Florida Statute 626.906 | Lawyer Caselaw & Research

The 2024 Florida Statutes

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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Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases Citing Statute 626.906

Total Results: 17

Borden v. East-European Ins. Co.

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 2006-01-19T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 921 So. 2d 587

Snippet: available under section 626.906(4). The Second District concluded that section 626.906(4) applies only to …personal jurisdiction under section 626.906. Thus, collectively sections 626.906 and 626.907 allow a Florida …Winterthur under section 626.906. See id. Winterthur argued, however, that section 626.906 is available only …law section 626.906(4) is limited to Florida residents, and held that "subsection 626.906(4) is available…sections 48.193 and 626.906); Bookman, 614 So.2d at 1182 (concluding that section 626.906 "only applies

Johnson v. Home-Owners Insurance Co.

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2005-09-14T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 915 So. 2d 196, 2005 Fla. App. LEXIS 14409, 2005 WL 2219243

Snippet: the unauthorized insurers process law. Section 626.906(1) of that statute creates Florida jurisdiction…of insurance to residents of this state.... ” § 626.906(1), Fla. Stat. (2005). The owner argued that the

EAST-EUROPEAN INS. CO. v. Borden

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2004-08-06T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 884 So. 2d 233

Snippet: insurance. § 626.906. Borden cannot establish long-arm jurisdiction under subsections 626.906(1), (2), or…construe subsection 626.906(4) and concluded that, "as applied to subsection 626.906(4), those statements…Unauthorized Insurer's Process Law (UIPL), section 626.906, Florida Statutes (2000), citing Winterthur International… foreign insurer within the purview of section 626.906 because insured was also required to show that …1182 (Fla. 1st DCA 1993) (stating that section 626.906 "only applies to policies held by Florida

Springer v. Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Florida, Inc.

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1997-07-02T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 695 So. 2d 944, 1997 Fla. App. LEXIS 7532, 1997 WL 361581

Snippet: ; or (4) Any other transaction of insurance. § 626.906, Fla. Stat. (1995). Purposeful availment of Florida…Cross to suit in Florida under the UIPL. See § 626.906(1) & (3), Fla. Stat. (1995); Citizens Ins.

AMERICAN FIRE AND MARINE INS. CO., LTD. v. Eising

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1996-04-02T23:53:00-08:00

Citation: 673 So. 2d 493

Snippet: contract of insurance to a resident of Florida. § 626.906, Fla.Stat. (1995). Accordingly, we affirm. WARNER

Shelter Mutual Insurance Co. v. Frederick

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1995-05-12T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 654 So. 2d 656, 1995 Fla. App. LEXIS 5074, 1995 WL 275744

Snippet: section 626.906. The Third District held that Hassneh could not be reached under section 626.906 because…jurisdiction over an out-of-state insurer: section 626.906, Florida Statutes,3 which specifically pertains…, to be subject to service pursuant to section 626.906, the insurer must issue and deliver the contract…attempted to serve Beacon Insurance under section 626.906. The Second District, relying upon Parliament, …over the foreign insurer. That aspect of Section 626.906 Florida Statutes (1979) refers to and its effect

Hassneh Insurance Co. of Israel, Ltd. v. Plastigone Technologies, Inc.

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1993-09-14T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 623 So. 2d 1223, 1993 Fla. App. LEXIS 9172, 1993 WL 347452

Snippet: Plastigone served Hassneh pursuant to section 626.906, Florida Statutes (1991).1 As to jurisdiction, …was not subject to service pursuant to section 626.906 and that it lacked sufficient minimum contacts …subject to service of process pursuant to section 626.906, which applies only to insurers that issue policies… (to be subject to service pursuant to section 626.906, insurer must issue and deliver contract in Florida…Florida subject to service of process under section 626.906). It is uncontroverted that Hassneh issued and

Bookman v. KAH Incorporated, Inc.

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1993-02-18T23:53:00-08:00

Citation: 614 So. 2d 1180

Snippet: #39;s Process Law (UIPL), sections 626.905 and 626.906, Florida Statutes. The trial court agreed that …jurisdiction in this case can be predicated upon section 626.906, despite the fact that the statute only applies…unauthorized insurer, which are enumerated in section 626.906, constitutes the appointment by the insurer of …minimum contacts, which are built into section 626.906, Florida Statutes, an evaluation be made whether

WINTERTHUR INTERN., LTD. v. Palacios

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1990-03-19T23:53:00-08:00

Citation: 559 So. 2d 1214

Snippet: described in section 626.906. Winterthur argues first, however, that section 626.906 is only available to…Although subsections 626.906(1)(3) apply only to residents of Florida, subsection 626.906(4) contains no such…subsection 626.906(1), Florida Statutes. Drake and Parliament hold that subsection 626.906(1) is not available…that section 626.906 applies only to Florida residents, but as applied to subsection 626.906(4), those statements…insured bases his claim of jurisdiction on section 626.906, Florida Statutes (1987) which provides in part

Citizens Ins. Co. of America v. Bowman

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1988-05-24T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 525 So. 2d 991

Snippet: substituted service of process authorized by Section 626.906, Florida Statutes (1987). See also § 626.905, Fla

Cameron v. Odissea Shipping Co.

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1986-04-01T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 486 So. 2d 30, 11 Fla. L. Weekly 767, 1986 Fla. App. LEXIS 7100

Snippet: plaintiff complied with the requirements of section 626.906, Florida Statutes (1985) in serving defendant,

Tennessee Farmers Mut. Ins. Co. v. Meador

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1985-04-17T23:53:00-08:00

Citation: 467 So. 2d 471

Snippet: did not proceed to effect service under section 626.906, Florida Statutes,[2] for obvious reasons. The

Harbour Assurance Co. of Bermuda v. Sun Bank of Ocala

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1983-05-06T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 431 So. 2d 243, 1983 Fla. App. LEXIS 19339

Snippet: amenable to long-arm jurisdiction pursuant to Section 626.906, Florida Statutes, and purported to authorize the

Kanawha Insurance v. Morrison

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1981-03-11T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 394 So. 2d 1147, 1981 Fla. App. LEXIS 18902

Snippet: over the foreign insurer. That aspect of Section 626.906 Florida Statutes (1979) refers to and its effect

Kentucky Farm Bureau Mut. Ins. Co. v. Mills

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1979-02-01T23:53:00-08:00

Citation: 367 So. 2d 673

Snippet: Section 626.906. Appellees further argue on appeal that independent of Sections 624.422 and 626.906, the …but performs one of the acts set out in Section 626.906. In this case the insurer does not fall into either… commissioner was served in this case. Section 626.906, Florida Statutes (1977), provides: Any of the …transaction of insurance. Service under Section 626.906 is not binding on appellant since Kentucky Mutual

Drake v. Scharlau

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1978-01-13T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 353 So. 2d 961

Snippet: substituted service of process pursuant to Sections 626.906 and 626.907(1), Florida Statutes (1975). The complaint… any of the requisite acts required by Section 626.906 to render it amenable to substituted service of…any of the particular acts specified in Section 626.906, is sufficient even to carry the plaintiff'… F.2d 518 (5th Cir.1953) in construing Section 626.906 to apply only to policies of insurance issued or…bring Parliament within the purview of Section 626.906. We concur with the reasoning of Parliament, supra

Parliament Life Ins. Co. v. EGLIN NAT. BK.

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1976-06-23T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 333 So. 2d 517

Snippet: of process. Both motions were denied. Section 626.906, Florida Statutes, provides that: "Any of …insurance to residents of this state ..." Section 626.906, Florida Statutes, does not require that the insurance… Section 625.30, Florida Statutes, now Section 626.906, Florida Statutes, was construed as follows: "