Florida Statute 627.021 | Lawyer Caselaw & Research

The 2024 Florida Statutes

Title XXXVII
INSURANCE

Chapter 627
INSURANCE RATES AND CONTRACTS

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F.S. 627.021

627.021 Scope of this part.—

(1) This part of this chapter applies only to property, casualty, and surety insurances on subjects of insurance resident, located, or to be performed in this state.

(2) This part does not apply to:

(a) Reinsurance, except joint reinsurance as provided in s. 627.311.

(b) Insurance against loss of or damage to aircraft, their hulls, accessories, or equipment, or against liability, other than workers’ compensation and employer’s liability, arising out of the ownership, maintenance, or use of aircraft.

(c) Insurance of vessels or craft, their cargoes, marine builders’ risks, marine protection and indemnity, or other risks commonly insured under marine insurance policies.

(d) Commercial inland marine insurance.

(e) Surplus lines insurance placed under the provisions of ss. 626.913-626.937.

(3) For the purposes of this part, all motor vehicle insurance shall be deemed to be casualty insurance only.

(4) This part does not apply to health insurance.

History.—s. 413, ch. 59-205; s. 3, ch. 76-168; s. 1, ch. 77-457; s. 92, ch. 79-40; ss. 2, 3, ch. 81-318; ss. 337, 357, 809(2nd), ch. 82-243; ss. 49, 79, ch. 82-386; s. 2, ch. 88-166; s. 114, ch. 92-318; s. 1, ch. 98-173; s. 147, ch. 2020-2.

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Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases Citing Statute 627.021

Total Results: 3

Essex Insurance Co. v. Integrated Drainage Solutions, Inc.

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2013-10-04T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 124 So. 3d 947, 2013 WL 5495541, 2013 Fla. App. LEXIS 15681

Snippet: 1036 (Fla.2008). The court opined that section 627.021(2)(e), Florida Statutes (2003), which stated that…exemption provision for surplus lines under [ section 627.021(2) ]. Furthermore, the Office of Insurance Regulation…adding the surplus lines exemption to [section 627.021], Thus, the bill exempts surplus lines insurance

Essex Ins. Co. v. Zota

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 2008-06-26T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 985 So. 2d 1036

Snippet: addition to section 627.021, which is also entitled "Scope of this part." §§ 627.021 (emphasis supplied…insurance-broker cases. A. The Scope of Section 627.021 A number of the issues presented in the Zota litigation…Essex, however, contends that by force of section 627.021(2)(e), chapter 627in its entiretydoes not apply…apply in any way to surplus-lines insurance. See § 627.021(2)(e), Fla. Stat. (2003) ("This chapter does…held thatunder a full statutory analysissection 627.021(2) applies exclusively to part I of chapter 627

Nat. Corporacion Venezolana, Sa v. M/V Manaure V

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 1987-07-09T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 511 So. 2d 968

Snippet: the marine insurance exclusion found in section 627.021(2), Florida Statutes (1983), the court certified…National Corporacion Venezolana argues that section 627.021 unambiguously excludes marine insurance from chapter…chapter 627 and thus from section 627.7262. Section 627.021 reads in part: Scope of this part. (1) This part…847, 854, 47 So. 18, 20 (1908). Reading section 627.021 in pari materia with the remainder of chapter 627…parts. The marine insurance exclusion of section 627.021 is located in part I, entitled "Rates and