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Fla. Stat. § 626.9561 (2025)
Power of department and office.
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626.9561 Power of department and office.—The department and office shall each have power within its respective regulatory jurisdiction to examine and investigate the affairs of every person involved in the business of insurance in this state in order to determine whether such person has been or is engaged in any unfair method of competition or in any unfair or deceptive act or practice prohibited by s. 626.9521, and shall each have the powers and duties specified in ss. 626.9571-626.9601 in connection therewith.
History.—s. 9, ch. 76-260; s. 807, ch. 82-243; ss. 206, 207, ch. 90-363; s. 4, ch. 91-429; s. 1031, ch. 2003-261.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2
cases, 1985–1988 · leading case: Christopher B. Keehn, Stephanie K. Haley, Gordon Charles Keehn, Robert Franklin Keehn v. Carolina Cas. Ins. Co., 758 F.2d 1522 (11th Cir. 1985).
Christopher B. Keehn, Stephanie K. Haley, Gordon Charles Keehn, Robert Franklin Keehn v. Carolina Cas. Ins. Co., 758 F.2d 1522 (11th Cir. 1985). “The UITPA, per Fla.Stat. § 626.9561, provides: [a]ny person who violates any provision of this part shall be subject to the penalties provided in s.”
Dep't of Ins. & Treasurer v. Nat'l Benefit Life Ins., 32 Fla. Supp. 2d 179 (Fla. Div. Admin. Hr'g 1988). “— No person shall engage in this state in any trade practice which is defined in this part as, or determined pursuant to § 626.9561 to be, an unfair method of competition or an unfair or deceptive act or practice involving the business of insurance.”
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