624.603

“Health insurance” defined.

Find cases: SyfertCases citing this section FL-LEGleg.state.fl.us JustiaFla. Statutes CornellLII Search CasesGoogle Scholar
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.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases, 1974–1998 · leading case: Crown Life Ins. Co. v. Garcia
Crown Life Ins. Co. v. Garcia (1982) fladistctapp · cites it 2× “[4] Section 624.603, Florida Statutes (1981) unequivocally states: `Disability insurance' defined.”
Liberty Care Plan v. Department of Insurance (1998) fladistctapp · cites it 5× “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.”
Fuller v. Order of United Commercial Travelers of America (1974) fladistctapp · cites it 2× “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.”
Annotations are extracted automatically from the opinions in the Syfert caselaw corpus and ranked by authority, recency, and treatment. Dots show Syfertize treatment of the citing case itself.

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.