BECOME AN AUTHORIZED AGENCY WITH DESIGNATED PRODUCER(S)
BE PREPARED: The following information & documentation is required to submit your Agency authorization request:
- The full legal name of the Agency including DBA, if applicable.
- The Agency's FEIN.
- The Agency as a business entity must be registered with the Florida Division of Corporations in order to transact business or conduct its affairs in Florida. Refer to 607.1502(4), 617.1502(4), and 608.502(4) Florida Statutes for additional information. https://dos.myflorida.com/sunbiz/forms/
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The Agency's license/registration number in Florida (resident or non-resident) for each location where
the Agency is seeking to designate a producer.
The Agency license/registration number is issued by the Florida Department of Financial Services (DFS), Division of Insurance Agent and Agency Services . For additional details concerning the Agency license and/or producer license, please contact DFS directly. A link to the DFS licensing database can be found on the FWCJUA's website under "Quick Links". - The physical address (business address) for each Agency location where the Agency is seeking to designate a producer.
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For each AGENT IN CHARGE (AIC) of each Agency location where the Agency is seeking to
designate a producer:
- Legal name
- valid SSN
- FL license number (resident or non-resident)
- direct email address
- direct phone number including any extension
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For each PRODUCER the Agency is seeking to designate:
- Legal name
- valid SSN
- FL license number (resident or non-resident)
- direct email address
- direct phone number including any extension
- Name of a Florida licensed insurer actively writing workers compensation in FL for which he/she has an active appointment in FL.
NOTE: Designated producer(s) are the only Agency Representative(s) provided login credentials to the FWCJUA's Portal for application submissions. -
For each CSR the Agency is seeking to have authorized to discuss specific accounts with the FWCJUA:
- Legal name
- FL license number (resident or non-resident)
- direct email address
- direct phone number including any extension
- name of direct supervising producer that the Agency is seeking to designate
NOTE: CSRs must be under the direct supervision of a Designated Producer at all times. Further, be aware that CSRs are not provided login credentials to the FWCJUA's Portal. -
AGENCY OWNERSHIP: (complete as applicable)
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For each INDIVIDUAL OWNER/SHAREHOLDER/MEMBER:
- Legal name
- Title
- valid SSN
- direct email address
- ownership percentage
- direct phone number including any extension
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For each ENTITY OWNER:
- Legal name
- Title
- FEIN
- ownership percentage
- direct email address
- direct phone number including any extension
- ownership of the Entity Owner, in similar detail as requested for the Agency ownership
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For each INDIVIDUAL OWNER/SHAREHOLDER/MEMBER:
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For the AGENCY PRINCIPAL that will sign the Agency Producer Agreement
- Legal name
- Title (owner or officer position)
- valid SSN
- direct email address
- ownership percentage, if any
- direct phone number including any extension
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For the ONLINE ADMINISTRATOR the Agency is seeking to designate:
- Legal name
- direct email address
- direct phone number including any extension
NOTE: The Online Administrator is provided login credentials to the FWCJUA's Portal for administrative purposes only. Upon accessing the FWCJUA Portal, the Online Administrator is permitted to designate Online Admin Assistants, as desired. -
Supporting Documentation:
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Certificate of Insurance evidencing Errors & Omissions (E&O) or Professional Liability
insurance in an amount no less than $500,000 per occurrence with an Insurer authorized to do business in FL that
reflects the following information:
- Certificate holder: FWCJUA, PO BOX 48957, SARASOTA, FL 34230
- Insurance type and coverage limits
- Issue date within the last 30 days
- Signed by an authorized representative of the Agency's insurer or broker
- Insurer representative contact name and phone number including any extension
- IRS Form W-9 for the Agency
- IRS Form W-9 for each Entity Owner of the Agency, as applicable
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A most recently filed federal tax form evidencing the ownership of the Agency that may include,
but is not limited to, the following:
- IRS Form 1040, Schedule C
- IRS Form 1065, Schedule K-1
- IRS Form 1120, Schedule K
- IRS Form 1120, Schedule G
- IRS Form 1120-S, Schedule K-1
- IRS Form 1120-S, Schedule B-1
- IRS Form 851
- For each Entity Owner of the Agency, if any, a most recently filed federal tax form evidencing the ownership of the Entity Owner that may include, but is not limited to, the forms listed above in 11.d.
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Certificate of Insurance evidencing Errors & Omissions (E&O) or Professional Liability
insurance in an amount no less than $500,000 per occurrence with an Insurer authorized to do business in FL that
reflects the following information:
No fees are required until notified.