The Department of Financial Services recently issued a reminder relating to its view of charitable contributions made by licensees. This is a subject that arises from time to time, wherein licensees such as insurance agents want to show their support for charities. DFS certainly does not want to deter agents from being actively involved in […]
The Department of Financial Services recently published a short article in its Insurance Insights newsletter relating to what constitutes a referral fee, marketing or advertising gift, or unlawful inducement. Insurance licensees will recognize these labels from references to them in the Unfair Insurance Trade Practices statute (Section 626.9541) and Section 626.112(8). Although each situation is fact-specific and […]