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ID Code § 41-1007 (2021)
2021 Idaho Code|Title 41 - INSURANCE|Chapter 10 - PRODUCER LICENSING|Section 41-1007 - APPLICATION FOR PRODUCER LICENSE.

41-1007. APPLICATION FOR PRODUCER LICENSE. (1) A person applying for a resident insurance producer license shall make application to the director on the uniform application and declare under penalty of refusal, suspension or revocation of the license that the statements made in the application are true, correct and complete to the best of the applicant’s knowledge and belief. Before approving the application, the director shall find that the applicant: (a) Is at least eighteen (18) years of age; (b) Has submitted the applicant’s fingerprints as may be required by the director; (c) Has not committed any act that is a ground for denial, suspension or revocation of the license as set forth in title 41, Idaho Code; (d) Has paid the fees prescribed by the director pursuant to section 41-401, Idaho Code; and (e) Has successfully passed the examinations for the lines of authority for which the applicant has applied. (2) A business entity acting as an insurance producer is required to obtain an insurance producer license. Application shall be made using the uniform business entity application. Before approving the application, the director shall find that: (a) The business entity has paid the fees prescribed by the director pursuant to section 41-401, Idaho Code; and (b) The business entity has designated a licensed producer, who is an individual responsible for the business entity’s compliance with the insurance laws and rules of this state. (3) The director may require any documents which are reasonably necessary to verify the information contained in an application. (4) Each insurer that sells, solicits or negotiates any form of limited line insurance shall provide to each individual whose duties will include selling, soliciting or negotiating limited lines insurance a program of instruction that may be required to be approved by the director. If acceptable to the director, and as stated by rule, the program of instruction may be administered in place of the examination as required in section 41-1006, Idaho Code. In addition, such course of instruction may be administered in place of any continuing education requirements pursuant to section 41-1013, Idaho Code.  History: [41-1007, added 2001, ch. 296, sec. 3, p. 1050.]
ID Code § 41-1009 (2021)
2021 Idaho Code|Title 41 - INSURANCE|Chapter 10 - PRODUCER LICENSING|Section 41-1009 - NONRESIDENT PRODUCER LICENSE.

41-1009. NONRESIDENT PRODUCER LICENSE. (1) Unless denied licensure pursuant to section 41-1016, Idaho Code, a nonresident applicant shall receive a nonresident producer license if: (a) The applicant is currently licensed as a resident and in good standing in his or her home state; (b) The applicant has submitted the proper request for licensure and has paid the fees set forth by rule pursuant to section 41-401, Idaho Code; (c) The applicant has submitted or transmitted to the director the application for licensure that the applicant submitted to his or her home state or, in lieu of such application, a completed uniform application; (d) The applicant has submitted the applicant’s fingerprints, if required by the director, on a form as prescribed by the director; and (e) The applicant’s home state awards nonresident producer licenses to residents of this state on the same basis. (2) The director may verify the producer’s licensing status through the producer database maintained by the national association of insurance commissioners, its affiliates or subsidiaries, or by any other acceptable means. (3) A nonresident producer who moves from one state to another state or a resident producer who moves from this state to another state shall file a change of address and provide certification from the new resident state within thirty (30) days of the change of legal residence. No fee or license application shall be required for filing the change of address. (4) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, a person licensed as a surplus lines broker in his or her home state shall receive a nonresident surplus lines broker license pursuant to subsection (1) of this section. Except as to subsection (1) of this section, nothing in this section otherwise amends or supersedes any provision of section 41-1223, Idaho Code. (5) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, a person licensed as a limited lines producer in his or her home state shall receive a nonresident limited lines producer license, pursuant to subsection (1) of this section, granting the same scope of authority as granted under the license issued by the producer’s home state. For the purposes of this subsection, limited lines insurance is any authority granted by the home state which restricts the authority of the license to less than the total authority prescribed in the associated major lines pursuant to section 41-1008(1)(a) through (g), Idaho Code.  History: [41-1009, added 2001, ch. 296, sec. 3, p. 1052.]
ID Code § 41-1010 (2021)
2021 Idaho Code|Title 41 - INSURANCE|Chapter 10 - PRODUCER LICENSING|Section 41-1010 - NONRESIDENT PRODUCERS — SERVICE OF PROCESS.

41-1010. NONRESIDENT PRODUCERS — SERVICE OF PROCESS. (1) Each person applying to be a nonresident producer shall, on a form prescribed by the director, appoint the director as his agent for purposes of receiving service of legal process issued against the producer in this state upon causes of action arising within this state out of transactions under the license. Service upon the director as an agent shall constitute effective legal service upon the producer. (2) The appointment shall be irrevocable for as long as there could be any cause of action against the licensee arising out of his insurance transactions in or with respect to this state. (3) Duplicate copies of such legal process against the licensee shall be served upon the director by a person competent to serve a summons. At the time of service the plaintiff shall pay the director an appropriate fee to be determined by rule and not exceeding thirty dollars ($30.00). (4) Upon receiving such service, the director shall send one (1) copy of the process by registered or certified mail with return receipt requested to the defendant licensee at his last address of record with the director. (5) The director shall keep a record of the day and hour of such service upon him. No proceedings shall be brought against the producer, and the producer shall not be required to appear, plead or answer until the expiration of thirty (30) days after the date of service upon the director.  History: [41-1010, added 2001, ch. 296, sec. 3, p. 1053.]
ID Code § 41-1011 (2021)
2021 Idaho Code|Title 41 - INSURANCE|Chapter 10 - PRODUCER LICENSING|Section 41-1011 - ISSUANCE — REFUSAL OF LICENSE.

41-1011. ISSUANCE — REFUSAL OF LICENSE. If after completion of application for a license, the taking and passing of any examination required under this chapter and, if required by the director, receipt of a report from the federal bureau of investigation based on the fingerprints of the applicant, the director finds that the applicant has fully met the requirements for a license, the director shall issue the license to the applicant; otherwise, the director shall refuse to issue the license and shall promptly notify the applicant and any appointing insurer or insurers of such refusal and state the grounds for the refusal. Pending the receipt of the report from the federal bureau of investigation, the director may, in his discretion, issue a temporary license if all other qualifications have been met.  History: [41-1011, added 2001, ch. 296, sec. 3, p. 1053.]
ID Code § 41-1012 (2021)
2021 Idaho Code|Title 41 - INSURANCE|Chapter 10 - PRODUCER LICENSING|Section 41-1012 - EXEMPTION FROM EXAMINATION.

41-1012. EXEMPTION FROM EXAMINATION. (1) An individual who applies for an insurance producer license in this state and who was previously licensed for the same lines of authority in another state shall not be required to complete any prelicensing examination if: (a) The person is currently licensed in another state; or (b) The application is received within ninety (90) days of the cancellation of the applicant’s previous license and the prior state issues a certification that: (i) At the time of cancellation, the applicant was in good standing in that state; or (ii) The state’s producer database records, as maintained by the national association of insurance commissioners or its affiliates or subsidiaries, indicate that the producer is or was licensed in good standing for the lines of authority requested. (2) A person licensed as an insurance producer in another state who moves to this state shall make application within ninety (90) days of establishing legal residence to become a resident licensee pursuant to section 41-1006, Idaho Code. No examination shall be required of that person to obtain any line of authority previously held in the prior state unless the director provides otherwise by rule.  History: [41-1012, added 2001, ch. 296, sec. 3, p. 1053.]
ID Code § 41-1014 (2021)
2021 Idaho Code|Title 41 - INSURANCE|Chapter 10 - PRODUCER LICENSING|Section 41-1014 - ASSUMED NAMES.

41-1014. ASSUMED NAMES. An insurance producer doing business under any name other than the producer’s legal name is required to notify the director in writing prior to using the assumed name.  History: [41-1014, added 2001, ch. 296, sec. 3, p. 1055.]
ID Code § 41-1015 (2021)
2021 Idaho Code|Title 41 - INSURANCE|Chapter 10 - PRODUCER LICENSING|Section 41-1015 - TEMPORARY LICENSING.

41-1015. TEMPORARY LICENSING. (1) The director may issue a temporary insurance producer license for a period not to exceed one hundred eighty (180) days without requiring an examination if the director deems that the temporary license is necessary for the servicing of an insurance business in the following cases: (a) To the surviving spouse or court-appointed personal representative of a licensed insurance producer who dies or becomes mentally or physically disabled in order to allow adequate time for the sale of the insurance business owned by the producer or for the recovery or return of the producer to the business or to provide for the training and licensing of new personnel to operate the producer’s business; (b) To a member or employee of a business entity licensed as an insurance producer upon the death or disability of an individual designated in the business entity application or the license; (c) To the designee of a licensed insurance producer entering active service in the armed forces of the United States of America; or (d) Pursuant to section 41-1011, Idaho Code, or in any other circumstance where the director deems the public interest will best be served by the issuance of the temporary license. (2) The director may by order limit the authority of any temporary licensee in any way deemed necessary to protect insureds and the public. The director may require the temporary licensee to have a suitable sponsor who is a licensed producer or insurer and who assumes responsibility for all actions of the temporary licensee, and may impose other similar requirements designed to protect insureds and the public. The director may by order revoke a temporary license, without the right to a prior hearing, if the interests of insureds or the public are endangered. A temporary license may not continue after the owner or the personal representative disposes of the business.  History: [41-1015, added 2001, ch. 296, sec. 3, p. 1055.]
ID Code § 41-1017 (2021)
2021 Idaho Code|Title 41 - INSURANCE|Chapter 10 - PRODUCER LICENSING|Section 41-1017 - COMMISSIONS.

41-1017. COMMISSIONS. (1) An insurance company or insurance producer shall not pay a commission, service fee or other valuable consideration to a person for selling, soliciting or negotiating insurance in this state if that person is not duly licensed as required under this chapter. (2) A person shall not accept a commission, service fee or other valuable consideration for selling, soliciting or negotiating insurance in this state if that person is not duly licensed as required under this chapter. (3) Renewals or other deferred commissions may be paid to a person for selling, soliciting or negotiating insurance in this state if that person was duly licensed as required under this chapter at the time of the sale, solicitation or negotiation. (4) An insurer or insurance producer may pay or assign commissions, service fees or other valuable consideration to any person, regardless of whether that person is licensed as a producer, unless the payment or assignment would violate a specific section of title 41, Idaho Code, including, but not limited to, sections 41-1314 and 41-2708, Idaho Code, or department rule.  History: [41-1017, added 2001, ch. 296, sec. 3, p. 1057.]
ID Code § 41-1018 (2021)
2021 Idaho Code|Title 41 - INSURANCE|Chapter 10 - PRODUCER LICENSING|Section 41-1018 - APPOINTMENTS.

41-1018. APPOINTMENTS. (1) An insurance producer shall not act as an agent of an insurer unless the insurance producer becomes an appointed agent of that insurer. An insurance producer who is not acting as an agent of an insurer is not required to become appointed. (2) To appoint a producer as its agent, the appointing insurer shall file, in a format approved by the director, a notice of appointment within fifteen (15) days from the date the agency contract is executed or the first insurance application is submitted. (3) Upon receipt of the notice of appointment, the director shall verify, within a reasonable time not to exceed thirty (30) days, that the insurance producer is eligible for appointment. If the insurance producer is determined to be ineligible for appointment, the director shall notify the insurer within five (5) days of his determination.  History: [41-1018, added 2001, ch. 296, sec. 3, p. 1058.]
ID Code § 41-1020 (2021)
2021 Idaho Code|Title 41 - INSURANCE|Chapter 10 - PRODUCER LICENSING|Section 41-1020 - RECIPROCITY.

41-1020. RECIPROCITY. (1) The director shall waive any requirements, except the requirements imposed by section 41-1009, Idaho Code, for a nonresident producer license applicant with a valid license from his or her home state if the applicant’s home state awards nonresident licenses to residents of this state on the same basis. (2) A nonresident producer’s satisfaction of his or her home state’s continuing education requirements for licensed insurance producers shall constitute satisfaction of this state’s continuing education requirements if the nonresident producer’s home state recognizes the satisfaction of its continuing education requirements imposed upon producers from this state on the same basis.  History: [41-1020, added 2001, ch. 296, sec. 3, p. 1060.]
ID Code § 41-1021 (2021)
2021 Idaho Code|Title 41 - INSURANCE|Chapter 10 - PRODUCER LICENSING|Section 41-1021 - REPORTING OF ACTIONS.

41-1021. REPORTING OF ACTIONS. (1) A producer shall report to the director any administrative action taken against the producer in another jurisdiction or by another governmental agency within thirty (30) days of the final disposition of the matter. This report shall include a copy of the order, consent order or other relevant legal documents. (2) Within thirty (30) days of the initial pretrial hearing date, a producer shall report to the director any criminal prosecution of the producer taken in any jurisdiction. The report shall include a copy of the initial complaint filed, the order resulting from the hearing and any other relevant legal documents.  History: [41-1021, added 2001, ch. 296, sec. 3, p. 1060.]
ID Code § 41-1022 (2021)
2021 Idaho Code|Title 41 - INSURANCE|Chapter 10 - PRODUCER LICENSING|Section 41-1022 - INSURERS MUST ACCEPT BUSINESS THROUGH LICENSED PRODUCERS ONLY.

41-1022. INSURERS MUST ACCEPT BUSINESS THROUGH LICENSED PRODUCERS ONLY. (1) No authorized insurer shall make, write, place or cause to be made, written or placed in this state any policy, duplicate policy, or insurance contract of any kind, covering a subject of insurance resident, located or to be performed in this state through any person who is not then licensed as a producer under this chapter. (2) The director may penalize, suspend or revoke the certificate of authority of any insurer violating this section in accordance with section 41-327(1), Idaho Code.  History: [41-1022, added 2001, ch. 296, sec. 3, p. 1061.]
ID Code § 41-1023 (2021)
2021 Idaho Code|Title 41 - INSURANCE|Chapter 10 - PRODUCER LICENSING|Section 41-1023 - COUNTERSIGNATURE OF POLICIES — POWER OF ATTORNEY.

41-1023. COUNTERSIGNATURE OF POLICIES — POWER OF ATTORNEY. (1) When the signature or countersignature of a property or casualty producer is required on an insurance contract, or rider or endorsement thereto, the producer shall, except as provided in section 41-337(1), Idaho Code, and subsection (2) of this section, affix his original written signature thereon. (2) The property or casualty producer may grant a power of attorney in writing to an individual who is twenty-one (21) years of age or older, authorizing such person to countersign or cause a facsimile of the agent’s signature to be placed on policies and endorsements in his name and on his behalf. The power of attorney shall be acknowledged by the agent under oath before a notary public and shall be kept on file in the agent’s office.  History: [41-1023, added 2001, ch. 296, sec. 3, p. 1061.]
ID Code § 41-1024 (2021)
2021 Idaho Code|Title 41 - INSURANCE|Chapter 10 - PRODUCER LICENSING|Section 41-1024 - REPORTING AND ACCOUNTING FOR PREMIUMS.

41-1024. REPORTING AND ACCOUNTING FOR PREMIUMS. (1) All fiduciary funds received or collected by a producer shall be trust funds received by the producer in a fiduciary capacity, and the producer shall, in the applicable regular course of business, account for and pay the same to the person entitled to the funds. The producer shall establish a separate account for funds belonging to others in order to avoid a commingling of such fiduciary funds with his own funds. The producer may deposit and commingle in such separate account all fiduciary funds so long as the amount of such deposit so held for all other persons is reasonably ascertainable from the records and accounts of the producer. A producer who duly collects and deposits funds into a sweep account maintained by or for the benefit of an applicable insurer shall not be deemed to be in violation of the fiduciary fund account requirement. The director may promulgate rules relating to accounting for and handling of fiduciary funds and the fiduciary fund account. (2) Fiduciary funds shall include all funds collected by an insurance producer from or on behalf of a client or premium finance company that are to be paid to an insurance company, its agents, or the producer’s employer, and all funds collected by an insurance producer from an insurance company or its agents that are to be paid to a policyholder or claimant under any contract of insurance. (3) Any producer who, not being lawfully entitled thereto, diverts or appropriates to his own use such trust or fiduciary funds or any portion thereof, whether or not such funds have been separately deposited, shall upon conviction be guilty of a felony.  History: [41-1024, added 2001, ch. 296, sec. 3, p. 1061; am. 2005, ch. 62, sec. 1, p. 220.]
ID Code § 41-1025 (2021)
2021 Idaho Code|Title 41 - INSURANCE|Chapter 10 - PRODUCER LICENSING|Section 41-1025 - RULES.

41-1025. RULES. The director may, in accordance with section 41-211, Idaho Code, promulgate reasonable rules as are necessary or proper to carry out the purposes of this chapter.  History: [41-1025, added 2001, ch. 296, sec. 3, p. 1061.]
ID Code § 41-1026 (2021)
2021 Idaho Code|Title 41 - INSURANCE|Chapter 10 - PRODUCER LICENSING|Section 41-1026 - PROCEDURE FOLLOWING SUSPENSION, REVOCATION, DENIAL — REINSTATEMENT.

41-1026. PROCEDURE FOLLOWING SUSPENSION, REVOCATION, DENIAL — REINSTATEMENT. (1) Upon suspension, revocation, or refusal to continue any license, the director shall notify the licensee as provided in section 41-212(3), Idaho Code, and, in the case of a producer who holds appointments from insurers, shall give like notice to the insurers represented. (2) Suspension, revocation, or refusal of any one (1) license held by the licensee under title 41, Idaho Code, shall automatically suspend, revoke or refuse continuation of all other licenses held by the licensee under title 41, Idaho Code. (3) The director shall not issue a license under title 41, Idaho Code, to or as to any person whose license has been revoked or continuance refused until after the expiration of not less than one (1) year, to a maximum of five (5) years, from the date of such revocation or refusal, which time period shall be set forth in the final order, or, if judicial review of such revocation or refusal is sought, not less than one (1) year, to a maximum of five (5) years, from the date of a final court order or decree affirming the revocation or refusal. If no time period is specified in the final order or final court order or decree, the time period shall be one (1) year. In the event the former licensee again files an application for a license under title 41, Idaho Code, the director may require the applicant to show good cause why the prior revocation or refusal to continue his license shall not be deemed a bar to the issuance of a new license. (4) The director shall not issue a license under title 41, Idaho Code, to any person whose application for a license was previously denied until after the expiration of one (1) year from the date of such license denial or, if judicial review of such license denial is sought, one (1) year from the date of a final court order or decree affirming the license denial.  History: [41-1026, added 2001, ch. 296, sec. 3, p. 1061; am. 2016, ch. 50, sec. 2, p. 146.]
ID Code § 41-1028 (2021)
2021 Idaho Code|Title 41 - INSURANCE|Chapter 10 - PRODUCER LICENSING|Section 41-1028 - INACTIVE STATUS.

41-1028. INACTIVE STATUS. (1) Any individual producer who does not want to actively continue in the business of insurance may apply for inactive status of his license on forms prescribed by the director. The director, in his discretion, may grant or deny the application for inactive status and shall notify the licensee of this decision in writing. Inactive status of a license, once granted, shall apply to all licenses held by the licensee and shall continue in force until reactivated pursuant to this section or until the license is suspended or revoked pursuant to this chapter. (2) During the period that a licensee remains on inactive status, the licensee may not transact the business of insurance in this state or engage in any other insurance activity which requires an active license. A licensee on inactive status may, subject to the terms of an insurer’s contract with the licensee, continue to receive commissions or other compensation relative to business written by such licensee during active license status. (3) Any individual producer whose license is placed on inactive status shall be exempt from compliance with continuing education requirements. (4) An individual producer whose license is placed on inactive status shall be subject to payment of the applicable continuation fees. (5) An individual producer whose license is on inactive status may apply for reactivation of a license on forms prescribed by the director. The request for reactivation shall include proof of completion of twenty (20) hours of continuing education earned during the twelve (12) months prior to reactivation or proof that the producer has retested and met the examination requirements as to any line or kind of insurance to be transacted under the reactivated license. The director, in his discretion, may grant or deny the application for reactivation.  History: [41-1028, added 2001, ch. 296, sec. 3, p. 1062.]