Insurance Code § 4005.106

Sec. 4005.106. APPLICATION FOR LICENSE AFTER CERTAIN DETERMINATIONS. (a) In addition to any other penalty imposed under this code, a person who the department determines has engaged in conduct described by this section may not obtain a license as an agent before the fifth anniversary of the date of the determination. (b) This section applies to a person who: (1) acts as an agent without holding a license under this code; (2) solicits an insurance contract or acts as an agent without having been appointed or designated by an authorized insurer, association, or organization to do so as provided by this code; (3) solicits an insurance contract or acts as an agent for a person, including an insurer, association, or organization, who is not authorized to engage in the business of insurance in this state without holding a surplus lines agent license issued under Chapter 981; or (4) as an officer or representative of an insurer, knowingly contracts with or appoints as an agent a person who does not hold a valid license. Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1274, Sec. 7, eff. April 1, 2005.