Every agent of any insurance company, fraternal order or association authorized to do business in this state shall be required to obtain from the Commissioner of Insurance a certificate under the seal of his office showing that the company for which he or she is licensed to do business in this state, and that he or she is an agent of said company and duly authorized to do business for it. Such certificate shall remain valid as long as the insurance company, fraternal order or association pays to the commissioner an annual certificate fee to continue the authorization. The insurance company, fraternal order or association must notify the agent within thirty (30) days if the authority is nonrenewed or cancelled.
Miss. Code Ann. § 83-17-5
Agent certificate; notification of nonrenewal required
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case 895 So. 2d 138 - Titan Indemnity Co. v. Hood (2004)
Most recently applied in King Metal Buildings, Inc. v. Renasant Insurance, Inc. (July 2014)
Codes, 1906, § 2627; Hemingway’s 1917, § 5093; 1930, § 5198; 1942, § 5708; Laws, 1988, ch. 526, § 5; Laws, 1990, ch. 355, § 2; Laws, 2003, ch. 419, § 1; Laws, 2006, ch. 314, § 1…
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