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304.9-020 Definitions for subtitle.
As used in this subtitle:
(1) "Agent" means a person who sells, solicits, or negotiates insurance or annuity
contracts;
(2) "Appointment" means a notification filed with the insurance department that an
insurer has established an agency relationship with a producer;
(3) "Appointment renewal" means continuation of an insurer's existing appointment
based on payment of the required fee without submission of an appointment
form;
(4) "Apprentice adjuster" means an individual who meets the qualification
requirements to hold a license as an independent, staff, or public adjuster,
except for the experience, education, and training requirements;
(5) "Business entity" means a corporation, association, partnership, limited liability
company, limited liability partnership, employer group, professional employer
organization, or other legal entity;
(6) "Catastrophe" means an event that results in a declaration of emergency by
the Governor pursuant to KRS 39A.100 and:
(a) A large number of deaths or injuries;
(b) Extensive damage or destruction of facilities that provide and sustain
human needs;
(c) An overwhelming demand on state and local response resources and
mechanisms;
(d) A severe long-term effect on general economic activity; or
(e) A severe effect on state, local, and private sector capabilities to begin and
sustain response activities;
(7) "Crop insurance" means insurance providing protection against damage to
crops from unfavorable weather conditions, fire or lightning, flood, hail, insect
infestation, disease, or other yield-reducing conditions or perils provided by the
private insurance market or that is subsidized by the Federal Crop Insurance
Corporation, including multi-peril crop insurance;
(8) "Home state" means the District of Columbia and any state or territory of the
United States in which a licensee maintains his or her principal place of
residence or principal place of business and is licensed by that state;
(9) "Independent adjuster" means a person who:
(a) Is an independent contractor, an employee of an independent contractor,
or for tax purposes is treated as an independent contractor under Subtitle
C of the Internal Revenue Code, 26 U.S.C. secs. 3101 et seq.;
(b) Is compensated by an insurer or self-insurer; and
(c) Investigates, negotiates, or settles property, casualty, or workers'
compensation claims for insurers or self-insurers;
(10) "Insurance producer" means an individual or business entity required to be
licensed under the laws of Kentucky to sell, solicit, or negotiate insurance or
annuity contracts. "Insurance producer" includes agent, managing general
agent, surplus lines broker, reinsurance intermediary broker and manager,
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rental vehicle agent and rental vehicle agent managing employee, and
consultant;
"Limited line credit insurance" includes credit life, credit disability, credit
property, credit unemployment, involuntary unemployment, mortgage life,
mortgage guaranty, mortgage disability, guaranteed automobile protection
insurance, and any other form of insurance offered in connection with an
extension of credit that is limited to partially or wholly extinguishing that credit
obligation that the commissioner determines should be designated a form of
limited line credit insurance;
"Limited line credit insurance agent" means an individual or business entity
who sells, solicits, or negotiates one (1) or more forms of limited line credit
insurance coverage to individuals through a master, corporate, group, or
individual policy;
"Limited lines insurance" means the lines of insurance defined in subsections
(7), (11), (21), (26), and (28) of this section and any other line of insurance that
the commissioner identifies in accordance with KRS 304.9-230(1)(f) or
recognizes for the purpose of complying with KRS 304.9-140(5);
"Negotiate" means the act of conferring directly with, or offering advice directly
to, a purchaser or prospective purchaser of a particular contract of insurance
concerning any of the substantive benefits, terms, or conditions of the contract,
provided that the person engaged in that act either sells insurance or obtains
insurance from insurers for purchasers. "Negotiate" does not include
negotiating a claims settlement;
"Portable electronics" means electronic devices that are portable and the
accessories and services related to the use of the device;
(a) "Portable electronics insurance" means insurance providing coverage for
the repair or replacement of portable electronics for any one (1) or more
of the following:
1.
Loss;
2.
Theft;
3.
Inoperability due to mechanical failure;
4.
Malfunction;
5.
Damage; or
6.
Other similar causes of loss.
(b) "Portable electronics insurance" does not mean:
1.
A service contract governed by KRS 304.5-070;
2.
A policy of insurance covering a seller's or manufacturer's
obligations under a warranty; or
3.
A homeowner's, renter's, private passenger automobile, commercial
multi-peril, or similar policy;
"Portable electronics insurance supervising entity" means a business entity
that is a licensed insurer or insurance agent that is appointed by an insurer to
supervise the administration of a portable electronics insurance program;
"Portable electronics retailer" means a licensed business entity that offers and
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sells portable electronic devices and offers and disseminates portable
electronics insurance on behalf and under the direction of a portable
electronics insurance supervising entity;
"Public adjuster" means any person who, for compensation or anything of
value:
(a) Acts on behalf of an insured or aids an insured, solely in relation to
first-party claims arising under insurance contracts that insure the real or
personal property of the insured, in negotiating for, or effecting the
settlement of, a claim for loss or damage covered by an insurance
contract;
(b) Advertises for employment as a public adjuster of insurance claims,
solicits business or represents himself, herself, or itself to the public as a
public adjuster of first-party insurance claims for losses or damages
arising out of policies of insurance that insure real or personal property; or
(c) Directly or indirectly solicits business, investigates or adjusts losses,
advises an insured about first-party claims for losses or damages arising
out of policies of insurance that insure real or personal property for
another person, or engages in the business of adjusting losses or
damages covered by an insurance policy for the insured;
"Rental vehicle agent" means a business entity with a rental vehicle agent
managing employee that is licensed to sell, solicit, or negotiate insurance
offered, sold, or solicited in connection with, and incidental to, the rental of
rental vehicles, whether at the rental office or by preselection of coverage in
master, corporate, or group agreements that:
(a) Are nontransferable;
(b) Apply only to the rental vehicle that is the subject of the rental agreement;
and
(c) Are limited to the following kinds of insurance:
1.
Personal accident insurance for renters and other rental vehicle
occupants for accidental death or dismemberment and for medical
expenses resulting from an accident that occurs with the rental
vehicle during the rental period;
2.
Liability insurance that provides protection to the renters and other
authorized drivers of a rental vehicle for liability arising from the
operation or use of the rental vehicle during the rental period;
3.
Personal effects insurance that provides coverage to renters and
other vehicle occupants for loss of or damage to personal effects in
the rental vehicle during the rental period;
4.
Roadside assistance insurance;
5.
Emergency sickness protection insurance; or
6.
Any other coverage designated by the commissioner;
"Rental vehicle insurance" means insurance underwritten by an insurer
authorized to transact business in Kentucky that is sold in connection with, and
incidental to, a rental vehicle agreement;
"Rental vehicle agent managing employee" means an individual who:
(a)
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Is a salaried full-time employee of a licensed rental vehicle agent
business entity that holds a license under KRS 304.9-505; and
(b) Is responsible for the supervision of the other employees engaged in the
placement of insurance;
"Sell" means to exchange a contract of insurance by any means, for money or
other valuable consideration, on behalf of an insurer;
"Solicit" means attempting to sell insurance or asking or urging a person to
apply for a particular kind of insurance from a particular insurer;
"Staff adjuster" means an individual who is an employee of an insurer who
investigates, negotiates, or settles property, casualty, or workers'
compensation claims on behalf of his or her employer;
"Surety" means insurance or bond that covers obligation to pay the debts of, or
answer for the default of another, including faithlessness in a position of public
or private trust. Surety also includes surety insurance as defined in KRS
304.5-060;
"Terminate" means the cancellation of the relationship between an insurance
producer and the insurer or the termination of an insurance producer's authority
to transact insurance;
(a) "Travel insurance" means insurance coverage for personal risks incident
to planned travel, including but not limited to:
1.
Interruption or cancellation of a trip or event;
2.
Loss of baggage or personal effects;
3.
Damages to accommodations or rental vehicles; and
4.
Sickness, accident, disability, or death occurring during travel.
(b) "Travel insurance" does not include insurance coverage that provides
comprehensive medical protection for travelers with trips lasting six (6)
months or longer, including those working overseas as an expatriate or
military personnel being deployed;
"Uniform business entity application" means the current version of the uniform
business entity application for resident and nonresident business entities; and
"Uniform individual application" means the current version of the uniform
individual application for resident and nonresident individuals.
Effective:June 25, 2013
History: Amended 2013 Ky. Acts ch. 123, sec. 1, effective June 25, 2013. -Amended 2012 Ky. Acts ch. 92, sec. 1, effective July 12, 2012. -- Amended
2010 Ky. Acts ch. 24, sec. 1041, effective July 15, 2010; and ch. 83, sec. 1,
effective July 15, 2010. -- Amended 2005 Ky. Acts ch. 143, sec. 2, effective
June 20, 2005. -- Amended 2002 Ky. Acts ch. 273, sec. 4, effective July 15,
2002. -- Amended 2000 Ky. Acts ch. 393, sec. 1, effective July 14, 2000. -Amended 1998 Ky. Acts ch. 341, sec. 43, effective July 15, 1998. -- Created
1970 Ky. Acts ch. 301, subtit. 9, sec. 2, effective June 18, 1970.
Legislative Research Commission Note (7/15/2010). A reference to the "executive
director" of insurance in subsection (16) of this section, as amended by 2010 Ky.
Acts ch. 83, sec. 1, has been changed in codification to the "commissioner" of
insurance to reflect the reorganization of certain parts of the Executive Branch,
as set forth in Executive Order 2009-535 and confirmed by the General
Assembly in 2010 Ky. Acts ch. 24. This change was made by the Reviser of
Statutes pursuant to 2010 Ky. Acts ch. 24, sec. 1938.
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