Florida Statute 632.637 | Lawyer Caselaw & Research

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Title XXXVII
INSURANCE

Chapter 632
FRATERNAL BENEFIT SOCIETIES

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F.S. 632.637

632.637 Exemption of certain societies.—

(1) Nothing contained in this chapter shall be so construed as to affect or apply to:

(a) Grand or subordinate lodges of societies, orders, or associations now doing business in this state which provide benefits exclusively through local or subordinate lodges;

(b) Orders, societies, or associations which admit to membership only persons engaged in hazardous occupations, in the same or similar lines of business, insuring only their own members and their families, and the ladies’ societies or ladies’ auxiliaries to such order, societies, or associations;

(c) Domestic societies which limit their membership to employees of a particular city or town, designated firm, business house, or corporation which provide for a death benefit of not more than $1,000 or disability benefits of not more than $1,000 to any person in any one year, or both; or

(d) Domestic societies or associations of a purely religious, charitable, or benevolent description, which provide for a death benefit of not more than $1,000 or for disability benefits of not more than $1,000 to any one person in any one year, or both.

(e) Any entity that has existed and continuously operated a facility located on no less than 63 acres in this state providing residential lodging to members and their spouses for at least 66 years on or before July 1, 1989, and such facility has the residential capacity of 500 persons, is directly or indirectly owned or operated by a nationally recognized fraternal organization, is not open to the public, and accepts only its members and their spouses as residents.

(2) Any such society or association described in paragraph (1)(c) or paragraph (1)(d), which provides for death or disability benefits for which benefit certificates are issued, and any such society or association included in paragraph (1)(d) which has more than 1,000 members, shall not be exempted from the provisions of this chapter but shall comply with all requirements thereof.

(3) No society which, by the provisions of this section, is exempt from the requirements of this chapter, except any society described in paragraph (1)(b), shall give or allow or promise to give or allow to any person any compensation for procuring new members.

(4) Every society which provides for benefits in case of death or disability resulting solely from accident, and which does not obligate itself to pay natural death or sick benefits, shall have all of the privileges and be subject to all the applicable provisions and regulations of this chapter, except that the provisions thereof relating to medical examination, valuations of benefit certificates, and incontestability shall not apply to such society.

(5) The office may require from any society or association, by examination or otherwise, such information as will enable the office to determine whether such society or association is exempt from the provisions of this chapter.

(6) Societies exempted under the provisions of this section shall also be exempt from all other provisions of the insurance laws of this state.

History.—ss. 4, 6, ch. 86-140; s. 4, ch. 91-429; s. 1, ch. 96-363; s. 1390, ch. 2003-261.

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Cases Citing Statute 632.637

Total Results: 12

ALPHURS VERNON SYMONETTE v. STATE OF FLORIDA

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2021-03-24T00:53:00-07:00

Snippet: three offenses. See Wilkes v. State, 123 So. 3d 632, 637 (Fla. 4th DCA 2013); Walker v. State, 965 So.

MBC Gospel Network, LLC, Willie Gary, Lorenzo Williams v. Florida's News Channel, LC, Evander Holyfield, Cecil Fielder, and Rick Newberger

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2019-04-22T00:53:00-07:00

Snippet: party in the action.’” Biden v. Lord, 147 So. 3d 632, 637 (Fla. 1st DCA 2014) (quoting Fla. Dep’t of Revenue

David Davidian and Irma Davidian v. JP Morgan Chase Bank, National Association

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2015-10-07T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 178 So. 3d 45, 2015 Fla. App. LEXIS 14930

Snippet: here. See Cordova v. State, 675 So.2d 632, 637 (Fla. 3d DCA 1996) (holding that a return of service

Mardis v. State

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2013-10-09T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 122 So. 3d 950, 2013 WL 5538781, 2013 Fla. App. LEXIS 15908

Snippet: omitted). As we wrote in Smith v. State, 98 So.3d 632, 637 (Fla. 4th DCA 2012): “The ability to expose an

Special v. Baux

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2011-11-16T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 79 So. 3d 755, 2011 Fla. App. LEXIS 18090, 2011 WL 5554531

Snippet: See, e.g., Mayer v. Wilkins, 37 Fla. 244, 19 So. 632, 637 (1896) (holding with regard to erroneous jury

Seven Hills, Inc. v. Bentley

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2003-02-12T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 848 So. 2d 345

Snippet: v. U.S. Sprint Communications Co., 924 S.W.2d 632, 637 (Tenn.1996) (holding that the trial court properly

Roberts v. State

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 1994-10-13T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 644 So. 2d 81

Snippet: 7th Cir.1985); United States v. Jones, 722 F.2d 632, 637-38 (11th Cir.1983). Thus, I would quash the decision

City of Daytona Beach v. Palmer

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 1985-04-03T23:53:00-08:00

Citation: 469 So. 2d 121

Snippet: 653 (Ky. 1977); Frye v. Clark County, 97 Nev. 632, 637 P.2d 1215 (1981); LaDuca v. Town of Amherst, 53

McCaskill v. State

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 1977-04-06T23:53:00-08:00

Citation: 344 So. 2d 1276

Snippet: . 1975). See also Sullivan v. State, 303 So.2d 632, 637 (Fla. 1974). The Supreme Court of Florida, like

Ables v. State

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1976-10-18T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 338 So. 2d 1095

Snippet: 924.33, F.S. 1975; Sullivan v. State, 303 So.2d 632, 637 (Fla. 1974). We have considered appellant'

Wadsworth v. State

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1967-08-14T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 201 So. 2d 836, 1967 Fla. App. LEXIS 4706

Snippet: Brothers v. Wilkins, 1896, 37 Fla. 244, 261, 19 So. 632, 637. The Court said, without citation of authority

Forbes Pioneer Boat Line v. Board of Commissioners

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 1919-05-30T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 77 Fla. 742

Snippet: County Commissioners of Putnam County, *74623 Fla. 632, 637, citing Gould’s Pleading, Ch. 2, Sec. 43; Ch.