** Effective July 1, 2018, the Managing General Agent (MGA) License will no longer be available. Those individuals wanting to be a MGA must get a MGA appointment by an insurer under a General Lines (P&C), Life, Health or Limited Surety (Bail Bond) agent license.**
TYPE AND CLASS:
00-60 Managing General Agent Appointment (Agency)
Florida Statutes 626.015 defines a "MANAGING GENERAL AGENT" means any agency/firm that manages all or part of the insurance business of an insurer, including the management of a separate division, department, or underwriting office, and acting as an agent for that insurer, whether known as a managing general agent, manager, or other similar term, who, with or without authority, separately or together with affiliates, produces directly or indirectly, or underwrites an amount of gross direct written premium equal to or more than 5 percent of the policyholder surplus as reported in the last annual statement of the insurer in any single quarter or year and also does one or more of the following:
(1) Adjusts or pays claim
(2) Negotiates insurance on behalf of the insurer