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Licensing
National Insurance Producer Registry—license renewal
I’m an agency owner and listed as the responsible producer for my agency, and hold a valid property/casualty license. Why won’t the National Insurance Producer Registry website let me renew the agency license?
Background checks
We have a company asking us to sign an authorization to do a criminal background check. The company says it is required by law to do them. Further, they said all companies are supposed to do these checks. To what law are they referring?
Florida licensing requirements
I plan on moving to Florida but would like to stay active selling insurance. What do I need to do to become licensed there?
Temporary licenses
If an agency employs only one licensed insurance agent, what happens to the agency's clients if the licensee passes away?
Branch offices in various states
If I must give up my New York and New Jersey resident licenses, how can I have branch or home offices in the three [Florida] states?
Licensing exemptions when writing a multistate risk
Do I need to be licensed in every state where one of my commercial clients has a location? I am licensed and write the policy where the company has its headquarters.
Florida nonresident—receiving commissions
We have a producer in our office who is licensed in Florida as a nonresident. One of this producer’s clients is asking our agency to write a residential property in Florida. Our agency does NOT hold a Florida nonresident license. If we wanted to write the business and get a commission, would the agency need to have a Florida nonresident license?
Opening a branch office
I currently have an agency in another state and wish to open a branch office in New Hampshire, what do I have to do?
Soliciting door to door
I understood that my agent/broker/producer license gives me the authority to sell, negotiate and solicit insurance across my entire state. However, I was going door-to-door leaving advertising door hangers and was stopped by a law-enforcement officer and was told I could not solicit in that town/city/village, or at least not without a permit. I also was kicked out of a condominium complex where a “no soliciting” sign was posted. Can a village or a condo board really overrule the Insurance Department? Who has the final say in where I can or cannot solicit?
Licensing for Canada
What steps must I take to become licensed to sell insurance in Canada?
Nonresident licensing—Hawaii
I work for an agency that operates under a business-entity license. I have the opportunity to handle an account in Hawaii, and need to know if I can do so under an individual nonresident license, or if the agency needs to obtain nonresident licensure.
Opening a branch office
I currently have an agency in another state. I would like to open a branch office in New Hampshire. What do I need to do?
Citizenship requirements for licensing
Can a noncitizen be an insurance agent?