Florida Statutes Part IV - Health Insurance Agents (Ss. 626.826-626.839)

• 626.826 - Short Title.
  This part may be referred to in any legal proceedings as the “Health Agent Law.”History.—s. 302, ch. 59-205; s. 3, ch. 76-168; s. 1, ch....
• 626.827 - Scope Of This Part.
  (1) This part applies only to agents of health insurers, which agents are not appointed as to the same insurer as to either life insurance or...
• 626.828 - This Part Supplements Licensing Law.
  This part is supplementary to part I, the “Licensing Procedures Law.”History.—s. 303, ch. 59-205; s. 3, ch. 76-168; s. 1, ch. 77-457; s. 3, ch....
• 626.829 - “health Agent” Defined.
  (1) A “health agent” is any person appointed as agent by an insurer to solicit applications for or to negotiate and effectuate contracts of health insurance,...
• 626.830 - Purpose Of License.
  (1) The purpose of a license issued under this code to a health agent is to authorize and enable the licensee actively and in good faith...
• 626.8305 - Prohibition Against The Unlicensed Transaction Of Health Insurance.
  Except as provided in s. 626.112(6), with respect to any line of authority specified in s. 626.015(6), no individual shall, unless licensed as a health...
• 626.831 - Qualifications For License.
  (1) The department shall not grant or issue a license as health agent as to any individual found by it to be untrustworthy or incompetent, or...
• 626.8311 - Requirement As To Knowledge, Experience, Or Instruction.
  An applicant for a license as a health agent, except for a chartered life underwriter (CLU), shall not be qualified or licensed unless within the...
• 626.833 - United States Department Of Veterans Affairs Employees Disqualified.
  No person employed by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs or the Department of Veterans’ Affairs shall be licensed as a health agent. The...
• 626.834 - Military Service; Special Provisions.
  Any person who obtains a license and appointment as a health agent who is in the Armed Forces of the United States shall maintain records,...
• 626.835 - Nonresident Agents; Licensing And Restrictions.
  (1) The department, upon written application and payment of the fees specified in s. 624.501, may issue a license as a nonresident health agent to an...
• 626.836 - Nonresident Agents; Service Of Process.
  The provisions of s. 626.742 also apply as to nonresident health insurance agents licensed by the department.History.—s. 311, ch. 59-205; ss. 13, 35, ch. 69-106;...
• 626.837 - Excess Or Rejected Business.
  (1) A licensed health agent may place excess or rejected risks within the class of business for which he or she is licensed and appointed, and...
• 626.8373 - Overinsurance Of Health Insurance Coverage.
  (1) With respect to the solicitation and sale of health insurance, continuing care contracts pursuant to chapter 651, health maintenance contracts pursuant to part II of...
• 626.838 - Unlawful Payment Or Sharing Of Commissions.
  (1) No health insurer or licensed health agent shall pay directly or indirectly any commission or other valuable consideration to any person for services as a...
• 626.839 - Corporations, Liability Of Agent.
  Any health insurance agent who is an officer, director, or stockholder of an incorporated health insurance agency shall remain personally and fully liable and accountable...

Last modified: September 23, 2016