Florida Statutes 634.318 – License and appointment of sales representatives
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Terms Used In Florida Statutes 634.318
- Home warranty association: means any corporation or any other organization, other than an authorized insurer, issuing home warranties. See Florida Statutes 634.301
- Insurance code: means the Florida Insurance Code. See Florida Statutes 634.301
- Insurer: means any property or casualty insurer duly authorized to transact such business in this state. See Florida Statutes 634.301
- Sales representative: means any person with whom an insurer or home inspection or warranty association has a contract and who is utilized by such insurer or association for the purpose of selling or issuing home warranties. See Florida Statutes 634.301
- warranty: means any contract or agreement whereby a person undertakes to indemnify the warranty holder against the cost of repair or replacement, or actually furnishes repair or replacement, of any structural component or appliance of a home, necessitated by wear and tear or an inherent defect of any such structural component or appliance or necessitated by the failure of an inspection to detect the likelihood of any such loss. See Florida Statutes 634.301
Sales representatives for home warranty associations and insurers shall be licensed, appointed, renewed, continued, reinstated, or terminated in the same manner as prescribed in chapter 626 for insurance representatives in general, except they shall be exempt from the fingerprinting, photo identification card, education, and examination provisions. License, appointment, and other fees shall be those as prescribed in s. 624.501. No employee or sales representative of a home warranty association or insurer may directly or indirectly solicit or negotiate insurance contracts, or hold herself or himself out in any manner to be an insurance agent, unless so qualified, licensed, and appointed therefor under the insurance code. A home warranty association is not required to be licensed as a sales representative to solicit, sell, issue, or otherwise transact the home warranty agreements issued by the home warranty association.