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HB 319 Original 2019 Regular Session Pierre
Abstract: Requires all individual producers with a business entity appointed as an agent for an
insurer to be registered with the Dept. of Insurance.
Present law requires that any producer, appointed as an agent by an insurer, who intends to operate
its business affairs as a partnership, corporation, or other business entity shall have all persons of the
business entity who are actively engaged in soliciting, negotiating, or effecting contracts of insurance
or renewals hold an active producer license.
Proposed law extends present law to provide that all persons actively engaged in soliciting,
negotiating, or effecting contracts of insurance or renewals shall register with the Dept. of Insurance
pursuant to present law.
(Amends R.S. 22:1558(D))