The 2023 Florida Statutes (including Special Session C)

Title XXXVII
INSURANCE

Chapter 626
INSURANCE FIELD REPRESENTATIVES AND OPERATIONS

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F.S. 626.912

626.912 Exemptions from ss. 626.904-626.911.—The provisions of ss. 626.904-626.911 do not apply to any action, suit, or proceeding against any unauthorized foreign insurer, alien insurer, or person representing or aiding such an insurer arising out of any contract of insurance:

(1) Covering reinsurance, wet marine and transportation, commercial aircraft, or railway insurance risks;

(2) Against legal liability arising out of the ownership, operation, or maintenance of any property having a permanent situs outside this state;

(3) Against loss of or damage to any property having a permanent situs outside this state; or

(4) Issued under and in accordance with the Surplus Lines Law, when such insurer or person representing or aiding such insurer enters a general appearance or when such contract of insurance contains a provision designating the Chief Financial Officer or designating a Florida resident agent to be the true and lawful agent of such unauthorized insurer or person representing or aiding such insurer upon whom may be served all lawful process in any action, suit, or proceeding instituted by or on behalf of an insured or person representing or aiding such insurer or beneficiary arising out of any such contract of insurance; and service of process effected on such Chief Financial Officer or such resident agent shall be deemed to confer complete jurisdiction over such unauthorized insurer or person representing or aiding such insurer in such action.

History.—s. 351, ch. 59-205; ss. 13, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 2, ch. 81-318; ss. 318, 807, ch. 82-243; ss. 161, 206, 207, ch. 90-363; s. 4, ch. 91-429; s. 299, ch. 97-102; s. 1014, ch. 2003-261; s. 52, ch. 2022-138.

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Amendments to 626.912

Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 626.912

Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 626.912.

Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases from cite.case.law:

PRESCOTT ARCHITECTS, INC. v. LEXINGTON INSURANCE COMPANY,, 638 F. Supp. 2d 1317 (N.D. Fla. 2009)

. . . . § 626.912(4). . . .

K. BORDEN, v. EAST- EUROPEAN INSURANCE COMPANY,, 921 So. 2d 587 (Fla. 2006)

. . . Sections 626.904 through 626.912 are collectively referred to as the “Unauthorized Insurers Process Law . . .

E. JOHNSON, v. HOME- OWNERS INSURANCE COMPANY,, 915 So. 2d 196 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2005)

. . . See §§ 626.904-626.912, Fla. Stat. (2005). We affirm. These are the pertinent facts. . . . Section 626.912(2) provides that the unauthorized insurers process law does not apply to suits arising . . . In our view, section 626.912(2) takes this action out of the foreign insurers process law. . . . The majority concludes that this law does not apply because section 626.912(3) excludes insurers for . . .

INDEMNITY CASUALTY PROPERTY, LTD. v. HUNTER, 752 So. 2d 658 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2000)

. . . . § 626.912(1). . . . wet marine,” the insurer is therefore exempt from the requirement to post bond, pursuant to section 626.912 . . . Section 626.912, Florida Statutes (1997) provides that the bond provisions of Chapter 626 “do not apply . . .

A. CHACIN, v. GENERALI ASSICURAZIONI GENERALI SPA,, 655 So. 2d 1162 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1995)

. . . application for attorney’s fees under section 627.428, Florida Statutes (1993) on the ground that section 626.912 . . . [now § 626.912, Fla.Stat. (1993) ]. . . .

BOOKMAN, v. KAH INCORPORATED, INC., 614 So. 2d 1180 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1993)

. . . Analyzing sections 625.28-625.33, Florida Statutes, (later sections 626.904-626.912) renumbered to the . . .