Florida/Georgia Personal Injury & Workers Compensation

...statute at issue in Buell explicitly stated that any “insurance contract which is otherwise valid and binding as between the parties thereto shall not be rendered invalid by reason of having been solicited, handled, or procured by or through an unlicensed agent.” Fla. Stat. § 626.141 ; Buell, 267 Fed.Appx....

...[8] To the extent Plaintiffs' seek to impose liability based on the theory that Defendant Direct General employs unlicensed agents to sell ancillary insurance products, thereby rendering such sales illegal and entitling Plaintiffs to restitution, that claim would likewise be subject to dismissal based on section 626.141 in which the Florida legislature clearly provided that an otherwise valid and binding insurance contract is not rendered invalid because it was solicited or procured by an unlicensed agent or customer representative....