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Florida Statute 624.603 - Full Text and Legal Analysis Florida Statute 624.603 | Lawyer Caselaw & Research
Fla. Stat. § 624.603 (2026) Copy Cite Official Site Syfertize CourtListener Amendments
624.603 “Health insurance” defined.“Health insurance,” also known as “disability insurance,” is insurance of human beings against bodily injury, disablement, or death by accident or accidental means, or the expense thereof, or against disablement or expense resulting from sickness, and every insurance appertaining thereto. Health insurance does not include workers’ compensation coverages, except as provided in s. 624.406(4).
History.s. 101, ch. 59-205; s. 1, ch. 65-10; s. 3, ch. 76-168; s. 1, ch. 77-457; s. 83, ch. 79-40; ss. 2, 3, ch. 81-318; ss. 78(2nd), 86, 809(1st), ch. 82-243; ss. 187, 188, ch. 91-108; s. 4, ch. 91-429; s. 9, ch. 2003-267.

Cases Citing F.S. 624.603

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·Crown Life Ins. Co. v. Garcia, 424 So. 2d 893 (Fla. 3d DCA 1982).

Cited 5 times | Published | Florida 3rd District Court of Appeal

...it cannot be enforced — and coverage must therefore be provided. The carrier argues that the reference to "disability coverage" does not include the major medical benefits now in question. [3] This position is belied by the statutes themselves. [4] Section 624.603, Florida Statutes (1981) unequivocally states: `Disability insurance' defined....
...denied, 408 So.2d 1095 (Fla. 1981); 5 C.J.S. Appeal and Error § 1464(1), n. 63.5 (1958). [4] The parties apparently believe that "disability coverage" means only "disability income protection insurance." That this is not the case is demonstrated, not only by Sec. 624.603, but by Sec....
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Review deniedLandis (1987)
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Liberty Care Plan v. Dep't of Ins., 710 So. 2d 202 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1998).

Published | District Court of Appeal of Florida | 1998 Fla. App. LEXIS 4849, 1998 WL 216047

...1 In its declaratory statement, DOI found that section 624.02, Florida Statutes (1995), defines “insurance” as “a contract whereby one undertakes to indemnify another or pay or allow a specified amount or a determinable benefit upon determinable contingencies” and that section 624.603, Florida Statutes (1995), defines “health insurance” as “insurance of human beings against bodily injury, disablement, or death by accident or accidental means, or the expense thereof, or against disablement or expense resulting...
...Each of these “kinds of insurance,” including a “miscellaneous” category under “casualty insurance,” is defined in terms of traditional concepts of insurance as indemnity for risk of loss. See §§ 624.602-624.608. We find that the Plan does not meet the definition of “health insurance” set out in section 624.603, because it is not a contract whereby appellant undertakes “to indemnify another or pay or allow a specified amount or a determinable benefit” upon the determinable contingencies of “bodily injury, disablement, or death by accident or accidental means” or “disablement ......
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Fuller v. Order of United Com. Travelers of Am., 295 So. 2d 683 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1974).

Published | District Court of Appeal of Florida | 1974 Fla. App. LEXIS 7139

...uicide (while sane or insane). The deceased died from suicide more than two years after issuance of the certif icate of insurance. Appellant contends that the certificate or policy of insurance is a policy of “disability insurance” as defined by Section 624.603, Florida Statutes, F.S.A., and is a “certificate” within the meaning of Section 632.301, Florida Statutes, F.S.A.; that under said latter statute, it was required to contain a provision that it should be incontestable on the groun...

This Florida statute resource is curated by Graham W. Syfert, Esq., a Jacksonville, Florida personal injury and workers' compensation attorney (Florida Bar No. 39104). Attorney Syfert regularly handles Chapter 624 matters in the context of insurance disputes and represents clients throughout Northeast Florida. For legal consultation, call 904-383-7448.