# Florida Insurance License Search (FL DFS) (`lulzasaur/fl-insurance-license-scraper`) Actor

Verify Florida insurance licenses from the official FL Department of Financial Services database — agents, adjusters, agencies, MGAs, bail bonds, title & surplus lines. Search by name, license #, NPN, or email. Returns license status, appointments, NPN, and contact info.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/lulzasaur/fl-insurance-license-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [lulz bot](https://apify.com/lulzasaur) (community)
- **Categories:** Lead generation
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $5.00 / 1,000 results

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

Actors are web data automations that power AI and operations. They run on the Apify platform to scrape websites, process data, connect APIs, and automate workflows.
In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.
Actors are written with capital "A".

## How to integrate an Actor?

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The best way to integrate Actors is as follows.

- **AI agents and MCP clients** — the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/integrations/mcp.md) at `https://mcp.apify.com` (remote, streamable HTTP, OAuth on first use).
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For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## Florida Insurance License Search (FL DFS)

Verify Florida insurance licenses straight from the **official Florida Department of Financial Services (DFS) licensee database** — the same source compliance teams use, without the manual lookups.

Covers **every FL insurance license category**: agents (Life & Annuity, Health, Property & Casualty), adjusters and adjusting firms, insurance agencies, MGAs, bail bonds, title, surplus lines, customer representatives, and more — both Florida residents and non-residents.

### What you get

Each record includes:

- **Full name / firm name** and FL **license number**
- **NPN** (National Producer Number)
- **Valid & invalid licenses** — type, issue date, status, qualifying appointment
- **Active & inactive appointments** — carrier name, issue/expiration/status dates per license type
- **Contact info** — business address, mailing address, email, phone, county

### Search by

- Individual name (first / middle / last)
- Firm or agency name (begins-with or contains)
- FL license number (exact)
- NPN number
- Email address
- License category, valid/invalid status, resident status
- Business city, state, or zip

### Use cases

- **Carrier & MGA compliance** — verify producer licenses and appointments before contracting
- **Insurtech onboarding** — KYB/KYC checks on agents and agencies at signup
- **Lead verification** — confirm a book-of-business seller actually holds a valid FL license
- **Recruiting** — build lists of licensed P\&C or L\&H producers by city or county
- **Appointment monitoring** — track which carriers a producer is appointed with

### Input example

```json
{
    "lastName": "Smith",
    "firstName": "John",
    "licenseCategory": "Property & Casualty",
    "residentStatus": "resident",
    "includeDetails": true,
    "maxResults": 100
}
```

### Output example

```json
{
    "fullName": "SMITH, JOHN",
    "licenseNumber": "W558810",
    "npn": "17720739",
    "county": "Broward",
    "businessAddress": "123 MAIN ST, FORT LAUDERDALE, FL 33301",
    "email": "JOHN.SMITH@AGENCY.COM",
    "phone": "(954) 555-0100",
    "validLicenses": [
        { "type": "GENERAL LINES (PROP & CAS) (0220)", "issueDate": "11/18/2024", "qualifyingAppointment": "YES" }
    ],
    "activeAppointments": [
        { "licenseType": "GENERAL LINES (PROP & CAS) (0220)", "companyName": "PROGRESSIVE AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY", "issueDate": "1/5/2025", "expDate": "" }
    ],
    "source": "Florida Department of Financial Services (DFS)"
}
```

### Notes

- Data comes directly from the official FL DFS licensee search portal in real time — no stale mirrors.
- Set `includeDetails: false` for faster bulk scrapes (list data only: name, license #, address, email).
- `maxResults: 0` returns every match (the portal paginates 20 per page).
- Provide at least one search criterion (name, firm, license #, NPN, email, category, city, or zip).

# Actor input Schema

## `lastName` (type: `string`):

Individual licensee last name (e.g. Smith).

## `firstName` (type: `string`):

Individual licensee first name.

## `middleName` (type: `string`):

Individual licensee middle name.

## `firmName` (type: `string`):

Business name for agency, adjusting firm, or MGA searches.

## `firmNameMatch` (type: `string`):

Whether the firm name should begin with or contain the text.

## `licenseNumber` (type: `string`):

Exact Florida license number (e.g. W558810).

## `npn` (type: `string`):

National Producer Number.

## `email` (type: `string`):

Licensee email address filter.

## `emailMatch` (type: `string`):

Whether the email should begin with or contain the text.

## `licenseCategory` (type: `string`):

FL DFS license category. Leave empty for all categories.

## `licenseStatus` (type: `string`):

Filter to licensees holding valid or invalid licenses. Leave empty for all.

## `residentStatus` (type: `string`):

Florida resident vs non-resident licensees. Leave empty for both.

## `businessCity` (type: `string`):

Business address city filter (e.g. Miami).

## `businessState` (type: `string`):

Two-letter business address state (e.g. FL, NY).

## `businessZip` (type: `string`):

Business address zip code filter.

## `includeDetails` (type: `boolean`):

Fetch each licensee's detail page for NPN, phone, county, mailing address, valid/invalid license tables, and appointment history. One extra request per record — disable for faster, larger scrapes.

## `maxResults` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of licensee records to return. Set to 0 for unlimited (server paginates 20 per page).

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "lastName": "Smith",
  "firstName": "John",
  "middleName": "",
  "firmName": "",
  "firmNameMatch": "begins",
  "licenseNumber": "",
  "npn": "",
  "email": "",
  "emailMatch": "begins",
  "licenseCategory": "",
  "licenseStatus": "",
  "residentStatus": "",
  "businessCity": "",
  "businessState": "",
  "businessZip": "",
  "includeDetails": true,
  "maxResults": 100
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

No description

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "lastName": "Smith",
    "firstName": "John"
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("lulzasaur/fl-insurance-license-scraper").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {
    "lastName": "Smith",
    "firstName": "John",
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("lulzasaur/fl-insurance-license-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "lastName": "Smith",
  "firstName": "John"
}' |
apify call lulzasaur/fl-insurance-license-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,lulzasaur/fl-insurance-license-scraper"
        }
    }
}

```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/SAjUhsFAtA1XpJ8xO/builds/faWVJLUZaQgSuQDzb/openapi.json