 The commissioner shall not issue any permanent license within 30 days prior to the expiration date on record for a previously licensed entity unless the person…
- § 1720 (a) A licensee who has applied to renew a license under this chapter shall be entitled to continue operating under the existing license for 60 days after its…
- § 1722 If a natural person while licensed pursuant to the provisions of this chapter or Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 1760), Chapter 7 (commencing with Section…
- § 1723 (a) At the time any original or renewal license application that is submitted to the commissioner shows a conviction of the applicant of a felony involving…
ARTICLE 12. Conduct of Licensee §§ 1724–1736.5 · 22 sections
- § 1724 An agent, broker, or solicitor who is not an active member of the State Bar of California may not share a commission or other compensation with an active…
- § 1724.5 Every individual and organization licensee and every applicant for a license shall file with the commissioner in writing the true name of the individual or…
- § 1725 A license to act as a resident property broker-agent, casualty broker-agent, personal lines broker-agent, and limited lines automobile insurance agent shall be…
- § 1725.5 (a) A person licensed under Section 1625, 1625.5, 1625.55, 1626, 1758.1, 1765, 1800, 14020, or 15006, or Chapter 8 (commencing with Section 1831), s
- § 1726 (a) A person who is licensed in this state as an insurance agent or broker, advertises insurance on the internet, and transacts insurance in this state, shall…
- § 1727 (a) The commissioner shall, after notice and hearing, promulgate reasonable rules and regulations specifying the manner and type of records to be maintained by…
- § 1728 Every resident insurance property broker-agent and every resident insurance casualty broker-agent shall maintain a principal office in this state for the…
- § 1729 Every licensee and every applicant for a license shall immediately notify the commissioner using an electronic service approved by the commissioner of any…
- § 1729.2 (a) An applicant or licensee shall notify the commissioner when any of the background information set forth in this section changes after the application has…
- § 1729.5 A property broker-agent, casualty broker-agent, or life agent who has a service contract with a corporation licensed under this code or who is a stockholder or…
- § 1730 A licensee shall not misrepresent the type of license under which that licensee is transacting insurance, nor shall that licensee engage in transactions not…
- § 1730.5 A life agent, a property broker-agent, and a casualty broker-agent shall provide to all insureds or applicants at the time of application or receipt of premium…
- § 1730.6 (a) Every property broker-agent and every casualty broker-agent shall, prior to arranging premium financing or transacting any agreement for the periodic…
- § 1731 A person licensed as a broker-agent shall be deemed to be acting as an insurance agent in the transaction of insurance placed with those insurers for whom a…
- § 1732 A person acting as an insurance broker may, on behalf of an insurance company, collect and transmit premium or return premium and deliver policies and other…
- § 1733 All funds received by any person acting as a licensee under this chapter, Chapter 5A (commencing with Section 1759), Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 1760),…
- § 1734 This section applies to a person licensed, hereinafter “licensee,” whether under a permanent license, restricted license, temporary license, or certificate of…
- § 1734.5 (a) (1) If fiduciary funds, as defined in Section 1733, are received by any person licensed, hereinafter the “licensee,” whether under a permanent license,…
- § 1735 (a) As used in this section, a managing general agent is a licensed property broker-agent and casualty broker-agent, or a life agent to whom all of the…
- § 1735.5 A property broker-agent, casualty broker-agent, or surplus line broker, hereinafter the “licensee,” may offset funds due an insured for return premiums on any…
- § 1736 If any acts are forbidden or conduct prescribed by any provisions of this code, such acts shall not be performed and such conduct shall be followed by both the…
- § 1736.5 (a) Every licensee and applicant shall promptly reply in writing to an inquiry from the commissioner relative to an application for, or the retention or…
ARTICLE 13. Disciplinary Actions §§ 1737–1748.5 · 14 sections
- § 1737 The purpose of this chapter is to protect the public by requiring and maintaining professional standards of conduct on the part of all persons licensed…
- § 1738 The commissioner may suspend or revoke a permanent license issued pursuant to this chapter on any of the grounds set forth in Article 6 hereof on which the…
- § 1738.5 Upon the request of the department, a proceeding held pursuant to Section 1668, 1668.5, 1738, 1739, or 12921.8 that involves allegations of misconduct…
- § 1739 Where a permanent license is held by an organization both the organization itself and any natural persons named thereon shall, for the purposes of this…
- § 1740 The certificate of the commissioner certifying any facts found after a hearing held under this chapter shall be prima facie evidence of the facts set forth…
- § 1741 If the commissioner finds, after a hearing, that there are grounds for the denial of an application for a license to act in any capacity set forth in Article 1…
- § 1742 Where a person who is or has been licensed under this chapter has been found by the commissioner to have violated any provision of this code which would…
- § 1742.2 The department shall promulgate regulations necessary to comply with the requirements of Section 1033 of Title 18 of the United States Code no later than…
- § 1742.3 (a) The commissioner may, without hearing, issue an order denying an application by a business entity for an unrestricted license and granting instead a…
- § 1743 The lapse or suspension of any license by operation of law, by failure to renew or by its voluntary surrender shall not deprive the commissioner of…
- § 1744 The filing of a statement of issues pursuant to Chapter 5, Part 1, Division 3, Title 2 of the Government Code specifying grounds for denial of an application…
- § 1747 When the commissioner may determine or have good cause to believe that any property broker-agent or casualty broker-agent has failed to keep or maintain the…
- § 1748 The commissioner, in any proceeding under the provisions of this article, may, by an alternative order, permit a licensee to elect in writing to pay a…
- § 1748.5 (a) For the purposes of this section, the following definitions are applicable: (1) “Production agency” means any person or organization licensed under Chapter…
ARTICLE 13.5. Prelicensing and Continuing Education §§ 1749–1749.9 · 17 sections
- § 1749 (a) The department shall require all new applicants for license to meet prelicensing education standards as follows: (1) An applicant for license as a property…
- § 1749.01 Sections 1749 and 1749.3 shall not apply to a life agent who is limited by the terms of a written agreement with the insurer, which filed on that life agent’s…
- § 1749.02 “Twenty-four hour coverage” is the joint issuance of a workers’ compensation policy with a disability insurance policy, health care service plan contract, or…
- § 1749.1 (a) The commissioner shall appoint a curriculum board consisting of representatives of insurance agents, brokers, and life agents trade associations,…
- § 1749.2 The purpose of Sections 1749.3 to 1749.6, inclusive, is to establish requirements and standards for continuing education programs for persons licensed as…
- § 1749.3 An individual licensed as a life agent or an accident and health or sickness agent and also licensed as a property or casualty broker-agent, or an individual…
- § 1749.31 (a) An individual licensed as a personal lines broker-agent shall complete required continuing education courses, programs of instruction, or seminars approved…
- § 1749.32 (a) An individual licensed as a limited lines automobile insurance agent shall complete required continuing education courses, programs of instruction, or…
- § 1749.33 (a) A life agent licensee shall satisfactorily complete 24 hours of instruction, of which three hours shall be in ethics, prior to renewal of the license. On…
- § 1749.4 The courses or programs of instruction successfully completed that shall be deemed to meet the standards for continuing educational requirements, and the…
- § 1749.5 (a) A person teaching any approved course of instruction or lecturing at any approved seminar shall qualify for the same number of classroom hours as would be…
- § 1749.6 A person failing to meet the requirements imposed by Section 1749.3 or 1749.31, and who has not been granted an extension of time within which to comply by the…
- § 1749.7 The commissioner may, pursuant to Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code, adopt reasonable rules…
- § 1749.8 (a) Every life agent who sells annuities shall satisfactorily complete eight hours of training prior to soliciting individual consumers in order to sell…
- § 1749.81 (a) A life agent licensed on or after January 1, 2024, who sells individual life insurance policies other than term life with no cash value shall…
- § 1749.85 (a) The curriculum committee shall, in 2006, make recommendations to the commissioner to instruct property broker-agents, casualty broker-agents, and personal…
- § 1749.9 Nothing in this article shall require any person exempted from licensure by Section 1634 or 1635 to hold a license as required by Section 1631.
ARTICLE 14. Fees §§ 1750–1751.7 · 8 sections
- § 1750 The commissioner shall require, in advance, as a fee for filing application for the hereinafter designated licenses, renewals thereof, or changes in…
- § 1750.5 (a) The fee for filing an application for a nonresident license described in Section 1639, and renewal thereof or changes in outstanding licenses, shall be the…
- § 1751 The commissioner shall require, in advance, a fee for filing the following documents: (a) Application for registration of change in membership of a…
- § 1751.1 (a) The commissioner shall require seventy-five dollars ($75), in advance, as a fee for filing an application for certification as a 12-hour ethics course or…
- § 1751.3 The commissioner shall require twenty-nine dollars ($29), in advance, as a fee for filing each notice of appointment or each notice of termination pursuant to…
- § 1751.5 The fees required by this chapter and by Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 1760), Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 1800), and Chapter 8 (commencing with…
- § 1751.6 (a) The commissioner may prepare a list of all currently licensed producers. All those lists shall be at the expense of the insurer, organization, or person…
- § 1751.7 The commissioner may periodically publish a newsletter containing summaries of rules, regulations, interpretative opinions, and other information as the…
ARTICLE 15. Travel Insurance Agents §§ 1752–1757 · 6 sections
- § 1752 The commissioner may issue a limited lines travel insurance agent license to any organization engaged in transacting travel insurance through travel retailers…
- § 1753 As used in this article, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) “Limited lines travel insurance agent” means an insurer designee that is licensed…
- § 1754 Transaction of travel insurance under the license of an organization holding a limited lines travel insurance agent license shall be subject to the following…
- § 1755 (a) An applicant for a limited lines travel insurance agent license under this article shall submit the following documents to the commissioner: (1) A written…
- § 1756 The provisions of this chapter relating to the appointment and termination of an insurance agent by an insurer or its authorized representative are applicable…
- § 1757 The commissioner may adopt rules and regulations for the implementation of this article.
ARTICLE 15.5. Cargo Shippers’ Agents §§ 1757.1–1757.3 · 3 sections
- § 1757.1 A limited license may be issued to a natural person or to an organization who or which acts as an agent on behalf of a cargo owner, a cargo shipper, or both.…
- § 1757.2 A limited cargo shipper’s license shall be applied for and renewed in the same manner as is provided in this chapter for a licensee to act as a property…
- § 1757.3 The commissioner may make reasonable rules and regulations necessary for the convenient administration of the provisions of this article respecting the…
ARTICLE 16. Variable Contract Agents §§ 1758.1–1758.5 · 4 sections
- § 1758.1 (a) For the purpose of making provision for the issuance of policies or contracts authorized by Article 5 (commencing with Section 10506) of Chapter 5 of Part…
- § 1758.2 Any authority granted pursuant to the provisions of this article shall be effective only while a permanent underlying life agent’s license and registration in…
- § 1758.3 The commissioner shall not grant authority to transact variable life and variable annuity unless the life agent or applicant furnishes proof that the person is…
- § 1758.5 The commissioner may, pursuant to Chapter 4.5 (commencing with Section 11371), Part 1, Division 3, Title 2 of the Government Code, adopt reasonable rules and…
ARTICLE 16.1. Portable Electronics Insurance §§ 1758.6–1758.693 · 15 sections
- § 1758.6 No portable electronics vendor shall offer or sell any form of portable electronics insurance in this state unless that person is licensed as an insurance…
- § 1758.61 The commissioner may issue to an applicant that has complied with the requirements of this article a portable electronics insurance agent license that…
- § 1758.62 (a) An applicant for a portable electronics insurance agent license under this article shall submit all of the following to the commissioner: (1) A written…
- § 1758.63 An endorsee of a portable electronics vendor that has been issued a portable electronics insurance agent license pursuant to this article may sell or offer…
- § 1758.64 An endorsee may act on behalf of and under the supervision of the portable electronics insurance agent in matters relating to transacting insurance under that…
- § 1758.65 (a) If a licensee or endorsee violates any provision of this article or any other provision of this code, the commissioner may do any of the following: (1)…
- § 1758.66 A portable electronics insurance agent shall not sell insurance pursuant to this article by unsolicited telephone calls or otherwise unless, at the time of…
- § 1758.661 Charges for portable electronics insurance may be billed and collected by a portable electronics insurance agent licensee. A licensee shall not be required to…
- § 1758.67 Under the authority of the portable electronics insurance agent license, a portable electronics insurance agent shall not do any of the following: (a) Offer to…
- § 1758.68 Any insurer that provides insurance to be sold by an organization licensed as a portable electronics insurance agent shall file a copy of any individual policy…
- § 1758.681 Notwithstanding any other law: (a) As used in this section, “portable electronics vendor policyholder” means a portable electronics insurance agent licensee…
- § 1758.69 As used in this article, the following definitions have the following meanings: (a) “Endorsee” means an unlicensed employee or authorized representative of a…
- § 1758.691 Nothing in this article regulating the sale of portable electronics insurance shall be construed to impair or impede the application of any other law…
- § 1758.692 (a) Not less than 60 days before a permanent license will expire, the commissioner may use an electronic delivery method, including email or other similar…
- § 1758.693 (a) This article shall become operative only upon a determination by the commissioner that the personnel positions needed to carry out the provisions of this…
ARTICLE 16.3. Self-Service Storage Agents §§ 1758.7–1758.792 · 12 sections
- § 1758.7 (a) A self-service storage facility, or franchisee of a self-service storage facility, shall not offer or sell insurance unless it has complied with the…
- § 1758.71 (a) An applicant for a self-service storage agent license shall file the following documents with the commissioner: (1) A written application for licensure…
- § 1758.72 (a) Each self-service storage agent shall provide an insurance training program for its employees that shall meet the following minimum standards: (1) Each…
- § 1758.73 Any employee of a licensee who has been trained pursuant to Section 1758.72 may act on behalf and under the supervision of the self-service storage facility…
- § 1758.74 (a) If a licensee violates any provision of this article, the commissioner may do any of the following: (1) After notice and hearing, revoke or suspend the…
- § 1758.75 A self-service storage facility or its franchisee licensed under this article may act as a self-service storage agent for an authorized insurer only with…
- § 1758.76 A licensee shall not sell insurance pursuant to this article unless all of the following conditions are satisfied: (a) The self-service storage agent provides…
- § 1758.77 A licensee shall not be required to treat moneys collected from renters purchasing insurance pursuant to this article as funds received in a fiduciary capacity…
- § 1758.78 A self-service storage agent shall not do any of the following: (a) Offer to sell insurance except in conjunction with, and incidental to, authorized rental…
- § 1758.79 Any insurer that provides insurance to be sold by a self-service storage facility or its franchisee under this article shall file a copy of the policy with the…
- § 1758.791 As used in this article: (a) “Self-service storage facility” means a person or organization engaged in the business of providing leased or rented storage space…
- § 1758.792 The commissioner shall adopt rules to implement the provisions of this article which may include fee differentials for smaller, self-service storage…
ARTICLE 16.6. Car Rental Agents §§ 1758.8–1758.891 · 13 sections
- § 1758.8 (a) A rental car company shall not offer or sell insurance unless it is licensed as an insurance agent or broker pursuant to Article 3 (commencing with Section…
- § 1758.81 (a) An applicant for a car rental agent license under this article shall file the following documents with the commissioner: (1) A written application for…
- § 1758.82 (a) An employee of a rental car company or franchisee of a rental car company that has been issued a car rental agent license pursuant to this article may be…
- § 1758.83 (a) The manager at each location of a rental car company or a franchisee of a rental car company licensed pursuant to this article, or the direct supervisor of…
- § 1758.84 (a) If a licensee or endorsee violates any provision of this article or any other provision of this code, the commissioner may do any of the following: (1)…
- § 1758.85 A rental car company or franchisee licensed under this article may act as a car rental agent for an authorized insurer only in connection with the rental of…
- § 1758.851 The insurance products listed in Section 1758.85 that are sold in conjunction with a vehicle rental are not transferable and do not apply to any vehicle not…
- § 1758.86 A car rental agent shall not sell insurance pursuant to this article unless all of the following conditions are satisfied: (a) The rental period of the rental…
- § 1758.861 A licensee shall not be required to treat moneys collected from renters purchasing insurance, pursuant to this article, as funds received in a fiduciary…
- § 1758.87 A car rental agent shall not do any of the following: (a) Offer to sell insurance except in conjunction with, and incidental to, authorized rental agreements.…
- § 1758.88 Any insurer that provides insurance to be sold by a rental car company or franchisee of a rental car company under this article shall file a copy of any…
- § 1758.89 As used in this article, the following definitions have the following meanings: (a) (1) “License period” means all of that two-year period beginning as…
- § 1758.891 Until January 1, 2001, a rental car company or a franchisee of a rental car company shall not be required to obtain a license to offer the insurance products…
ARTICLE 16.7. Credit Insurance Agents §§ 1758.9–1758.993 · 13 sections
- § 1758.9 No person shall sell or solicit any form of credit insurance in this state unless that person is licensed as an insurance agent or broker pursuant to Article 3…
- § 1758.91 The commissioner may issue to an applicant that has complied with the requirements of this article, a credit insurance agent license to offer or sell those…
- § 1758.92 (a) An applicant for a credit insurance agent license under this article shall submit each of the following to the commissioner: (1) A written application for…
- § 1758.93 (a) An employee of an organization that has been issued a credit insurance agent license pursuant to this article may be an endorsee on the license if all of…
- § 1758.94 (a) The manager at each business location of an organization licensed as a credit insurance agent, shall be listed as an endorsee on the organization’s license…
- § 1758.95 (a) If a licensee or endorsee violates any provision of this article or any other provision of this code, the commissioner may do either of the following: (1)…
- § 1758.96 A person licensed pursuant to this article may act as a credit insurance agent for an authorized insurer only with respect to the kinds of insurance specified…
- § 1758.97 A credit insurance agent shall not sell or offer to sell insurance pursuant to this article unless all of the following conditions are satisfied: (a) The…
- § 1758.98 Under the authority of the credit insurance agent license, a credit insurance agent shall not do any of the following: (a) Offer to sell insurance except in…
- § 1758.99 An organization licensed as a credit insurance agent shall prominently display its license number and the department’s toll free consumer hot line telephone…
- § 1758.991 Any insurer that provides insurance to be sold by an organization licensed as a credit insurance agent shall file a copy of any individual policy issued to a…
- § 1758.992 As used in this article, the following definitions have the following meanings: (a) “Enrollment” means the process of soliciting or accepting enrollments or…
- § 1758.993 Nothing in this article regulating the sale of credit insurance shall be construed to impair or impede the application of any other law regulating the sale of…