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Fla. Stat. § 626.991 (2025)
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626.991 Short title.—This act may be referred to as the “Viatical Settlement Act.”
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Cited in 7
cases, 1999–2013 · leading case: Am. United Life Ins. v. Martinez, 480 F.3d 1043 (11th Cir. 2007).
Am. United Life Ins. v. Martinez, 480 F.3d 1043 (11th Cir. 2007). “In their sixth cause of action, the insurers alleged damages under the FVSA, Fla. Stat. § 626.991 et seq., which prohibits anyone from entering into a viatical settlement if they know that the policy it addresses was procured through fraud.”
Coventry First, LLC v. McCarty, 605 F.3d 865 (11th Cir. 2010). “BACKGROUND A Factual background Coventry First LLC, a Delaware limited liability company headquartered in Pennsylvania, is a licensed viatical settlement provider in Florida, pursuant to the Florida Viatical Settlement Act (the Act), Fla. Stat. § 626.991 . Viatical settlement…”
State v. Viatical Servs., Inc., 741 So. 2d 560 (Fla. 4th DCA 1999). “See § 626.991, Fla. Stat. (1997). Its business consists of purchasing life insurance policies from insureds who must be terminally ill in order to sell their policies.”
Coventry First, LLC v. State, Off. of Ins. Reg., 38 So. 3d 200 (Fla. 1st DCA 2010). “§§ 626.991-.99295, Fla. Stat. (2008). As a viatical settlement provider, Coventry provides life insurance policyholders access to a secondary market in which the policyholders can sell their policies in return for a lump-sum cash amount that exceeds the amount that the…”
McCloskey v. Dep't of Fin. Servs., 115 So. 3d 441 (Fla. 5th DCA 2013). “§§ 626.991-.99295, Fla. Stat. . Florida courts have adopted the definition of "investment contract” set forth in Howey.”
Accelerated Benefits Corp. v. Dep't of Ins., 813 So. 2d 117 (Fla. 1st DCA 2002). “In Florida, viatical insurance providers are currently regulated pursuant to the Viatical Insurance Act, section 626.991 through 626.99295, Florida Statutes (2001).”
Accelerated Ben. Corp. v. Dept. of Ins., 813 So. 2d 117 (Fla. 1st DCA 2002). “In Florida, viatical insurance providers are currently regulated pursuant to the Viatical Insurance Act, section 626.991 through 626.99295, Florida Statutes (2001).”
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