Florida Statute 627.780 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title XXXVII
INSURANCE

Chapter 627
INSURANCE RATES AND CONTRACTS

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F.S. 627.780

627.780 Illegal dealings in premium.—

(1) A person may not knowingly quote, charge, accept, collect, or receive a premium for title insurance other than the premium adopted by the commission, except as provided in s. 626.9541(1)(h)3.b.

(2) A title insurer may not knowingly accept, collect, or receive any sum as premium for title insurance, if the title insurance is not then provided or is not to be provided, subject to acceptance of the risk, in due course, unless the title insurer promptly enters the sum on its books of account as premium collected in advance.

History.—s. 6, ch. 65-359; ss. 13, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 3, ch. 76-168; s. 1, ch. 77-457; ss. 2, 3, ch. 81-318; ss. 577, 584, 809(2nd), ch. 82-243; s. 79, ch. 82-386; ss. 94, 114, ch. 92-318; s. 10, ch. 99-286; s. 1203, ch. 2003-261; s. 4, ch. 2007-44.

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Morales v. ATTORNEYS'TITLE INS. FUND, INC.

983 F. Supp. 1418

District Court, S.D. Florida | Filed: Jul 3, 1997 | Docket: 1818282

Cited 26 times | Published

by the [Department of Insurance]." Fla. Stat. § 627.780(1). Chapter 627 further provides that the Department

Chicago Title Ins. Co. v. Butler

770 So. 2d 1210, 25 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 899, 2000 Fla. LEXIS 2034, 2000 WL 1535354

Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Oct 19, 2000 | Docket: 1778893

Cited 11 times | Published

relate to insurance rates and contracts. Under section 627.780, Florida Statutes (1997), no person may "knowingly

Commonwealth Land Title Ins. Co. v. Higgins

975 So. 2d 1169, 2008 WL 595923

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Mar 6, 2008 | Docket: 1727482

Cited 7 times | Published

2003.[2] The respondents assert that under section 627.780, Florida Statutes (2003), a title insurance

Bleich v. Chicago Title Insurance

117 So. 3d 1163, 2013 WL 2420492, 2013 Fla. App. LEXIS 8895

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Jun 5, 2013 | Docket: 60232565

Cited 1 times | Published

differs from the rate set by the Commission. § 627.780, Fla. Stat. (2007). The “original rate,” applicable

Morales v. Attorneys' Title Insurance Fund, Inc.

983 F. Supp. 1418

District Court, S.D. Florida | Filed: Jul 3, 1997 | Docket: 66018875

Published

by the [Department 6f Insurance].” Fla. Stat. § 627.780(1). Chapter 627 further provides that the Department