Glossary of Terms

# Login Failures
Number of failed attempts to login.

% Premium Change
Premium increase percentage

Address
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Address Type
Different addresses used to contact specific offices or individuals within a business entity regarding matters such as Company Tax, Complaints, etc.

Affiliated Professional Bondsman
A licensed professional/surety bondsman who employs and supervises the runner bondsman's activities.

Affiliated with a Financial Institution
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Agency Business Address
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Agency Cancellation Reason
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Agency Home Office City
City where the Agency's home office is located

Agency Home Office State/Province
State where the Agency's home office is located.

Agency Mailing Address
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Agency Name
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Agency Status
The current dispostion of the agency's license.  The license statuses are:

Active - Agency currently licensed.

Contingent - The status of an agency where additional information is needed to re-activate the license.

Revoked - No longer able to transact the business of insurance in SC for a temporary period of time, usually less than 2 years.

Pending - Status automatically assigned to a new license that has not been activated.


Appointing Company
Authorized insurer who has designated an individual to act on its behalf as a producer.

Authority
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Bond Number
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Business Address
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Business City
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Business Country
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Business County
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Business Email Address
Business Email Address of the Individual

Business Phone Number
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Business State
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Business Web Address
Business Web Address of the Individual

Business Web Address
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Business Zip Code
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Business e-mail Address
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CE Exempt Status and Year
Shows whether or not the producer is exempt from continuing education requirements. The column is set to blank if licensed individual is not required to comply to CE requirements. The year is the year the Producer became exempt.

CE Status and Year
Reflects the continuing education status of theproducer (whether or not the producer has complied). The year is the biennial year.

COA/LOC
The letter that will be generated for each individual - whether it is a Certificate of Authority or Letter of Clearance

COA/LOC Fee
Fee for each Certificate of Authority or Letter of Clearance. ($3.00)

CRD #
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City
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City of Business
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Company Address
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Company Authorities
Types of insurance companies offer

Company Cancellation Reason
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Company Home Office City
City where the Company's home office is located.

Company Home Office State/Province
State where the Company's home office is located.

Company Informatiom
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Company Name
Usually the complete company name as submitted on the financial statement. It can be the shortened name of the company.

Company Status
The state of the license at a particular time.

Active: Company licensed to transact business.

Agree Not To Write: Company has agreed not to write new business, but is still allowed to support previously written business.

Contingent: The status of a company where additional information is needed to re-activate the license.

Denial: The Department of Insurance has determined that the license shall not be activated at this time.

Pending: Status automatically assigned to a new license that has not been activated.

Revoked: Company lost its licensing privileges.

Temporary: Sole proprietary company not required to obtain a permanent agency license. Only Bail Bond companies will have this status assign.


Company Type
The type of license the Department of Insurance has granted the entity to use in transacting insurance business in this state.

For a complete list of Company Type definitions, click on the following link: Company Type Definitions.

Country
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Country Citizen of
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County
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DBA/Trade Name
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Date Organized
Date when the Agency is established

Date of Birth
Date of Birth of the individual.

Department
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E-mail Address
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Effective Date
Date company, agency, individual licensed or appointed by the Department of Insurance.

Email Address
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Email Address
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Employed by SC Funeral Home
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Employer
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Employer City
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Employer Country
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Employer Name
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Employer State
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End Month
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End Year
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Entity Name
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Extension
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FEIN Code
A unique, nine-digit code assigned by an entity by the federal government for identification and taxation purposes.

Fax Number
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Filer Name (at Time of Filing)
Name of the company at the time the filing is submitted. May not be the company's current name.

Filer SC Company Code
A unique six-digit code assigned by the Department for identification purposes.

Filing Date Approved/Closed
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Filing Date Received
Date filing was received by the Department of Insurance.

Filing Description
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Filing Detail Line of Business
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Filing Line of Business
Major lines of coverages

Filing Number
A unique six to ten digit system generated code assigned to each filing that is received and recorded by the Department of Insurance.

Filing Reason Closed
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Filing Short Description
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Filing Status
The current disposition of the filing.

Filing Type
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Filing Type
P&C - Property and Casualty filings

LA&h - Life Accident and Health filings.


Filing Type (Abbreviated)
P&C - Property & Casualty Filings

LA&H - Life, Accident and Health Filings.


Firm Affiliated With
The firm bonding service is marketed under.

First Name
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Funeral Home Name
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Gender
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Hearing Type
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Home Office/Business Address
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Home Phone
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Individual Business Address
Business Address of the Individual

Individual City & State (Mailing)
The City and State where mail is sent by the Department. This is not the business address of the individual.

Individual City Mailing
City where mail is sent by the Department. This is not the business address of the licensee.

Individual Contact Info
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Individual Home Address
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Individual Home Address
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Individual License Status
The status of each license/appointment the individual's currently seeking to hold, currently holds or held.

Individual License Type
Producer - Individual who sells, solicits, or negotiates insurance policies.

Limited Lines Producer - individual who sells, solicits or negotiates crop hail, automobile physical damage, mortgage guaranty credit life,credit property or credit accident and health, pre-need, industrial fire,travel baggage, and title insurance.

Adjuster - individual who adjusts losses on behalf of an insurer.

Appraiser - individual who appraises automobile physical damage losses.

Broker - individual who sells, solicits, or negotiates insurance policies for Eligible Surplus Lines insurers.

Public Adjuster - individual who adjusts losses on behalf of a policyholder.

Professional Bondsman - any person who is approved and licensed under the provisions of Chapter 53 Title 38 SC Code of Laws and who pledges cash or approved securities with the clerk of court as security for bail bonds written in connection with a judicial proceeding and receives or is promised money or things of value for the pledge.

Runner - Person employed by a bail bondsman for the purpose of assisting the bail bondsman in presenting the defendant in court when required, assisting in the apprehension and surrender of the defendant to the court, keeping the defendant under necessary surveillance, and executing bonds on behalf of the licensed bondsman when the power of attorney has been recorded. "Runner does not include an attorney or a law enforcement officer assisting a bondsman.

Surety Bondsman - Any person who is approved by and licensed by the Director or his designee as an insurance producer, appointed by an insurer by power of attorney to execute or countersign bail bonds for the insurer in connection with judicial proceedings, and receives or is promised money or other things of value for the execution or countersignature.


Individual Name
First, Middle, and Last Name of the Individual.

Individual Number
A unique six-digit number assigned by the Department of Insurance for identification purposes. This is not the individual's social security number.

Individual State Mailing
State where mail is sent by the Department. This is not the business address of the licensee.

Individual Status
Active - Currently licensed or qualified.

Inactive - Not licensed nor qualified.

Revoked - Loss of licensing privileges. No longer able to transact business of insurance in SC. The license has been voided or annulled entirely. Individuals who have had their license revoked may not reapply to be licensed for at least two years.

Suspended - Unable to transact business of insurance in SC for a temporary period of time, usually less than 2 years. The license or licenses of an individual has not been voided or annulled and will again be active at the end of the suspension period, provided all necessary requirements have been met

Probation - Allowing a licensed person the Director has found to have violated South Carolina, any United States territory , or any other state'sy.


Job Title
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Last Login Date/Time
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Last Name
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Last Update Date
The last date on which this user account was updated.

License Fee
License Fee for the license each license type.

Producer: $20


License/Appointment Authorities
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Limit Per Bond
The amount allowed by the professional bondsman for which the runner bondsman can write against his (professional bondsman) assets pledged to the county court.

Line of Business
Types of Coverages

Loss Costs Utilized
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Mailing Address
Mailing Address of the Company

Mailing Address
Mailing Address of the individual.

Mailing Address Country
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Mailing Address County
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Mailing Address Zip Code
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Middle Name
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NAIC Code
A unique, five-digit code assigned to an insurance company by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners for identification purposes.

NAIC Group Number
A unique, three-digit code assigned by a group of two or more insurers by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners for identification purposes.

National Producer #
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No. of Producers Appointed by Category
Number of active producers (per appointment type) appointed by the company.

Number of Applications
Total number of applications for each license type.

Number of Invalid Complaints
Non justified, complaint company handled properly.

Number of Valid Complaints
Justified complaints. Company found in violation of contract or statute.

Organization Type
Corporation - A legal entity operating under a grant of authority from a state or other political autonomy in the form of articles of incorporation or a charter.

Individual - A unit or element of a population or universe which exists as a distinct, separate, indivisible entity.

LLC (Limited Liability Company/Corporation - A corporation or partnership in which the owners cannot lose more than they contribute to the corporation or partnership unless they agree to become personally liable.

Partnership - An organization of two or more persons who pool some or all their money, abilities, and skills in a business and divide profit or loss in predetermined proportions. The partners are individually responsible for debts of the partnership.

Proprietorship - An unincorporated business which is owned by a single person who has the rights to all of the profits and the responsibility for all the business liabilities.


Password
A sequence of characters required to gain access to a particular web user account. The password must be between 6 and 10 characters long.

Password Change Date
The last date on which the password for this account was changed.

Permanent License
License is perpetual. License has no expiration date.

Phone Number
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Position
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Prefix
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Previous User Status
Previous status, if any, of this user account.

Primary Address
Only one address of each type may be designated as Primary. An address must be designated as primary before it will be used by the Department.

Principal County
No professional or surety bondsman may become a surety on an undertaking unless he has registered his current licenses in the office of the clerk of the circuit court in the county in which he resides.

Prior Company Name
The name used by a company at a point in time prior to it adopting its current name.

Producer Appointment Status
Active - Currently appointed.

Inactive - Does not have an appointment.

Suspended - Unable to transact business of insurance in SC for a temporary period of time, usually less than 2 years. The appointment has not been voided or annulled and will again be active at the end of the suspension period, provided all necessary requirements have been met


Producer Appointment Type
Type appointments an individual can hold as a producer.

Local - Individual who sells, solicits, or negotiates.

General - individual who sells, solicits, or negotiates and supervises other licensed Producers.

Special - individual who supervises other licensed Producers.

Travel Accident Baggage - individual who sells, solicits, or negotiates travel accident and baggage policies.


Producer Assessment Fee Due
Yes - The individual holds an active Producer License and has to pay an assessment fee of $35.

No - The individual holds an active Producer License and the assessment fee is paid or the producer license was issued after January 31, 2003.

Not Applicable - The individual does not hold a Producer License.


Producer Cancel
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Producer Renewal Address
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Producer Renewal Amount
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Producer Renewal Fee
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Rating Organization Name
Rating Organization name indicates whether Rating Organization or loss costs are utilized by this filing. Applicable for P&C filings only.

Rating Organization SC Company Code
The license number of the Rating Organization assigned by the Department of Insurance.

This code is entered if one chooses to view filings where rating oraganization rates or loss costs are utilized.


Residency Status
For individuals who wish to be licensed as a resident, either the home or business address must be inside South Carolina; likewise, individuals wishing to apply as nonresidents must have either a home or business address outside South Carolina.

Rows per Page
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SC Agency Code
A unique, six-digit code assigned by the Department of Insurance for identification purposes.

SC Company Code
A unique, six-digit code assigned by the Department of Insurance for identification purposes.

SC Funeral Director
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SC Resident
Any individual who resides in South Carolina.

Social Security Number
Social Security Number of the individual

Sole Proprietorship
An unincorporated business which is ownedby a single person who has all the rights to all the profits and responsibility for all the agency's liabilities.

Source Document Date
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Start Month
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Start Year
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State
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State of Domicile
The state under whose laws an entity is incorporated.

Street Address
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Suffix
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Surety Company
A licensed insurer that has been approved by the Department to transact insurance business in this State.

Temporary License Expiration Date
The date the temporary license is cancelled.

Toll Free Phone Number
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Total Complaints
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Total Fees Due
Total fees due.

Total License Fee
Total License Fee for each license type applied.

Type of Complaint
Complaint Reason

User Description
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User Disabled
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User Expiration Date/Time
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User Id
A unique identifier that corresponds to a particular web user account.

User Printed Name
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User Privilege
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User Secret Answer
The answer should be known only to you and should be something you will be able to remember. The answers to the secret questions must be between 1 and 80 characters long.

User Secret Question
The secret questions are used to identify you in the event that you forget your password. Please select three different questions whose answers you will be able to remember and whose answers would only be known by you.

User Status Changed Date
The last date on which the user status for this account was changed.

User Status of this user account
Current status of this user account.

Web Address
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Year Organized
Year when company was established.

Zip Code
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