Florida Statute 626.912 | Lawyer Caselaw & Research

The 2024 Florida Statutes

Title XXXVII
INSURANCE

Chapter 626
INSURANCE FIELD REPRESENTATIVES AND OPERATIONS

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F.S. 626.912

626.912 Exemptions from ss. 626.904-626.911.—The provisions of ss. 626.904-626.911 do not apply to any action, suit, or proceeding against any unauthorized foreign insurer, alien insurer, or person representing or aiding such an insurer arising out of any contract of insurance:

(1) Covering reinsurance, wet marine and transportation, commercial aircraft, or railway insurance risks;

(2) Against legal liability arising out of the ownership, operation, or maintenance of any property having a permanent situs outside this state;

(3) Against loss of or damage to any property having a permanent situs outside this state; or

(4) Issued under and in accordance with the Surplus Lines Law, when such insurer or person representing or aiding such insurer enters a general appearance or when such contract of insurance contains a provision designating the Chief Financial Officer or designating a Florida resident agent to be the true and lawful agent of such unauthorized insurer or person representing or aiding such insurer upon whom may be served all lawful process in any action, suit, or proceeding instituted by or on behalf of an insured or person representing or aiding such insurer or beneficiary arising out of any such contract of insurance; and service of process effected on such Chief Financial Officer or such resident agent shall be deemed to confer complete jurisdiction over such unauthorized insurer or person representing or aiding such insurer in such action.

History.—s. 351, ch. 59-205; ss. 13, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 2, ch. 81-318; ss. 318, 807, ch. 82-243; ss. 161, 206, 207, ch. 90-363; s. 4, ch. 91-429; s. 299, ch. 97-102; s. 1014, ch. 2003-261; s. 52, ch. 2022-138.

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Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases Citing Statute 626.912

Total Results: 5

Borden v. East-European Ins. Co.

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

Citation: 921 So. 2d 587

Snippet: business in Florida. Sections 626.904 through 626.912 are collectively referred to as the "Unauthorized

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: to him at his home in Florida. See §§ 626.904-626.912, Fla. Stat. (2005). We affirm. These are the pertinent…should be sustained on the following basis. Section 626.912(2) provides that the unauthorized insurers process…property insurance policy. In our view, section 626.912(2) takes this action out of the foreign insurers

Indemnity Casualty & Property, Ltd. v. Hunter

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2000-01-19T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 752 So. 2d 658, 2000 Fla. App. LEXIS 338, 2000 WL 35892

Snippet: wet marine and transportation ... risks.” Id. § 626.912(1). The insurance policy in this case provides

Chacin v. Generali Assicurazioni Generali Spa

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1995-05-03T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 655 So. 2d 1162

Snippet: Florida Statutes (1993) on the ground that section 626.912, Florida Statutes (1993) "precludes the award…with Section 626.0509, F.S. 1965, F.S.A. [now § 626.912, Fla. Stat. (1993)]. Appellants [sic] argument

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: Statutes, (later *1183 renumbered to sections 626.904-626.912) the court upheld the constitutionality of the