State RegulationsFL specificDifficulty 2/5
A Florida producer meets with a consumer, discusses the consumer's coverage needs, and completes an application for a policy issued by the insurer the producer represents. Under Florida law, the producer's actions are an example of:
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Why D is correct
Under Chapter 626, Florida Statutes, transacting insurance includes the solicitation, negotiation, sale, and effecting of insurance contracts - the activities for which a Florida license is required. An internal reserve audit is the insurer's own operation, servicing a policy loan is repayment of an existing debt, and a bank's securities investment is unrelated to the business of insurance. The practical consequence is significant: a person who solicits or negotiates insurance without a license commits an unlicensed transaction violation.
Why the other options are wrong
- A) An internal reserve audit is part of the insurer's own business operations, not solicitation or negotiation with the public.
- B) Paying policy loan interest services an existing debt; it is not soliciting, negotiating, or effecting insurance.
- C) A bank's securities investment has nothing to do with the business of insurance.
Memory hook
Transaction = solicit, negotiate, sell - the licensed acts.