A. The Insurance Commissioner may issue a temporary license for a period not to exceed one hundred eighty (180) days without requiring an examination if the Insurance 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 court-appointed personal representative of a licensed insurance producer who dies or 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; or
4. In any other circumstance in which the Insurance Commissioner deems that the public interest will best be served by the issuance of this license.
B. The Insurance Commissioner may by order limit the authority of any temporary licensee in any way deemed necessary to protect insureds and the public. The Insurance 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 Insurance 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. If the applicant fails to pass the licensure examination, the temporary license shall terminate automatically.
C. As to a temporary agent's license issued because of the death or disability of an agent, no insurers shall be represented by the temporary licensee in addition to those represented by the deceased or disabled agent.
D. The fee paid for the temporary license shall not be applied upon the fee for any permanent license of the same category issued to the licensee before expiration of the temporary license.
E. No license issued pursuant to the provisions of subsection A of this section shall be effective for more than six (6) months. The Commissioner, in his discretion, may renew the license once upon proper application and for good cause. However, no temporary license shall be issued for any line of insurance to any applicant who has failed to pass the required examination.
Added by Laws 2001, c. 156, § 12, eff. Nov. 1, 2001.