§1553. Temporary licensing

A. The commissioner of insurance may issue a temporary insurance producer license for a period not to exceed one hundred eighty days without requiring an examination if the commissioner deems that the temporary license is necessary for the servicing of an insurance business in the following cases:

(1) To the surviving spouse or next of kin, or to the administrator or executor or employee of a licensed insurance producer who is deceased, or to the spouse, next of kin, employee, legal guardian, or other court-appointed personal representative of a licensed insurance producer who becomes mentally or physically disabled, 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.

(2) 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.

(3) To the designee of a licensed insurance producer entering active service in the armed forces of the United States of America.

(4) In any other circumstance where the commissioner deems that the public interest will best be served by the issuance of this license.

B. The commissioner of insurance may by order limit the authority of any temporary license in any way deemed necessary to protect insureds and the public. The commissioner may require the temporary licensee to have a suitable sponsor who is a licensed producer or insurer and who assumes responsibility for all acts of the temporary licensee, and may impose other similar requirements designed to protect insureds and the public. The commissioner may by order revoke a temporary license if the interest of insureds or the public are endangered. A temporary license may not continue after the owner or the personal representative disposes of the business.

C. Repealed by Acts 2009, No. 485, §3, eff. Jan. 1, 2010.

Acts 2001, No. 158, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2002; Redesignated from R.S. 22:1141 by Acts 2008, No. 415, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2009; Acts 2009, No. 485, §3, eff. Jan. 1, 2010.