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Florida 4-Hour Law and Ethics Update – Regulator Review
Section 1 Regulatory Awareness
1.1 Who Regulates You, and Why It Matters
1.2 Your License Is a Continuing Relationship, Not a One-Time Event
1.3 Applied Scenarios: The Bulletin You Didn’t Read
1.4 Applied Scenarios: Reading a Consent Order From Another Agent’s Case
1.5 Applied Scenarios: The Complaint That Never Got Filed
FL Law and Ethics Update – Section 1 Quiz
Section 2 Insurance Law and Updates
2.1 The Insurance Code’s Core Obligations for Agents
2.2 Why This Section Gets Updated Every Year
2.3 Applied Scenarios: Explaining Bad-Faith Exposure to a Concerned Insured
2.4 Applied Scenarios: When the Law Is Genuinely Unsettled
2.5 Applied Scenarios: The Independent Contractor Classification Under Florida Law
FL Law and Ethics Update – Section 2 Quiz
Section 3 Ethical Requirements
3.1 Why the Law Is a Floor, Not a Ceiling
3.2 The Eight Ethical Principles
3.3 Bringing It Together
3.4 Applied Scenarios: The Second Business Owned by the Spouse
3.5 Applied Scenarios: Reflecting on Your Own Weakest Principle
3.6 Applied Scenarios: The Rationalization Habit, Named and Interrupted
3.7 Applied Scenarios: The Insured Considering Misclassifying Drivers
3.8 Applied Scenarios: A Colleague Asks for Help Bending a Rule
3.9 Applied Scenarios: The Underwriter Who Rewards Thoroughness
3.10 Applied Scenarios: The Ethics of Walking Away From a Whole Book
FL Law and Ethics Update – Section 3 Quiz
Section 4 Industry Trends
4.1 Nuclear Verdicts and Social Inflation
4.2 Applied Scenarios: The Telematics Discount That Comes With Strings
4.3 Applied Scenarios: Consolidation Among Motor Carrier Insurers
4.4 Applied Scenarios: The Rise of Specialty Managing General Agents
FL Law and Ethics Update – Section 4 Quiz
Section 5 Disciplinary Trends and Case Studies
5.1 Why Disciplinary Patterns Matter More Than Individual Cases
5.2 Case Study: Commission-Sharing With an Unlicensed Referral Source
5.3 Case Study: The Agent Who Signed What They Didn’t Read
5.4 Case Study: The False Sense of Safety in Numbers
5.5 Case Study: Excessive Fees Disguised as Service Charges
FL Law and Ethics Update – Section 5 Quiz
Section 6 Premium Discounts
6.1 Discounts Are Rate, and Rate Must Be Filed
6.2 Applied Scenarios: Explaining Why Two Similar Fleets Get Different Discounts
6.3 Applied Scenarios: The Discount an Insured Assumes Is Automatic
FL Law and Ethics Update – Section 6 Quiz
Section 7 Suitability of Products and Services
7.1 What Suitability Means Outside of Life and Annuities
7.2 Applied Scenarios: Overselling Coverage the Insured Doesn’t Need
7.3 Applied Scenarios: When the Insured Assumes Suitability Was Already Handled
FL Law and Ethics Update – Section 7 Quiz
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Section 7 Suitability of Products and Services

  1. Florida 4-Hour Law and Ethics Update – Regulator Review
  2. Section 7 Suitability of Products and Services

Learning Objective: Apply the concept of suitability — ensuring recommended coverage genuinely matches the insured’s actual exposure — to commercial property and casualty placements for motor carriers.

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7.1 What Suitability Means Outside of Life and Annuities
7.2 Applied Scenarios: Overselling Coverage the Insured Doesn’t Need
7.3 Applied Scenarios: When the Insured Assumes Suitability Was Already Handled
FL Law and Ethics Update – Section 7 Quiz
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