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The 2024 Florida Statutes

Title XXXVII
INSURANCE

Chapter 624
INSURANCE CODE: ADMINISTRATION AND GENERAL PROVISIONS

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F.S. 624.422

624.422 Service of process; appointment of Chief Financial Officer as process agent.—

(1) Each licensed insurer, whether domestic, foreign, or alien, shall be deemed to have appointed the Chief Financial Officer and her or his successors in office as its agent to receive service of all legal process issued against it in any civil action or proceeding in this state; and process so served shall be valid and binding upon the insurer.

(2) Before its authorization to transact insurance in this state, each insurer shall file with the department designation of the name and e-mail address of the person to whom process against it served upon the Chief Financial Officer is to be made available through the department’s secure online portal. Each insurer shall also file with the department designation of the name and e-mail address of the person to whom the department shall forward civil remedy notices filed under s. 624.155. The insurer may change a designation at any time by a new filing.

(3) Service of process submitted through the department’s secure online portal upon the Chief Financial Officer as the insurer’s agent pursuant to such an appointment shall be the sole method of service of process upon an authorized domestic, foreign, or alien insurer in this state.

History.—s. 66, ch. 59-205; ss. 13, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 3, ch. 76-168; s. 1, ch. 77-457; ss. 2, 3, ch. 81-318; ss. 56, 64, 809(1st), ch. 82-243; ss. 187, 188, ch. 91-108; s. 4, ch. 91-429; s. 184, ch. 97-102; s. 801, ch. 2003-261; s. 7, ch. 2020-63; s. 24, ch. 2022-138.

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Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 624.422

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Cases Citing Statute 624.422

Total Results: 12

BRIAN SYMONETTE v. OLGA D. LOZANO

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2021-10-20T00:53:00-07:00

Snippet: 1 Service on CNA did not comport with section 624.422-23, Florida Statutes (2020). And Ruiz filed an

Dianya Markovits v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2018-01-03T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 235 So. 3d 1018

Snippet: reasonable attorneys’ and paralegals’ fees. § 624.422(1), Fla. Stat. (2014). We therefore reverse and…complaint was served on the CFO. See §§ 48.151, 624.422, 624.423, Fla. Stat. (2014). The CFO was served…their .positions. Markovits points to section 624.422, which states, (1) Each licensed insurer, …was the statutory agent under sections 48.151, 624.422, and 624.423, but the statutes were otherwise almost

LaRiviere v. South Broward Hosp. Dist.

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2004-12-21T23:53:00-08:00

Citation: 889 So. 2d 972

Snippet: served on the department, pursuant to section 624.422, Florida Statutes, governing service of process

Commercial Union Assurance Co. of Canada v. Wynn

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1995-06-28T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 656 So. 2d 615, 1995 Fla. App. LEXIS 6934

Snippet: power of attorney was filed pursuant to section 624.422, Florida Statutes (1979)1 which stated: (1) Each…shall be valid and binding upon the insurer. § 624.422, Fla.Stat., (1993). Commercial Union argues that…its agent for service of process under section 624.422, Florida Statutes (1977)2. The appellant insurer…pursuant to the pre-1982 amended version of section 624.422. Nor, for that matter, do the clear and unambiguous…limited to the pre-1982 amended version of section 624.422. In effect, Commercial Union has given the Florida

Hobbs v. Don Mealey Chevrolet, Inc.

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1994-09-23T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 642 So. 2d 1149

Snippet: deleted this language from section 624.422(1), effective in 1982. § 624.422(1), Fla. Stat. (Supp. 1982). […sufficiently perfected under provisions of section 624.422 so as to vest trial court with personal jurisdiction…accordance with the applicable statute. Section 624.422 of the Florida Statutes (formerly section 624.0221…domestic, foreign, or alien insurer in this state. § 624.422, Fla. Stat. (1991) (emphasis added).[6] As previously…properly be perfected under the provisions of section 624.422(3) in order to vest the trial court with personal

Centex-Rodgers Construction Co. v. Hensel Phelps Construction Co.

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1992-01-06T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 591 So. 2d 1117, 1992 Fla. App. LEXIS 112, 1992 WL 847

Snippet: are sections 624.422 and 624.423, Florida Statutes (1989). These sections state: 624.422 Service of process…was accepted that same date pursuant to sections 624.422 and 624.-423, Florida Statutes. Centex-Rodgers’…Treasurer as process agent of the insurer (under s. 624.422) shall be made by serving copies in triplicate …insurer to receive the same, as provided under s. 624.422(2). (2) Where process is served upon the Insurance… The plain meaning of the language of sections 624.422 and 624.423 indicates that service of process is

Beyer v. Home Mutual Insurance Co.

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1987-08-13T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 512 So. 2d 990, 12 Fla. L. Weekly 1997, 1987 Fla. App. LEXIS 9882

Snippet: commissioner to accept service of process under section 624.422(1), Florida Statutes (1977),4 which provided as

Washington v. Fireman's Fund Insurance Co.

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1982-12-01T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 422 So. 2d 366, 1982 Fla. App. LEXIS 29137

Snippet: sufficiently perfected under the provisions of Section 624.422(3), Florida Statutes (1969) so as to vest the Court

Gaulden v. Florida Insurance Guaranty Ass'n

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1979-06-19T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 372 So. 2d 190, 1979 Fla. App. LEXIS 15326

Snippet: companies when sued individually. See Section 624.422, Florida Statutes (1977). Affirmed. . See Section

Kentucky Farm Bureau Mut. Ins. Co. v. Mills

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1979-02-01T23:53:00-08:00

Citation: 367 So. 2d 673

Snippet: 674 agent for service of process under Section 624.422, Florida Statutes. Appellant moved to dismiss that…insurance transactions in Florida pursuant to Section 624.422, Florida Statutes, or over an insurer which is … fall into either of those categories. Section 624.422, Florida Statutes (1977), provides: (1) Each insurer…further argue on appeal that independent of Sections 624.422 and 626.906, the Florida courts would have personal

United Presidential Life Ins. v. King

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 1978-04-26T23:53:00-08:00

Citation: 361 So. 2d 710

Snippet: State Insurance Commissioner, pursuant to Section 624.422, Florida Statutes (1975).[2] This statute requires…or after the return of execution. [2] Section 624.422, Fla. Stat. (1975) provides in pertinent part:

Kephart v. Pickens

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1972-12-28T23:53:00-08:00

Citation: 271 So. 2d 163

Snippet: binding if the provisions of Florida Statutes §§ 624.422, 624.423 (1971), F.S.A. have been complied with