Fl Statutes, Rules, & Regulations (Sect. 2, Pt. 1&2)(In Progress) Questions And Answers 2025/2026

FL STATUTES, RULES, & REGULATIONS (SECT. 2, PT. 1&2)(IN PROGRESS) QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2025/2026 Chief Financial Officer (a.k.a. the Treasurer) - Answer -- responsible for administering the laws - heads the DFS Primary Responsibilities of the Department of Financial Services - Answer -- issuing licenses (Agents, CSRs, Adjusters) - supervising claims activities of companies - investigate charges of unethical conduct Divisions of DFS - Answer -- unclaimed property - insurance agent & agency services - consumer services Consumer Services Division of DFS - Answer -receives inquiries & complaints from consumers **licensed personnel & companies have 20 days to respond to written request for information concerning a consumer complaintFinancial Service Commission - Answer -- composed of the Governor, CFO, Attorney General, & Commissioner of Agriculture - has two branches: - Office of Insurance Regulation (OIR) - Office of Financial Regulation (OFR) Office of Insurance Regulation (OIR) - Answer -- responsible for activities of companies/carriers/risk bearing entity - issues Certificates of Authority - approves rates & reviews for compliance - monitors for financial solvency - enforces penalties Commissioner for Insurance Regulation - Answer -director of the OIR Office of Financial Regulation (OFR) - Answer -regulates the banks CFO has the right to audit - Answer -- every 3 years - to protect the consumer - to regulate companies Agent Austin Powers is served a Cease & Desist order by the Office of the CFO, but he likes to live dangerously and continues to transact insurance anyway. How much will Austin be fined? - Answer -$50,000 Freddie Mercury has come back from the dead to sell insurance. Unfortunately, he is now being prosecuted by the Dept. of Insurance Regulations. How long does he have to appeal? - Answer -30 daysCarrie Underwood's insurance agency wants to sell auto insurance in the state of Florida. What does "Jesus Take the Wheel P&C Insurance Co." need to obtain in order to appoint agents and sell insurance as an admitted carrier? - Answer -Certificate of Authority Which of the following would not be an exception to USAA's certificate of authority? - investigation & settlement of claims as a result of former authorized operations in Florida - transactions involving a captive company - appointing a general lines insurance agent with a 2044