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The 2023 Florida Statutes (including Special Session C)

Title XXXVII
INSURANCE
Chapter 626
INSURANCE FIELD REPRESENTATIVES AND OPERATIONS
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F.S. 626.906
626.906 Acts constituting Chief Financial Officer as process agent.Any of the following acts in this state, effected by mail or otherwise, by an unauthorized foreign insurer, alien insurer, or person representing or aiding such an insurer is equivalent to and shall constitute an appointment by such insurer or person representing or aiding such insurer of the Chief Financial Officer to be its true and lawful agent, upon whom may be served all lawful process in any action, suit, or proceeding instituted by or on behalf of an insured or beneficiary, arising out of any such contract of insurance; and any such act shall be signification of the insurer’s or person’s agreement that such service of process is of the same legal force and validity as personal service of process in this state upon such insurer or person representing or aiding such insurer:
(1) The issuance or delivery of contracts of insurance to residents of this state or to corporations authorized to do business therein;
(2) The solicitation of applications for such contracts;
(3) The collection of premiums, membership fees, assessments, or other considerations for such contracts; or
(4) Any other transaction of insurance.
History.s. 347, ch. 59-205; ss. 13, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 2, ch. 81-318; ss. 318, 807, ch. 82-243; ss. 155, 206, 207, ch. 90-363; s. 4, ch. 91-429; s. 295, ch. 97-102; s. 1010, ch. 2003-261; s. 51, ch. 2022-138.

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Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 626.906
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K. BORDEN, v. EAST- EUROPEAN INSURANCE COMPANY,, 921 So. 2d 587 (Fla. 2006)

. . . certified conflict involves an issue of statutory construction: whether as a matter of law section 626.906 . . . Alfa also asserted that section 626.906(4) of the UIPL may be invoked only by Florida residents and is . . . The Second District certified conflict with Winterthur, which held that section 626.906(4) applies to . . . ANALYSIS The certified conflict issue before this Court is whether as a matter of law section 626.906 . . . (quoting section 626.906, Fla. Stat. (1995)); Shelter Mut. Ins. Co. v. . . .

E. JOHNSON, v. HOME- OWNERS INSURANCE COMPANY,, 915 So. 2d 196 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2005)

. . . Section 626.906(1) of that statute creates Florida jurisdiction over an unlicensed foreign insurer because . . . of “the issuance or delivery of contracts of insurance to residents of this state.... ” § 626.906(1) . . .

EAST- EUROPEAN INSURANCE COMPANY PLC, v. K. BORDEN,, 884 So. 2d 233 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2004)

. . . KAH Incorporated, Inc., 614 So.2d 1180, 1182 (Fla. 1st DCA 1993) (stating that section 626.906 “only . . . Plastigone Techs., Inc., 623 So.2d 1223, 1225 (Fla. 3d DCA 1993) (stating that section 626.906 applies . . . In response to the cases cited by Wintert-hur which contain language suggesting that section 626.906 . . . (4) and concluded that, “as applied to subsection 626.906(4), those statements are dictum.” . . . However, we disagree with the Winterthur analysis of section 626.906. . . .

WALTER, v. BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD UNITED OF WISCONSIN, a, 181 F.3d 1198 (11th Cir. 1999)

. . . . § 626.906 (West 1996 & Supp.1999). . . . 1514. ' Walter argues that the district court had jurisdiction over Blue Cross of Wisconsin under § 626.906 . . . We adopted a similar limitation for an earlier version of § 626.906. See Parmalee v. . . . Thus, an out-of-state insurer cannot be haled into Florida court under § 626.906 simply because it accepts . . . Although a later Florida decision applied § 626.906(4) to an insurance policy held by a non-resident, . . .

SPRINGER, v. BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD OF FLORIDA, INC. a a, 695 So. 2d 944 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1997)

. . . . § 626.906, Fla. Stat. (1995). . . . See § 626.906(1) & (3), Fla. Stat. (1995); Citizens Ins. Co. v. . . .

AMERICAN FIRE MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY, LTD. v. EISING,, 673 So. 2d 493 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1996)

. . . . § 626.906, Fla.Stat. (1995). Accordingly, we affirm. WARNER and FARMER, JJ., concur. . . .

SHELTER MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY, v. FREDERICK,, 654 So. 2d 656 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1995)

. . . In Drake, the plaintiff attempted to serve Beacon Insurance under section 626.906. . . . That aspect of Section 626.906 Florida Statutes (1979) refers to and its effect is limited to a situation . . . The Third District held that Hassneh could not be reached under section 626.906 because section 626.906 . . . Section 626.906 is clearly inapplicable. . . . Don Medley Chevrolet, Inc., 642 So.2d 1149, 1155 (Fla. 5th DCA 1994). . 626.906. . . .

MASTERS v. NATIONWIDE MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY,, 858 F. Supp. 1184 (M.D. Fla. 1994)

. . . agents licensed by the Department of Insurance pursuant to s. 626.835, any unauthorized insurer under s. 626.906 . . . agents licensed by the Department of Insurance pursuant to s. 626.835, any unauthorized insurer under s. 626.906 . . .

HASSNEH INSURANCE COMPANY OF ISRAEL, LTD. v. PLASTIGONE TECHNOLOGIES, INC., 623 So. 2d 1223 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1993)

. . . Plastigone served Hassneh pursuant to section 626.906, Florida Statutes (1991). . . . moved to quash service of process, alleging that it was not subject to service pursuant to section 626.906 . . . Hassneh is not subject to service of process pursuant to section 626.906, which applies only to insurers . . . Even if service of process could be effected pursuant to section 626.906, Hassneh does not have sufficient . . . Section 626.906, Florida Statutes provides, in pertinent part: "Any of the following acts in this state . . . Under section 626.906, Florida Statutes (1991), which governs this dispute, “[a]ny of the following acts . . . There we held, citing sections 626.905 and 626.906, that the insurer’s act of reissuing a policy to a . . .

BOOKMAN, v. KAH INCORPORATED, INC., 614 So. 2d 1180 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1993)

. . . .-905 and 626.906, Florida Statutes. . . . Nevertheless, Bookman contends that in personam jurisdiction in this case can be predicated upon section 626.906 . . . The doing of any one of certain acts by the unauthorized insurer, which are enumerated in section 626.906 . . . process requires that in looking at the existence of minimum contacts, which are built into section 626.906 . . .

WINTERTHUR INTERNATIONAL, LTD. v. PALACIOS,, 559 So. 2d 1214 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1990)

. . . Although subsections 626.906(1)-(3) apply only to residents of Florida, subsection 626.906(4) contains . . . We conclude, therefore, that subsection 626.906(4) is available to a nonresident insured. . . . Those decisions involve construction of what is now subsection 626.906(1), Florida Statutes. . . . None of those decisions construed subsection 626.906(4) or treated the issue presented here. . . . residents, but as applied to subsection 626.906(4), those statements are dictum. . . . Statutes, which contains some provisions expressly pertaining to residents and another (subsection 626.906 . . . In our original opinion we concluded that the terminology employed in section 626.906(4), "transaction . . .

CITIZENS INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA, a v. BOWMAN, a By BOWMAN,, 525 So. 2d 991 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1988)

. . . the jurisdiction of the Florida court and the substituted service of process authorized by Section 626.906 . . .

CAMERON, v. ODISSEA SHIPPING CO. Co. S. A., 486 So. 2d 30 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1986)

. . . Further, there was no showing that plaintiff complied with the requirements of section 626.906, Florida . . .

TENNESSEE FARMERS MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY, v. MEADOR,, 467 So. 2d 471 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1985)

. . . Appellee did not proceed to effect service under section 626.906, Florida Statutes, for obvious reasons . . .

HARBOUR ASSURANCE COMPANY OF BERMUDA, LIMITED, v. SUN BANK OF OCALA, E. E. J., 431 So. 2d 243 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1983)

. . . view in his order of dismissal that Harbour was amenable to long-arm jurisdiction pursuant to Section 626.906 . . .

KANAWHA INSURANCE COMPANY, v. L. MORRISON,, 394 So. 2d 1147 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1981)

. . . That aspect of Section 626.906 Florida Statutes (1979) refers to and its effect is limited to a situation . . .

KENTUCKY FARM BUREAU MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY, v. MILLS, 367 So. 2d 673 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1979)

. . . unauthorized to conduct insurance transaction in Florida but performs one of the acts set out in Section 626.906 . . . Section 626.906, Florida Statutes (1977), provides: Any of the following acts in this state, effected . . . Service under Section 626.906 is not binding on appellant since Kentucky Mutual has not conducted any . . . of the acts set out in Section: 626.906. . . . Appellees further argue on appeal that independent of Sections 624.422 and 626.906, the Florida courts . . .

O. DRAKE a v. SCHARLAU, 353 So. 2d 961 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1978)

. . . the Insurance Commissioner as Beacon’s agent for substituted service of process pursuant to Sections 626.906 . . . insurance business in Florida, without allegations of any of the particular acts specified in Section 626.906 . . . Iowa State Traveling Men’s Association, 206 F.2d 518 (5th Cir. 1953) in construing Section 626.906 to . . . resident of Florida, standing alone, was not sufficient to bring Parliament within the purview of Section 626.906 . . .

PARLIAMENT LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, v. EGLIN NATIONAL BANK,, 333 So. 2d 517 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1976)

. . . Section 626.906, Florida Statutes, provides that: “Any of the following acts in this state, . . . by . . . “(1) The issuance or delivery of contracts of insurance to residents of this state . . . ” Section 626.906 . . . Traveling Men’s Association, 206 F.2d 518 (5th Cir. 1953), Section 625.30, Florida Statutes, now Section 626.906 . . .