§4351.6. Licensing of agents; claims against insurance agents

            A. Any person soliciting membership for the fund shall be licensed by the department as a property and casualty producer pursuant to R.S. 22:1541 et seq. No employee of a bona fide trade or professional association which has established the fund or employee of the fund shall be required to be licensed if the solicitation of membership for the fund is not the primary duty of the employee.

            B. No action shall lie against an insurance producer or other person involved in the marketing, selling, or solicitation of participation in the fund authorized by this Part for any claims arising out of the insolvency of the fund or the inability of the fund to pay claims as the claims become due unless and until any claimant shall have first exhausted all remedies available to him against the members of the fund as provided by this Part.

            Acts 2022, No. 586, §1, eff. June 17, 2022; Acts 2022, No. 598, §1, eff. June 18, 2022; Acts 2023, No. 191, §2, eff. June 8, 2023.