CopyCited 3 times | Published | Florida 4th District Court of Appeal | 1998 WL 689782
...ny automobile or aircraft owned or operated by ... any insured, or (2) any other automobile [1] or aircraft operated by any person in the course of his employment by any insured. Southern procured this insurance to meet the licensing requirements of section 493.6110, Florida Statutes (Supp.1990), which states, in pertinent part: No agency license shall be issued unless the applicant first files with the department a certification of insurance evidencing coverage as delineated below.......
...l liability coverage for death, bodily injury, property damage, and personal injury coverage including false arrest, detention or imprisonment, malicious prosecution, libel, slander, defamation of character, and violation of the right of privacy.... § 493.6110, Fla....
...In granting American Bankers' motion for summary judgment, the trial court answered both these questions in the negative. Southern first argues that the subject policy's exclusions for automobile-related injuries are void as a matter of law. Because section 493.6110 requires it to obtain general liability coverage for its business, which, as both parties concede, mostly involves the operation of tow trucks and automobiles, Southern argues that American Bankers is required to provide coverage for and defend it on both counts of Foote's claim. We disagree as to the negligence count. Although section 493.6110 is not artfully drafted, it does not expressly require an insurer to provide comprehensive automobile coverage for its insured....
