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The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title XXXVII
INSURANCE
Chapter 624
INSURANCE CODE: ADMINISTRATION AND GENERAL PROVISIONS
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624.605 “Casualty insurance” defined.
(1) “Casualty insurance” includes:
(a) Vehicle insurance.Insurance against loss of or damage to any land vehicle or aircraft or any draft or riding animal, or to property while contained therein or thereon or being loaded or unloaded therein or therefrom, from any hazard or cause, and against any loss, liability, or expense resulting from or incidental to ownership, maintenance, or use of any such vehicle, aircraft, or animal. As to land vehicles, the term also includes insurance providing for medical, hospital, surgical, and disability benefits to injured persons, and funeral and death benefits to dependents, beneficiaries, or personal representatives of persons killed, irrespective of the legal liability of the insured, while in, entering, alighting from, adjusting, repairing, cranking, or being struck by a vehicle, if such insurance is issued as a part of a liability insurance contract.
(b) Liability insurance.Insurance against legal liability for the death, injury, or disability of any human being, or for damage to property, with provision for medical, hospital, and surgical benefits to the injured persons, irrespective of the legal liability of the insured, when issued as a part of a liability insurance contract.
(c) Workers’ compensation and employer’s liability.Insurance of the obligations accepted by, imposed upon, or assumed by employers under law for death, disablement, or injury of employees.
(d) Burglary and theft.Insurance against loss or damage by burglary, theft, larceny, robbery, forgery, fraud, vandalism, malicious mischief, confiscation, or wrongful conversion, disposal, or concealment, or from any attempt at any of the foregoing; including supplemental coverage for medical, hospital, surgical, and funeral expense incurred by the named insured or any other person as a result of bodily injury during the commission of a burglary, robbery, or theft by another; also insurance against loss of or damage to moneys, coins, bullion, securities, notes, drafts, acceptances or any other valuable papers and documents, resulting from any cause.
(e) Personal property floater.Insurance upon personal effects against loss or damage from any cause under a floater.
(f) Glass.Insurance against loss or damage to glass, including its lettering, ornamentation, and fittings.
(g) Boiler and machinery.Insurance against any liability and loss or damage to property or interest resulting from accidents to or explosions of boilers, pipes, pressure containers, machinery, or apparatus, and to make inspection of and issue certificates of inspection upon boilers, machinery, and apparatus of any kind, whether or not insured; together with provision for medical, hospital, and surgical benefits to the injured persons, irrespective of the legal liability of the insured, when issued as an incidental coverage which is part of a liability insurance contract.
(h) Leakage and fire extinguishing equipment.Insurance against loss or damage to any property or interest caused by the breakage or leakage of sprinklers, hose, pumps, and other fire extinguishing equipment or apparatus, water pipes or containers, or by water entering through leaks or openings in buildings, and insurance against such loss or damage to such sprinklers, hose, pumps, and other fire extinguishing equipment or apparatus.
(i) Credit.Insurance against loss or damage resulting from failure of debtors to pay their obligations to the creditor (including loss or damage resulting from the involuntary unemployment of the debtors), except insurance against loss or damage resulting from the death or disability of the debtors. However, insurance may not be written as credit insurance if it falls within the definition of financial guaranty insurance, as defined in s. 627.971.
(j) Credit property insurance.Credit property insurance is a limited line of insurance providing coverage on personal property used as collateral for securing a loan or on personal property purchased under an installment sales agreement. Credit property insurance shall not be considered to be property insurance. The coverage shall be issued on an inland marine policy form, and coverage limits shall be restricted to the initial amount of the loan or the amount of the installment sale.
(k) Malpractice.Insurance against legal liability of the insured, and against loss, damage, or expense incidental to a claim of such liability, arising out of the death, injury, or disablement of any person, or arising out of damage to the economic interest of any person, as the result of negligence in rendering expert, fiduciary, or professional service.
(l) Animal.Insurance against loss or damage to animals, and services of a veterinary for such animals.
(m) Elevator.Insurance against loss of or damage to any property of the insured resulting from the ownership, maintenance, or use of elevators, except loss or damage by fire, together with provision for medical, hospital, and surgical benefits to injured persons, irrespective of the legal liability of the insured, when issued as an incidental coverage which is part of a liability insurance contract.
(n) Entertainments.Insurance indemnifying the producer of any motion picture, television, radio, theatrical, sport, spectacle, entertainment, or similar production, event, or exhibition against loss from interruption, postponement, or cancellation thereof due to death, accidental injury, or sickness of performers, participants, directors, or other principals.
(o) Failure of certain institutions to record documents.Insurance indemnifying banks, bankers, trust companies, and credit unions against loss from failure or omission to record as public records chattel mortgages and liens of every kind upon personal property, given, held, delivered, or possessed as security or collateral for loans, advances, debts, or obligations of all kinds, provided that such insurance does not indemnify intentional omission to comply with the law relating to the recording of liens upon motor vehicles, nor to the intentional omission to record mortgages upon real property.
(p) Failure to file certain personal property instruments.With respect to persons and institutions other than those referred to in paragraph (o), insurance against loss resulting from failure to file or record written instruments affecting the title of, or creating a lien upon, personal property.
(q) Miscellaneous.When first approved by the office as not being contrary to law or public policy nor covered by any other kind of insurance as defined in the code, insurance against liability for any other kind of loss or damage to person or property, properly a subject of insurance and not within any other kind of insurance as defined in this code.
(r) Insurance for debt cancellation products.Insurance that a creditor may purchase against the risk of financial loss from the use of debt cancellation products with consumer loans or leases or retail installment contracts. Insurance for debt cancellation products is not liability insurance but is considered credit insurance only for the purposes of s. 631.52(4).
1. For purposes of this paragraph, the term “debt cancellation products” means loan, lease, or retail installment contract terms, or modifications to loan, lease, or retail installment contracts, under which a creditor agrees to cancel or suspend all or part of a customer’s obligation to make payments upon the occurrence of specified events and includes, but is not limited to, debt cancellation contracts, debt suspension agreements, and guaranteed asset protection contracts. However, the term does not include title insurance as defined in s. 624.608.
2. Debt cancellation products may be offered by financial institutions as defined in s. 655.005, insured depository institutions as defined in 12 U.S.C. s. 1813(c), and subsidiaries of such institutions, as provided in the financial institutions codes; by sellers as defined in s. 721.05, or by the parents, subsidiaries, or affiliated entities of sellers, in connection with the sale of timeshare interests; or by other business entities as specifically authorized by law, and such products are not insurance for purposes of the Florida Insurance Code.
(2) The provision of medical, hospital, surgical, and funeral benefits, and of coverage against accidental death or injury, as part of other insurance as stated under paragraphs (a) (vehicle), (b) (liability), (d) (burglary and theft), (g) (boiler and machinery), or (m) (elevator) of subsection (1) shall for all purposes be deemed to be the same kind of insurance to which it is incidental and shall not be subject to provisions of this code applicable to life or health insurance.
History.s. 103, ch. 59-205; ss. 13, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 1, ch. 69-200; s. 3, ch. 76-168; s. 1, ch. 77-457; s. 84, ch. 79-40; ss. 1, 3, ch. 79-156; ss. 2, 3, ch. 81-318; ss. 79(2nd), 86, 809(1st), ch. 82-243; s. 9, ch. 82-386; s. 14, ch. 83-145; s. 5, ch. 88-87; ss. 187, 188, ch. 91-108; s. 4, ch. 91-429; s. 2, ch. 94-133; s. 852, ch. 2003-261; s. 3, ch. 2008-75; s. 6, ch. 2009-133; s. 40, ch. 2011-194.

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Prime Ins. Syndicate, Inc. v. B.J. Handley Trucking, Inc., 363 F.3d 1089 (11th Cir. 2004).

Cited 24 times | Published | Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | 2004 U.S. App. LEXIS 5504, 2004 WL 575102

...[is] that delivery of such a policy in Florida must be intended. Id. Thus, the safe harbor covers the insurance policy in this case because this policy (1) was not physically delivered in Florida and (2) was not intended for delivery in Florida. 5 See Fla. Stat. § 624.605(1) (including vehicle insurance and liability insurance as types of casualty insurance). 5 provisions of this part and to the other applicable provisions of this code.”). Again, the safe harbor provision of Fla....
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Stuyvesant Ins. Co. v. Bournazian, 342 So. 2d 471 (Fla. 1977).

Cited 10 times | Published | Supreme Court of Florida

...When the jury in this case fixed the dollar amounts owed by each party to the other, it had already reduced the full amount of each party's actual damages by his or her respective degree of responsibility for the accident. The verdicts resulting from trial determined the "legal liability" of each party for purposes of Section 624.605(1)(b), Fla....
...Their difficulty in applying Hoffman stems from the fact that the decision there involved a significantly different fact situation. Plaintiff and defendant there, both of whom were negligent, were the only parties to the litigation. The question of insurers' liability was not involved in the case. [3] Section 624.605(1)(b), Fla....
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Hepler v. Atlas Mut. Ins. Co., 501 So. 2d 681 (Fla. 1st DCA 1987).

Cited 8 times | Published | Florida 1st District Court of Appeal | 12 Fla. L. Weekly 322

...The summary judgment is REVERSED and the cause is REMANDED for further proceedings. BOOTH, C.J., and WENTWORTH, J., concur. NOTES [1] The "Florida Insurance Code" includes, among others, chapters 624, 626 and 627, Florida Statutes. § 624.01, Fla. Stat. (1983). Section 624.605, defining "casualty insurance," contains a detailed definition of "vehicle insurance" subject to the provisions of the Florida Insurance Code....
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Am. Ins. Ass'n v. Florida Dept. of Ins., 646 So. 2d 784 (Fla. 1st DCA 1994).

Cited 5 times | Published | Florida 1st District Court of Appeal | 1994 WL 665767

...sunset provision. Ch. 93-410, § 14, at 23-29, Laws of Fla. (codified by 627.351(5), Fla. Stat. (Supp. 1994)). [3] All insurers authorized in this state to write property insurance, as defined in section 624.604, or casualty insurance, as defined in section 624.605, are required by section 627.351(5) to be members of FPCJUA....
...Section 627.351(5) provides in part: The department shall adopt by rule a joint underwriting plan to equitably apportion among insurers authorized in this state to write property insurance as defined in s. 624.604 or casualty insurance as defined in s. 624.605, the underwriting of one or more classes of property insurance or casualty insurance, except for the types of insurance that are included within property insurance or casualty insurance for which an equitable apportionment plan, assigned risk plan or joint underwriting plan is authorized under ......
...1994), provides in part: (5) PROPERTY AND CASUALTY INSURANCE RISK APPORTIONMENT. — The department shall adopt by rule a joint underwriting plan to equitably apportion among insurers authorized in this state to write property insurance as defined in s. 624.604 or casualty insurance as defined in s. 624.605, the underwriting of one or more classes of property insurance or casualty insurance, except for the types of insurance that are included within property insurance or casualty insurance for which an equitable apportionment plan, assigned risk plan, or joint underwriting plan is authorized under ......
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Southernmost Marine Servs., Inc. v. One (1) 2000 Fifty Four Foot (54') Sea Ray Named M/V "Potential", 250 F. Supp. 2d 1367 (S.D. Fla. 2003).

Cited 5 times | Published | District Court, S.D. Florida | 2003 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 3802, 2003 WL 1192472

...ured owed.' While that decision involved an interpretation of the `liability insurance' statutory provision rather than the `marine protection and indemnity insurance' provision, the pertinent language of the provisions is the same. Compare Fla. St. § 624.605(1)(b) with Fla....
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Cozine v. Tullo, 394 So. 2d 115 (Fla. 1981).

Cited 3 times | Published | Supreme Court of Florida

...Insurance is a contract whereby one undertakes to indemnify or pay or allow a specified amount of a determinable benefit upon determinable contingencies. § 624.02, Fla. Stat. (1977). Liability insurance is insurance against legal liability for the death, injury, or disability of any human being, or for damage to property. § 624.605(1)(b), Fla....
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Steelmet, Inc. v. Caribe Towing Corp., 842 F.2d 1237 (11th Cir. 1988).

Cited 2 times | Published | Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | 1988 U.S. App. LEXIS 5055, 1988 WL 24811

....” While that decision involved an interpretation of the “liability insurance” statutory provision rather than the “marine protection and indemnity insurance” provision, the pertinent language of the provisions is the same. Compare Fla.St. § 624.605(l)(b) with Fla.St....
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Ago (Fla. Att'y Gen. 2009).

Published | Florida Attorney General Reports

Statutes. "Casualty insurance" is defined in section 624.605, Florida Statutes, to include: "(c) Workers'
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Certain British Underwriters at Lloyds v. Jet Charter Serv., Inc., 789 F.2d 1534 (11th Cir. 1986).

Published | Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

Florida’s Insurance Code, codified at Fla.Stat. § 624.-605, which defines “vehicle insurance” as “insurance
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Florida Ins. Guar. Ass'n v. Pilings & Structures, Inc., 616 So. 2d 532 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1993).

Published | District Court of Appeal of Florida | 1993 Fla. App. LEXIS 3473, 1993 WL 84507

...Therefore, it is not “ocean marine” or “wet marine” insurance for purposes of section 631.52. Instead, we believe that the maritime coverage endorsement falls within the definition of “workers’ compensation and employer’s liability” insurance, set forth in section 624.605(l)(c), Florida Statutes (1985), as a type of “casualty” insurance— “Insurance of the obligations accepted by, imposed upon, or assumed by employers under law for death, disablement, or injury of employees.” Moreover, we note...
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Chesley v. Woodard (In re Chesley), 526 B.R. 888 (M.D. Fla. 2014).

Published | District Court, M.D. Florida | 2014 WL 1859417, 2014 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 34329

...avor of any creditor or creditors of the recipient of such disability income benefits, unless such policy or contract of insurance was effected for the benefit of such creditor or creditors. Fla. Stat. § 222.18 . Chesley further cites to Fla. Stat. § 624.605 (l)(a)-(b) to define “vehicle insurance” and “casualty insurance” and demonstrate that vehicle insurance “provides disability benefits where a beneficiary has incurred disability as a result of bodily injury, especially in consid...
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Lemy v. Direct Gen. Fin. Co., 885 F. Supp. 2d 1265 (M.D. Fla. 2012).

Published | District Court, M.D. Florida | 2012 WL 2339702, 2012 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 84507

...rs an accident. Lemy and Hill pay a premium to the insurers to assume a defined risk of loss, which risk then distributes among a large group. That is insurance. See Prof'l Lens Plan v. Dept. of Ins., 387 So.2d 548, 550 (Fla. 1st DCA 1980). Further, Section 624.605(l)(a) defines “casualty insurance” to include “insurance against ......
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Com. Credit Equip. Corp. v. Florida Ins. Guar. Ass'n, 583 So. 2d 372 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1991).

Published | District Court of Appeal of Florida | 1991 Fla. App. LEXIS 6686, 1991 WL 120798

...— Insurance against loss or damage resulting from failure of debtors to pay their obligations to the creditor (including loss or damage resulting from the involuntary unemployment of the debtors), except insurance against loss or damage resulting from the death or disability of the debtors. Section 624.605(l)(i), Fla.Stat....
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Indem. Cas. & Prop., Ltd. v. Hunter, 752 So. 2d 658 (Fla. 3d DCA 2000).

Published | Florida 3rd District Court of Appeal | 2000 Fla. App. LEXIS 338, 2000 WL 35892

...is afforded. Double parasailing includes single parasailing.” This endorsement adds a specialized liability insurance — for an amusement activity — to the policy. “Liability” insurance, of course, is a form of “casualty” insurance, see section 624.605(l)(b), Florida Statutes (1997), which is distinguished from the other kinds of insurance....
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Univ. of Florida Bd. of Trs., & The Florida Bd. of Governors v. Browning, Boisse (Fla. 1st DCA 2024).

Published | Florida 1st District Court of Appeal

...on Liability for Economic Loss Cause by Negligence: A Pragmatic Appraisal, 25 VAND. L. REV. 43, 43–46, 50 (Jan. 1972) (discussing difference between recovery for physical damage to chattel and for economic loss). 28 tangible property. See, e.g., § 624.605(1)(a), (b), (d), (g), (l), (p) Fla. Stat....