§ 83-17-63. Qualification for license in certain lines of authority; license to remain in effect absent revocation, suspension, or failure to pay annual fee; reinstatement and renewal; waiver of renewal requirements due to extenuating circumstances; information to be included on license; change of address.
[Effective until November 1, 2009, this section will read as follows:]
(1) Unless denied licensure under Section 83-17-71, persons who have met the requirements of Sections 83-17-59 and 83-17-61, shall be issued an insurance producer license. An insurance producer may receive qualification for a license in one or more of the following lines of authority:
(a) Life: insurance coverage on human lives including benefits of endowment and annuities and may include benefits in the event of death or dismemberment by accident and benefits for disability income.
(b) Accident and health or sickness: insurance coverage for sickness, bodily injury or accidental death and may include benefits for disability income.
(c) Property: insurance coverage for the direct or consequential loss or damage to property of every kind.
(d) Casualty: insurance coverage against legal liability, including that for death, injury or disability or damage to real or personal property.
(e) Variable life and variable annuity products: insurance coverage provided under variable life insurance contracts and variable annuities.
(f) Personal lines: property and casualty insurance coverage sold to individuals and families for primarily noncommercial purposes.
(g) Credit: limited line credit insurance.
(h) Any other line of insurance permitted under state laws or regulations.
(2) An insurance producer license shall remain in effect unless revoked or suspended as long as the fee set forth in Sections 27-15-87 and 27-15-93 is paid and education requirements for resident individual producers are met by the due date.
(3) An individual insurance producer who allows his or her license to lapse may, within twelve (12) months from the due date of the renewal fee, reinstate the same license without the necessity of passing a written examination. The penalty for such late renewal shall be in compliance with Section 27-15-215.
(4) A licensed insurance producer who is unable to comply with license renewal procedures due to military service or some other extenuating circumstances, including, but not limited to, a long-term medical disability may request a waiver of those procedures. The producer may also request a waiver of any examination requirement or any other fine or sanction imposed for failure to comply with renewal procedures.
(5) The license shall contain the licensee's name, address, personal identification number and the date of issuance, the lines of authority, the expiration date and any other information the commissioner deems necessary.
(6) Licensees shall inform the commissioner by any means acceptable to the commissioner of a change of address within thirty (30) days of the change. Failure to timely inform the commissioner of a change in legal name or address shall result in a penalty under Section 83-17-71.
(7) In order to assist in the performance of the commissioner's duties, the commissioner may contract with nongovernmental entities, including the National Association of Insurance Commissioner (NAIC) or any affiliates or subsidiaries that the NAIC oversees, to perform any ministerial functions, including the collection of fees, related to producer licensing that the commissioner and the nongovernmental entity may deem appropriate.
[Effective from and after November 1, 2009, this section will read as follows:]
(1) Unless denied licensure under Section 83-17-71, persons who have met the requirements of Sections 83-17-59 and 83-17-61, shall be issued an insurance producer license. An insurance producer may receive qualification for a license in one or more of the following lines of authority:
(a) Life: insurance coverage on human lives including benefits of endowment and annuities and may include benefits in the event of death or dismemberment by accident and benefits for disability income.
(b) Accident and health or sickness: insurance coverage for sickness, bodily injury or accidental death and may include benefits for disability income.
(c) Property: insurance coverage for the direct or consequential loss or damage to property of every kind.
(d) Casualty: insurance coverage against legal liability, including that for death, injury or disability or damage to real or personal property.
(e) Variable life and variable annuity products: insurance coverage provided under variable life insurance contracts and variable annuities.
(f) Personal lines: property and casualty insurance coverage sold to individuals and families for primarily noncommercial purposes.
(g) Credit: limited line credit insurance.
(h) Car rental: limited line insurance offered, sold or solicited in connection with and incidental to the rental of rental cars, whether at the rental office of preselection of coverage in master, corporate or individual agreements that is nontransferrable, applies only to the rental car that is subject of the rental agreement and is limited to the following kinds of insurance:
(i) Personal accident insurance for renters and other rental car occupants, for accidental death or dismemberment, and for medical expenses resulting from an accident that occurs with the rental car during the rental period;
(ii) Liability insurance that provides protection to the renters and other authorized drivers of a rental car for liability arising from the operation or use of the rental car during the rental period;
(iii) Personal effects insurance that provides coverage to renters and other vehicle occupants for loss of, or damage to, personal effects in the rental car during the rental period;
(iv) Roadside assistance and emergency sickness protection insurance; or
(v) Any other coverage designated by the Commissioner of Insurance.
(i) Crop insurance: limited line insurance providing protection against damage to crops from unfavorable weather conditions, fire or lightning, flood, hail, insect infestation, disease or other yield-reducing conditions or perils provided by the private insurance market, or that is subsidized by the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation, including Multi-Peril Crop Insurance.
(j) Surety: limited line insurance or bond that covers obligations to pay the debts of, or answer for the default of another, including faithlessness in a position of public or private trust. For purpose of limited line licensing, surety does not include Surety Bail Bonds.
(k) Travel: limited line insurance coverage for trip cancellation, trip interruption, baggage, life, sickness and accident, disability and personal effects when limited to a specific trip and sold in connection with transportation provided by a common carrier.
(l) Any other line of insurance permitted under state laws or regulations.
(2) An insurance producer license shall remain in effect unless revoked or suspended as long as the fee set forth in Section 27-15-87 is paid and education requirements for resident individual producers are met by the due date.
(3) An individual insurance producer who allows his or her license to lapse may, within twelve (12) months from the due date of the renewal fee, reinstate the same license without the necessity of passing a written examination. The penalty for such late renewal shall be in compliance with Section 27-15-215.
(4) A licensed insurance producer who is unable to comply with license renewal procedures due to military service or some other extenuating circumstances, including, but not limited to, a long-term medical disability may request a waiver of those procedures. The producer may also request a waiver of any examination requirement or any other fine or sanction imposed for failure to comply with renewal procedures.
(5) The license shall contain the licensee's name, address, personal identification number and the date of issuance, the lines of authority, the expiration date and any other information the commissioner deems necessary.
(6) Licensees shall inform the commissioner by any means acceptable to the commissioner of a change of address within thirty (30) days of the change. Failure to timely inform the commissioner of a change in legal name or address shall result in a penalty under Section 83-17-71.
(7) In order to assist in the performance of the commissioner's duties, the commissioner may contract with nongovernmental entities, including the National Association of Insurance Commissioner s (NAIC) or any affiliates or subsidiaries that the NAIC oversees, to perform any ministerial functions, including the collection of fees, related to producer licensing that the commissioner and the nongovernmental entity may deem appropriate.
Sources: Laws, 2001, ch. 510, § 7; Laws, 2002, ch. 322, § 1; Laws, 2009, ch. 448, § 8, eff from and after Nov. 1, 2009.
§ 83-17-63. Qualification for license in certain lines of authority; license to remain in effect absent revocation, suspension, or failure to pay annual fee; reinstatement and renewal; waiver of renewal requirements due to extenuating circumstances; information to be included on license; change of address.
[Effective until November 1, 2009, this section will read as follows:]
(1) Unless denied licensure under Section 83-17-71, persons who have met the requirements of Sections 83-17-59 and 83-17-61, shall be issued an insurance producer license. An insurance producer may receive qualification for a license in one or more of the following lines of authority:
(a) Life: insurance coverage on human lives including benefits of endowment and annuities and may include benefits in the event of death or dismemberment by accident and benefits for disability income.
(b) Accident and health or sickness: insurance coverage for sickness, bodily injury or accidental death and may include benefits for disability income.
(c) Property: insurance coverage for the direct or consequential loss or damage to property of every kind.
(d) Casualty: insurance coverage against legal liability, including that for death, injury or disability or damage to real or personal property.
(e) Variable life and variable annuity products: insurance coverage provided under variable life insurance contracts and variable annuities.
(f) Personal lines: property and casualty insurance coverage sold to individuals and families for primarily noncommercial purposes.
(g) Credit: limited line credit insurance.
(h) Any other line of insurance permitted under state laws or regulations.
(2) An insurance producer license shall remain in effect unless revoked or suspended as long as the fee set forth in Sections 27-15-87 and 27-15-93 is paid and education requirements for resident individual producers are met by the due date.
(3) An individual insurance producer who allows his or her license to lapse may, within twelve (12) months from the due date of the renewal fee, reinstate the same license without the necessity of passing a written examination. The penalty for such late renewal shall be in compliance with Section 27-15-215.
(4) A licensed insurance producer who is unable to comply with license renewal procedures due to military service or some other extenuating circumstances, including, but not limited to, a long-term medical disability may request a waiver of those procedures. The producer may also request a waiver of any examination requirement or any other fine or sanction imposed for failure to comply with renewal procedures.
(5) The license shall contain the licensee's name, address, personal identification number and the date of issuance, the lines of authority, the expiration date and any other information the commissioner deems necessary.
(6) Licensees shall inform the commissioner by any means acceptable to the commissioner of a change of address within thirty (30) days of the change. Failure to timely inform the commissioner of a change in legal name or address shall result in a penalty under Section 83-17-71.
(7) In order to assist in the performance of the commissioner's duties, the commissioner may contract with nongovernmental entities, including the National Association of Insurance Commissioner (NAIC) or any affiliates or subsidiaries that the NAIC oversees, to perform any ministerial functions, including the collection of fees, related to producer licensing that the commissioner and the nongovernmental entity may deem appropriate.
[Effective from and after November 1, 2009, this section will read as follows:]
(1) Unless denied licensure under Section 83-17-71, persons who have met the requirements of Sections 83-17-59 and 83-17-61, shall be issued an insurance producer license. An insurance producer may receive qualification for a license in one or more of the following lines of authority:
(a) Life: insurance coverage on human lives including benefits of endowment and annuities and may include benefits in the event of death or dismemberment by accident and benefits for disability income.
(b) Accident and health or sickness: insurance coverage for sickness, bodily injury or accidental death and may include benefits for disability income.
(c) Property: insurance coverage for the direct or consequential loss or damage to property of every kind.
(d) Casualty: insurance coverage against legal liability, including that for death, injury or disability or damage to real or personal property.
(e) Variable life and variable annuity products: insurance coverage provided under variable life insurance contracts and variable annuities.
(f) Personal lines: property and casualty insurance coverage sold to individuals and families for primarily noncommercial purposes.
(g) Credit: limited line credit insurance.
(h) Car rental: limited line insurance offered, sold or solicited in connection with and incidental to the rental of rental cars, whether at the rental office of preselection of coverage in master, corporate or individual agreements that is nontransferrable, applies only to the rental car that is subject of the rental agreement and is limited to the following kinds of insurance:
(i) Personal accident insurance for renters and other rental car occupants, for accidental death or dismemberment, and for medical expenses resulting from an accident that occurs with the rental car during the rental period;
(ii) Liability insurance that provides protection to the renters and other authorized drivers of a rental car for liability arising from the operation or use of the rental car during the rental period;
(iii) Personal effects insurance that provides coverage to renters and other vehicle occupants for loss of, or damage to, personal effects in the rental car during the rental period;
(iv) Roadside assistance and emergency sickness protection insurance; or
(v) Any other coverage designated by the Commissioner of Insurance.
(i) Crop insurance: limited line insurance providing protection against damage to crops from unfavorable weather conditions, fire or lightning, flood, hail, insect infestation, disease or other yield-reducing conditions or perils provided by the private insurance market, or that is subsidized by the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation, including Multi-Peril Crop Insurance.
(j) Surety: limited line insurance or bond that covers obligations to pay the debts of, or answer for the default of another, including faithlessness in a position of public or private trust. For purpose of limited line licensing, surety does not include Surety Bail Bonds.
(k) Travel: limited line insurance coverage for trip cancellation, trip interruption, baggage, life, sickness and accident, disability and personal effects when limited to a specific trip and sold in connection with transportation provided by a common carrier.
(l) Any other line of insurance permitted under state laws or regulations.
(2) An insurance producer license shall remain in effect unless revoked or suspended as long as the fee set forth in Section 27-15-87 is paid and education requirements for resident individual producers are met by the due date.
(3) An individual insurance producer who allows his or her license to lapse may, within twelve (12) months from the due date of the renewal fee, reinstate the same license without the necessity of passing a written examination. The penalty for such late renewal shall be in compliance with Section 27-15-215.
(4) A licensed insurance producer who is unable to comply with license renewal procedures due to military service or some other extenuating circumstances, including, but not limited to, a long-term medical disability may request a waiver of those procedures. The producer may also request a waiver of any examination requirement or any other fine or sanction imposed for failure to comply with renewal procedures.
(5) The license shall contain the licensee's name, address, personal identification number and the date of issuance, the lines of authority, the expiration date and any other information the commissioner deems necessary.
(6) Licensees shall inform the commissioner by any means acceptable to the commissioner of a change of address within thirty (30) days of the change. Failure to timely inform the commissioner of a change in legal name or address shall result in a penalty under Section 83-17-71.
(7) In order to assist in the performance of the commissioner's duties, the commissioner may contract with nongovernmental entities, including the National Association of Insurance Commissioner s (NAIC) or any affiliates or subsidiaries that the NAIC oversees, to perform any ministerial functions, including the collection of fees, related to producer licensing that the commissioner and the nongovernmental entity may deem appropriate.
Sources: Laws, 2001, ch. 510, § 7; Laws, 2002, ch. 322, § 1; Laws, 2009, ch. 448, § 8, eff from and after Nov. 1, 2009.
§ 83-17-63. Qualification for license in certain lines of authority; license to remain in effect absent revocation, suspension, or failure to pay annual fee; reinstatement and renewal; waiver of renewal requirements due to extenuating circumstances; information to be included on license; change of address.
[Effective until November 1, 2009, this section will read as follows:]
(1) Unless denied licensure under Section 83-17-71, persons who have met the requirements of Sections 83-17-59 and 83-17-61, shall be issued an insurance producer license. An insurance producer may receive qualification for a license in one or more of the following lines of authority:
(a) Life: insurance coverage on human lives including benefits of endowment and annuities and may include benefits in the event of death or dismemberment by accident and benefits for disability income.
(b) Accident and health or sickness: insurance coverage for sickness, bodily injury or accidental death and may include benefits for disability income.
(c) Property: insurance coverage for the direct or consequential loss or damage to property of every kind.
(d) Casualty: insurance coverage against legal liability, including that for death, injury or disability or damage to real or personal property.
(e) Variable life and variable annuity products: insurance coverage provided under variable life insurance contracts and variable annuities.
(f) Personal lines: property and casualty insurance coverage sold to individuals and families for primarily noncommercial purposes.
(g) Credit: limited line credit insurance.
(h) Any other line of insurance permitted under state laws or regulations.
(2) An insurance producer license shall remain in effect unless revoked or suspended as long as the fee set forth in Sections 27-15-87 and 27-15-93 is paid and education requirements for resident individual producers are met by the due date.
(3) An individual insurance producer who allows his or her license to lapse may, within twelve (12) months from the due date of the renewal fee, reinstate the same license without the necessity of passing a written examination. The penalty for such late renewal shall be in compliance with Section 27-15-215.
(4) A licensed insurance producer who is unable to comply with license renewal procedures due to military service or some other extenuating circumstances, including, but not limited to, a long-term medical disability may request a waiver of those procedures. The producer may also request a waiver of any examination requirement or any other fine or sanction imposed for failure to comply with renewal procedures.
(5) The license shall contain the licensee's name, address, personal identification number and the date of issuance, the lines of authority, the expiration date and any other information the commissioner deems necessary.
(6) Licensees shall inform the commissioner by any means acceptable to the commissioner of a change of address within thirty (30) days of the change. Failure to timely inform the commissioner of a change in legal name or address shall result in a penalty under Section 83-17-71.
(7) In order to assist in the performance of the commissioner's duties, the commissioner may contract with nongovernmental entities, including the National Association of Insurance Commissioner (NAIC) or any affiliates or subsidiaries that the NAIC oversees, to perform any ministerial functions, including the collection of fees, related to producer licensing that the commissioner and the nongovernmental entity may deem appropriate.
[Effective from and after November 1, 2009, this section will read as follows:]
(1) Unless denied licensure under Section 83-17-71, persons who have met the requirements of Sections 83-17-59 and 83-17-61, shall be issued an insurance producer license. An insurance producer may receive qualification for a license in one or more of the following lines of authority:
(a) Life: insurance coverage on human lives including benefits of endowment and annuities and may include benefits in the event of death or dismemberment by accident and benefits for disability income.
(b) Accident and health or sickness: insurance coverage for sickness, bodily injury or accidental death and may include benefits for disability income.
(c) Property: insurance coverage for the direct or consequential loss or damage to property of every kind.
(d) Casualty: insurance coverage against legal liability, including that for death, injury or disability or damage to real or personal property.
(e) Variable life and variable annuity products: insurance coverage provided under variable life insurance contracts and variable annuities.
(f) Personal lines: property and casualty insurance coverage sold to individuals and families for primarily noncommercial purposes.
(g) Credit: limited line credit insurance.
(h) Car rental: limited line insurance offered, sold or solicited in connection with and incidental to the rental of rental cars, whether at the rental office of preselection of coverage in master, corporate or individual agreements that is nontransferrable, applies only to the rental car that is subject of the rental agreement and is limited to the following kinds of insurance:
(i) Personal accident insurance for renters and other rental car occupants, for accidental death or dismemberment, and for medical expenses resulting from an accident that occurs with the rental car during the rental period;
(ii) Liability insurance that provides protection to the renters and other authorized drivers of a rental car for liability arising from the operation or use of the rental car during the rental period;
(iii) Personal effects insurance that provides coverage to renters and other vehicle occupants for loss of, or damage to, personal effects in the rental car during the rental period;
(iv) Roadside assistance and emergency sickness protection insurance; or
(v) Any other coverage designated by the Commissioner of Insurance.
(i) Crop insurance: limited line insurance providing protection against damage to crops from unfavorable weather conditions, fire or lightning, flood, hail, insect infestation, disease or other yield-reducing conditions or perils provided by the private insurance market, or that is subsidized by the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation, including Multi-Peril Crop Insurance.
(j) Surety: limited line insurance or bond that covers obligations to pay the debts of, or answer for the default of another, including faithlessness in a position of public or private trust. For purpose of limited line licensing, surety does not include Surety Bail Bonds.
(k) Travel: limited line insurance coverage for trip cancellation, trip interruption, baggage, life, sickness and accident, disability and personal effects when limited to a specific trip and sold in connection with transportation provided by a common carrier.
(l) Any other line of insurance permitted under state laws or regulations.
(2) An insurance producer license shall remain in effect unless revoked or suspended as long as the fee set forth in Section 27-15-87 is paid and education requirements for resident individual producers are met by the due date.
(3) An individual insurance producer who allows his or her license to lapse may, within twelve (12) months from the due date of the renewal fee, reinstate the same license without the necessity of passing a written examination. The penalty for such late renewal shall be in compliance with Section 27-15-215.
(4) A licensed insurance producer who is unable to comply with license renewal procedures due to military service or some other extenuating circumstances, including, but not limited to, a long-term medical disability may request a waiver of those procedures. The producer may also request a waiver of any examination requirement or any other fine or sanction imposed for failure to comply with renewal procedures.
(5) The license shall contain the licensee's name, address, personal identification number and the date of issuance, the lines of authority, the expiration date and any other information the commissioner deems necessary.
(6) Licensees shall inform the commissioner by any means acceptable to the commissioner of a change of address within thirty (30) days of the change. Failure to timely inform the commissioner of a change in legal name or address shall result in a penalty under Section 83-17-71.
(7) In order to assist in the performance of the commissioner's duties, the commissioner may contract with nongovernmental entities, including the National Association of Insurance Commissioner s (NAIC) or any affiliates or subsidiaries that the NAIC oversees, to perform any ministerial functions, including the collection of fees, related to producer licensing that the commissioner and the nongovernmental entity may deem appropriate.
Sources: Laws, 2001, ch. 510, § 7; Laws, 2002, ch. 322, § 1; Laws, 2009, ch. 448, § 8, eff from and after Nov. 1, 2009.
