Florida Statutes

Fla. Stat. § 627.568 (2025)

Death pending conversion.

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627.568 Death pending conversion.A group life insurance policy shall provide that, if a person insured under the policy dies during the period within which she or he would have been entitled to have an individual policy issued in accordance with s. 627.566 or s. 627.567 and before such an individual policy has become effective, the amount of life insurance which she or he would have been entitled to have issued under the individual policy shall be payable as a claim under the group policy, whether or not application for the individual policy or the payment of the first premium therefor has been made.
History.s. 541, ch. 59-205; s. 3, ch. 76-168; s. 1, ch. 77-457; ss. 2, 3, ch. 81-318; ss. 439, 448, 809(2nd), ch. 82-243; s. 79, ch. 82-386; s. 114, ch. 92-318; s. 338, ch. 97-102.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1 case, 2001–2001 · leading case: Mut. of Omaha Ins. v. Gold, 795 So. 2d 119 (Fla. 5th DCA 2001).
Mut. of Omaha Ins. v. Gold, 795 So. 2d 119 (Fla. 5th DCA 2001). “Pursuant to section 627.568, a policy holder cannot preference an individual insured with all, or an unequal portion of dividends, premium refunds, rate reductions, commissions or service fees.”
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