The 2023 Florida Statutes (including Special Session C)

Title XXXVII
INSURANCE

Chapter 631
INSURER INSOLVENCY; GUARANTY OF PAYMENT

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F.S. 631.152

631.152 Conduct of delinquency proceeding; foreign insurers.—

(1) Whenever under this chapter an ancillary receiver is to be appointed in a delinquency proceeding for an insurer not domiciled in this state, the court shall appoint the department as ancillary receiver. The department shall file a petition requesting the appointment on the grounds set forth in s. 631.091:

(a) If it finds that there are sufficient assets of the insurer located in this state to justify the appointment of an ancillary receiver;

(b) If 10 or more persons resident in this state having claims against such insurer file a petition with the department or office requesting the appointment of such ancillary receiver; or

(2) The domiciliary receiver for the purpose of liquidating an insurer domiciled in a reciprocal state shall be vested by operation of law with the title to all of the property (except statutory deposits, special statutory deposits, and property located in this state subject to a security interest), contracts, and rights of action, and all of the books and records of the insurer located in this state, and it shall have the immediate right to recover balances due from local agents and to obtain possession of any books and records of the insurer found in this state. It shall also be entitled to recover the property subject to a security interest, statutory deposits, and special statutory deposits of the insurer located in this state, except that upon the appointment of an ancillary receiver in this state, the ancillary receiver shall during the ancillary receivership proceeding have the sole right to recover such other assets. The ancillary receiver shall, as soon as practicable, liquidate from their respective securities those special deposit claims and secured claims which are proved and allowed in the ancillary proceeding in this state, and shall pay the necessary expenses of the proceeding. It shall promptly transfer all remaining assets to the domiciliary receiver. Subject to the foregoing provisions, the ancillary receiver and its agents shall have the same powers and be subject to the same duties with respect to the administration of such assets as a receiver of an insurer domiciled in this state.

(3) The domiciliary receiver of an insurer domiciled in a reciprocal state may sue in this state to recover any assets of such insurer to which it may be entitled under the laws of this state.

(4) Section 631.141(10)(b) applies to ancillary delinquency proceedings opened for the purpose of obtaining records necessary to adjudicate the covered claims of Florida policyholders.

History.—s. 731, ch. 59-205; ss. 13, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 809(1st), ch. 82-243; ss. 86, 187, 188, ch. 91-108; s. 4, ch. 91-429; s. 1346, ch. 2003-261; s. 5, ch. 2011-226; s. 79, ch. 2016-10; s. 6, ch. 2017-143; s. 73, ch. 2023-144.

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Amendments to 631.152

Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 631.152

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

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 631.152.

Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases from cite.case.law:

R. HOBBS, Co. v. DON MEALEY CHEVROLET, INC., 642 So. 2d 1149 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1994)

. . . Department of Insurance, 606 So.2d 429 (Fla. 1st DCA 1992) (considering preclusive effects of §§ 631.152 . . .

In LIFECO INVESTMENT GROUP, INC., 173 B.R. 478 (Bankr. D. Del. 1994)

. . . Section 631.152 of the Florida Act provides: (1) Whenever under this chapter an ancillary receiver is . . . Fla.Stat.Ann. ch. 631.152 (West 1994) (emphasis added). . . . In its memorandum in support of the Rule 2004 motion, the Florida Department responds that § 631.152 . . . Additionally, other provisions of § 631.152 make it clear that it does not apply here. . . . See Fla.Stat.Ann. ch. 631.152 (1994). . . .

NOVA INSURANCE GROUP, INC. v. FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF INSURANCE,, 606 So. 2d 429 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1992)

. . . ancillary receiver when liquidating an insurer domiciled in a reciprocal state is described in sections 631.152 . . . ancillary receiver has the sole right to recover “the other assets of the insurer located in this state.” § 631.152 . . . interpretation of section 631.-154 is buttressed by numerous sections of the act which, like sections 631.152 . . .

P. CORCORAN, v. STATE DEPARTMENT OF INSURANCE P. CORCORAN, v. STATE DEPARTMENT OF INSURANCE, 502 So. 2d 966 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1987)

. . . Florida Insurance Guaranty Association as “necessary expenses of the proceeding” pursuant to section 631.152 . . .

FLORIDA INSURANCE GUARANTY ASSOCIATION, INC. v. STATE DEPARTMENT OF INSURANCE, 400 So. 2d 813 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1981)

. . . Section 631.152, subsection (1), pertaining to ancillary receivership of foreign insurers, contains the . . .

D. SPRINGER, v. COLBURN, a, 162 So. 2d 513 (Fla. 1964)

. . . amended Fla.Lav/s 1915, Ch. 6853 § 2 at p. 119. . 46 A.L.R.2d 1185 (1956) and cases cited therein. . “631.152 . . .