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Fla. Stat. § 624.422 (2025)

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

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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.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 15 cases (4 in the last 5 years), 1972–2026 · leading case: Hobbs v. Don Mealey Chevrolet, Inc., 642 So. 2d 1149 (Fla. 5th DCA 1994).

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Hobbs v. Don Mealey Chevrolet, Inc., 642 So. 2d 1149 (Fla. 5th DCA 1994). · cites it 13× “§ 624.422, Fla. Stat. (1991) (emphasis added).”

Imco USA, Inc. v. Title Ins. Co. of Minnesota, 729 F. Supp. 1322 (M.D. Fla. 1990). · cites it 3× “2 Defendant as *1323 serts in its Response to Plaintiffs Motion for Remand that Plaintiff has failed to properly serve process upon Defendant visa-vis Florida Statute § 624.422 subsection 3. Although it is true that the Plaintiff has procedurally erred in this regard,…”

Kentucky Farm Bureau Mut. Ins. Co. v. Mills, 367 So. 2d 673 (Fla. 2d DCA 1979). · cites it 6× “In their amended complaint, appellees alleged Kentucky Mutual had designated the commissioner as its *674 agent for service of process under Section 624.422, Florida Statutes. Appellant moved to dismiss that complaint stating that the court lacked jurisdiction over the person of…”

United Presidential Life Ins. v. King, 361 So. 2d 710 (Fla. 1978). · cites it 3× “The writ was served upon the State Insurance Commissioner, pursuant to Section 624.422, Florida Statutes (1975).”

LaRiviere v. South Broward Hosp. Dist., 889 So. 2d 972 (Fla. 4th DCA 2004). · cites it 2× “[1] The summons and complaint against BCBS were also, properly, served on the department, pursuant to section 624.422, Florida Statutes, governing service of process on insurance companies.”

Kephart v. Pickens, 271 So. 2d 163 (Fla. 4th DCA 1972). “An insurer authorized to do business in Florida may be served in any civil action in this state, and such service is valid and binding if the provisions of Florida Statutes §§ 624.422, 624.423 (1971), F.S.A. have been complied with.”

Com. Union Assurance Co. of Canada v. Wynn, 656 So. 2d 615 (Fla. 3d DCA 1995). · cites it 15× “§ 624.422, Fla.Stat., (1993). Commercial Union argues that since its unchallenged sworn affidavit revealed that it never transacted business within the State of Florida, it could not have had any outstanding obligations or liabilities at the time the Insurance Commissioner was…”

Washington v. Fireman's Fund Ins. Co., 422 So. 2d 366 (Fla. 4th DCA 1982). · cites it 2× “We hold that the process was properly and sufficiently perfected under the provisions of Section 624.422(3), Florida Statutes (1969) so as to vest the Court with in personam jurisdiction.”

Beyer v. Home Mut. Ins. Co., 512 So. 2d 990 (Fla. 5th DCA 1987). · cites it 2× “Kentucky Farm had executed a power of attorney authorizing the insurance commissioner to accept service of process under section 624.422(1), Florida Statutes (1977), 4 which provided as follows: (1) Each insurer applying for authority to transact insurance in this state, whether…”

Green v. United Servs. Auto. Ass'n (M.D. Fla. 2024). · cites it 4× “23; see Fla. Stat. §§ 624.422 (1) (“Each licensed insurer, whether domestic, foreign, or alien, shall be deemed to have appointed the Chief Financial Officer…as its agent to receive service of all legal process issued against it in any civil action or proceeding in this state;…”

Torres v. GEICO Gen. Ins. Co. (S.D. Fla. 2021). · cites it 4× “151 (3); see also Fla. Stat. § 624.422 (3) (“Service of process upon the Chief Financial Officer…shall be the sole method of service of process upon an authorized domestic, foreign, or alien insurer in this state.”

Dianya Markovits v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co., 235 So. 3d 1018 (Fla. 1st DCA 2018). · cites it 3× “Markovits points to section 624.422, which states, (1) Each licensed insurer, whether domestic, foreign, or alien, shall b.”

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— 624.422(1) — 4 cases

Hobbs v. Don Mealey Chevrolet, Inc., 642 So. 2d 1149 (Fla. 5th DCA 1994). “§ 624.422, Fla. Stat. (1991) (emphasis added).”

Beyer v. Home Mut. Ins. Co., 512 So. 2d 990 (Fla. 5th DCA 1987). “Kentucky Farm had executed a power of attorney authorizing the insurance commissioner to accept service of process under section 624.422(1), Florida Statutes (1977), 4 which provided as follows: (1) Each insurer applying for authority to transact insurance in this state, whether…”

Dianya Markovits v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co., 235 So. 3d 1018 (Fla. 1st DCA 2018). “Markovits points to section 624.422, which states, (1) Each licensed insurer, whether domestic, foreign, or alien, shall b.”

Swanfeld (S.D. Fla. 2026).

— 624.422(3) — 2 cases

Hobbs v. Don Mealey Chevrolet, Inc., 642 So. 2d 1149 (Fla. 5th DCA 1994). “§ 624.422, Fla. Stat. (1991) (emphasis added).”

Washington v. Fireman's Fund Ins. Co., 422 So. 2d 366 (Fla. 4th DCA 1982). “We hold that the process was properly and sufficiently perfected under the provisions of Section 624.422(3), Florida Statutes (1969) so as to vest the Court with in personam jurisdiction.”

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