Florida Statutes 626.541 – Firm, corporate, and business names; officers; associates; notice of changes
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Terms Used In Florida Statutes 626.541
- Adjuster: means a public adjuster as defined in…. See Florida Statutes 626.015
- agent: includes an insurance producer or producer, but does not include a customer representative, limited customer representative, or service representative. See Florida Statutes 626.015
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- Insurance agency: means a business location at which an individual, firm, partnership, corporation, association, or other entity, other than an employee of the individual, firm, partnership, corporation, association, or other entity and other than an insurer as defined by…. See Florida Statutes 626.015
(1) Any licensed agent or adjuster doing business under a firm or corporate name or under any business name other than his or her own individual name shall, within 30 days after the initial transaction of insurance under such business name, file with the department, on forms adopted and furnished by the department, a written statement of the firm, corporate, or business name being so used, the address of any office or offices or places of business making use of such name, and the name and social security number of each officer and director of the corporation and of each individual associated in such firm or corporation as to the insurance transactions thereof or in the use of such business name.
(2) In the event of any change of such name, or of any of the officers and directors, or of any of such addresses, or in the personnel so associated, written notice of such change must be filed with the department within 30 days by or on behalf of those licensees terminating any such firm, corporate, or business name or continuing to operate thereunder.
(3) Any licensed insurance agency shall, within 30 days after a change, notify the department of any change in the information contained in the application filed pursuant to s. 626.172.