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The 2023 Florida Statutes (including Special Session C)

Title XXXVII
INSURANCE
Chapter 624
INSURANCE CODE: ADMINISTRATION AND GENERAL PROVISIONS
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F.S. 624.422
624.422 Service of process; appointment of Chief Financial Officer as process agent.
(1) Each licensed insurer, whether domestic, foreign, or alien, shall be deemed to have appointed the Chief Financial Officer and her or his successors in office as its agent to receive service of all legal process issued against it in any civil action or proceeding in this state; and process so served shall be valid and binding upon the insurer.
(2) Before its authorization to transact insurance in this state, each insurer shall file with the department designation of the name and e-mail address of the person to whom process against it served upon the Chief Financial Officer is to be made available through the department’s secure online portal. Each insurer shall also file with the department designation of the name and e-mail address of the person to whom the department shall forward civil remedy notices filed under s. 624.155. The insurer may change a designation at any time by a new filing.
(3) Service of process submitted through the department’s secure online portal upon the Chief Financial Officer as the insurer’s agent pursuant to such an appointment shall be the sole method of service of process upon an authorized domestic, foreign, or alien insurer in this state.
History.s. 66, ch. 59-205; ss. 13, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 3, ch. 76-168; s. 1, ch. 77-457; ss. 2, 3, ch. 81-318; ss. 56, 64, 809(1st), ch. 82-243; ss. 187, 188, ch. 91-108; s. 4, ch. 91-429; s. 184, ch. 97-102; s. 801, ch. 2003-261; s. 7, ch. 2020-63; s. 24, ch. 2022-138.

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Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 624.422
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MARKOVITS, v. STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY,, 235 So. 3d 1018 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2018)

. . . . § 624.422(1), Fla. Stat. (2014). . . . See §§ 48.151, 624.422, 624.423, Fla. Stat. (2014). . . . Markovits points to section 624.422, which states, (1) Each licensed insurer, whether domestic, foreign . . . At the time, the Insurance Commissioner was the statutory agent under sections 48.151, 624.422, and 624.423 . . .

LaRIVIERE, v. SOUTH BROWARD HOSPITAL DISTRICT d b a G. M. D. G. M. D. P. A. M. D. A. M. D. A. M. D. P. A., 889 So. 2d 972 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2004)

. . . summons and complaint against BCBS were also, properly, served on the department, pursuant to section 624.422 . . .

COMMERCIAL UNION ASSURANCE COMPANY OF CANADA, v. WYNN,, 656 So. 2d 615 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1995)

. . . of attorney, designated the insurance commissioner as its agent for service of process under section 624.422 . . . Union’s assertion that the power of attorney was limited to the pre-1982 amended version of section 624.422 . . . Since Wynn’s accident occurred subsequent to the amendment of section 624.422, process served upon the . . . Commercial Union’s remaining argument that even section 624.422 as amended is still inapplicable because . . . The 1977 version of section 624.422 was the same as the 1979 version relied upon by Commercial Union. . . . It is not necessary to reach the appellant insurer’s contentions regarding section 624.422, Florida Statutes . . .

R. HOBBS, Co. v. DON MEALEY CHEVROLET, INC., 642 So. 2d 1149 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1994)

. . . district court held that process was properly and sufficiently perfected under provisions of section 624.422 . . . Section 624.422 of the Florida Statutes (formerly section 624.0221) provides: (1) Each licensed insurer . . . method of service of process upon an authorized domestic, foreign, or alien insurer in this state. § 624.422 . . . Section 624.422(1) formerly provided that the appointment would "remain in effect as long as there is . . . The legislature deleted this language from section 624.-422(1), effective in 1982. § 624.422(1), Fla.Stat . . .

CENTEX- RODGERS CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, a St. v. HENSEL PHELPS CONSTRUCTION CO. a k a d b a a, 591 So. 2d 1117 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1992)

. . . 48.151(3), Florida Statutes, and service of process was accepted that same date pursuant to sections 624.422 . . . The service of process sections applicable to the instant jurisdictional question are sections 624.422 . . . These sections state: 624.422 Service of process; appointment of Insurance Commissioner and Treasurer . . . of process upon the Insurance Commissioner and Treasurer as process agent of the insurer (under s. 624.422 . . . The plain meaning of the language of sections 624.422 and 624.423 indicates that service of process is . . .

IMCO USA, INC. v. TITLE INSURANCE COMPANY OF MINNESOTA,, 729 F. Supp. 1322 (M.D. Fla. 1990)

. . . Remand that Plaintiff has failed to properly serve process upon Defendant visa-vis Florida Statute § 624.422 . . . The fact that the Plaintiff took remedial measures to comply with Florida Statute § 624.422 is of no . . . Florida Statute § 624.422 provides that: (1) Each licensed insurer, whether domestic, foreign, or alien . . .

BEYER, v. HOME MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY,, 512 So. 2d 990 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1987)

. . . power of attorney authorizing the insurance commissioner to accept service of process under section 624.422 . . .

WASHINGTON, Sr. v. FIREMAN S FUND INSURANCE COMPANY, a, 422 So. 2d 366 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1982)

. . . We hold that the process was properly and sufficiently perfected under the provisions of Section 624.422 . . .

GAULDEN v. FLORIDA INSURANCE GUARANTY ASSOCIATION, INCORPORATED,, 372 So. 2d 190 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1979)

. . . See Section 624.422, Florida Statutes (1977). Affirmed. . . . .

KENTUCKY FARM BUREAU MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY, v. MILLS, 367 So. 2d 673 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1979)

. . . alleged Kentucky Mutual had designated the commissioner as its agent for service of process under Section 624.422 . . . accept service to become authorized to conduct insurance transactions in Florida pursuant to Section 624.422 . . . Section 624.422, Florida Statutes (1977), provides: (1) Each insurer applying for authority to transact . . . Appellees further argue on appeal that independent of Sections 624.422 and 626.906, the Florida courts . . .

UNITED PRESIDENTIAL LIFE INSURANCE CO. v. M. KING, 361 So. 2d 710 (Fla. 1978)

. . . The writ was served upon the State Insurance Commissioner, pursuant to Section 624.422, Florida Statutes . . . Section 624.422, Fla.Stat. (1975) provides in pertinent part: (2) At the time of such appointment of . . .

KEPHART, v. PICKENS a, 271 So. 2d 163 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1972)

. . . action in this state, and such service is valid and binding if the provisions of Florida Statutes §§ 624.422 . . .