While health- and property-insurance reform grabbed many headlines during the 2008 legislative sessions, several other approved measures could arguably have an even bigger impact on agents.
Taking center stage is the question of restricting whether Citizens Property Insurance Corp. can require agents to take continuing education classes. "The continuing education bill was our main priority, and it passed," said Scott Johnson, executive vice president with the Florida Association of Insurance Agents.
The FAIA does not take issue with the amount of coursework agents must complete to meet state law or learn about Citizens' business, Johnson said. Rather, the agent-oriented association was not too keen with Citizens' Agent Certification Program, which was launched earlier this year. The reason behind the agency's ambivalence is that the program regards certain continuing education (CE) courses that are not specific to Citizens as prerequisites for agents writing policies.
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