The 2023 Florida Statutes (including Special Session C)

Title XXXVII
INSURANCE

Chapter 631
INSURER INSOLVENCY; GUARANTY OF PAYMENT

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F.S. 631.902

631.902 Purposes.—The purposes of this part are to:

(1) Create a not-for-profit Florida Workers’ Compensation Insurance Guaranty Association, Incorporated, to provide a mechanism for the payment of covered claims under chapter 440 to avoid excessive delay in payment and to avoid financial loss to claimants because of the insolvency of a member insurer.

(2) Assist in the detection and prevention of insurer insolvencies.

(3) Allocate the cost of such protection among the insurers.

(4) Provide for the prompt payment by the corporation of workers’ compensation claims incurred by insolvent insurers.

History.—s. 20, ch. 97-262.

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Amendments to 631.902

Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 631.902

Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 631.902.

Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases from cite.case.law:

ELITE PROTECTION SERVICES, INC. v. FLORIDA WORKERS COMPENSATION INSURANCE GUARANTY ASSOCIATION, INC., 874 So. 2d 615 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2004)

. . . Pursuant to section 631.902, Florida Statutes (1997), FWCIGA assumed covered claims for the workers’ . . . Section 631.902, Florida Statutes, provides that the purposes of FWCIGA are to “provide a mechanism for . . .