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The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title XXXVII
INSURANCE
Chapter 626
INSURANCE FIELD REPRESENTATIVES AND OPERATIONS
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626.907 Service of process; judgment by default.—
(1) Service of process upon an insurer or person representing or aiding such insurer pursuant to s. 626.906 shall be made by delivering to and leaving with the Chief Financial Officer, his or her assistant or deputy, or another person in charge of the office two copies thereof and the service of process fee as required in s. 624.502. The Chief Financial Officer shall forthwith mail by registered mail, commercial carrier, or any verifiable means one of the copies of such process to the defendant at the defendant’s last known principal place of business as provided by the party submitting the documents and shall keep a record of all process so served upon him or her. The service of process is sufficient, provided notice of such service and a copy of the process are sent within 10 days thereafter by registered mail by plaintiff or plaintiff’s attorney to the defendant at the defendant’s last known principal place of business, and the defendant’s receipt, or receipt issued by the post office with which the letter is registered, showing the name of the sender of the letter and the name and address of the person to whom the letter is addressed, and the affidavit of the plaintiff or plaintiff’s attorney showing a compliance herewith are filed with the clerk of the court in which the action is pending on or before the date the defendant is required to appear, or within such further time as the court may allow.
(2) Service of process in any such action, suit, or proceeding shall, in addition to the manner provided in subsection (1), be valid if served upon any person within this state who, in this state on behalf of the unauthorized insurer or person representing or aiding such insurer, is:
(a) Soliciting insurance;
(b) Making, issuing, or delivering any contract of insurance; or
(c) Collecting or receiving any premium, membership fee, assessment, or other consideration for insurance;

and a copy of such process is sent within 10 days thereafter by registered mail by the plaintiff or plaintiff’s attorney to the defendant at the last known principal place of business of the defendant, and the defendant’s receipt, or the receipt issued by the post office with which the letter is registered, showing the name of the sender of the letter and the name and address of the person to whom the letter is addressed, and the affidavit of the plaintiff or plaintiff’s attorney showing a compliance herewith are filed with the clerk of the court in which such action is pending on or before the date the defendant is required to appear, or within such further time as the court may allow.

(3) No plaintiff shall be entitled to a judgment by default or a decree pro confesso under this section until the expiration of 30 days from date of the filing of the affidavit of compliance.
(4) Nothing in this section shall limit or abridge the right to serve any process, notice, or demand upon any insurer or person representing or aiding such insurer in any other manner now or hereafter permitted by law.
History.—s. 348, ch. 59-205; ss. 13, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 2, ch. 81-318; ss. 318, 807, ch. 82-243; ss. 156, 206, 207, ch. 90-363; s. 4, ch. 91-429; s. 296, ch. 97-102; s. 1011, ch. 2003-261; s. 14, ch. 2016-132.

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Borden v. East-Eur. Ins. Co., 921 So. 2d 587 (Fla. 2006).

Cited 107 times | Published | Supreme Court of Florida | 2006 A.M.C. 758, 2006 Fla. LEXIS 9, 2006 WL 128689

...llowing: (1) Solicitation or inducement. (2) Preliminary negotiations. (3) Effectuation of a contract of insurance. (4) Transaction of matters subsequent to effectuation of a contract of insurance and arising out of it. § 624.10, Fla. Stat. (2005). Section 626.907, Florida Statutes (2005), is entitled "Service of process; judgment by default," and specifies the procedure by which service of process is to be made for unauthorized foreign insurers subject to personal jurisdiction under section 626.906. Thus, collectively sections 626.906 and 626.907 allow a Florida court to effectuate service of process on and exercise personal jurisdiction over an unauthorized foreign insurer whenever the insurer engages in one of the acts enumerated in section 626.906....
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Drake v. Scharlau, 353 So. 2d 961 (Fla. 2d DCA 1978).

Cited 24 times | Published | Florida 2nd District Court of Appeal

...Appellees unsuccessfully attempted personal service on appellant Drake by the Sheriff of Pasco County in late June 1976. Appellees then attempted substituted service of process on Drake by serving the Secretary of State under Section 48.171, Florida Statutes (1975) and on Beacon by serving the Insurance Commissioner under Section 626.907(1), Florida Statutes (1975)....
...[3] Now, with respect to appellant Beacon, it is equally clear that again appellees' original complaint did not contain the jurisdictional allegations necessary to constitute the Insurance Commissioner as Beacon's agent for substituted service of process pursuant to Sections 626.906 and 626.907(1), Florida Statutes (1975)....
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Parliament Life Ins. Co. v. EGLIN NAT. BK., 333 So. 2d 517 (Fla. 1st DCA 1976).

Cited 8 times | Published | Florida 1st District Court of Appeal | 1976 Fla. App. LEXIS 15170

...a when they bought their policies, and then moved to Florida. Davis defaulted on the promissory note, and Parliament refused to permit the policy to be surrendered or cashed in. Eglin brought suit. Service of process was obtained on Parliament under Section 626.907, Florida Statutes....
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Winterthur Intern., Ltd. v. Palacios, 559 So. 2d 1214 (Fla. 3d DCA 1990).

Cited 5 times | Published | Florida 3rd District Court of Appeal | 1990 Fla. App. LEXIS 1815, 1990 WL 29490

...nd denies other material assertions of the insured. We therefore remand for a limited evidentiary hearing on the jurisdictional issue. Winterthur also contends, and the insured concedes, that the insured did not strictly comply with the procedure of section 626.907(2), Florida Statutes, in effecting service on Winterthur....
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Harbour Assurance Co. of Bermuda v. Sun Bank of Ocala, 431 So. 2d 243 (Fla. 4th DCA 1983).

Published | Florida 4th District Court of Appeal | 1983 Fla. App. LEXIS 19339

...menable to long-arm jurisdiction pursuant to Section 626.906, Florida Statutes, and purported to authorize the plaintiff to file an amended complaint within twenty (20) days from his order and to cause it to be served upon Harbour in accordance with Section 626.907, Florida Statutes, does not render the order one which is the proper subject of review by this Court....
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Prescott Architects, Inc. v. Lexington Ins., 638 F. Supp. 2d 1317 (N.D. Fla. 2009).

Published | District Court, N.D. Florida | 2009 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 56855

...statute. [5] Moore v. Liberty Nat. Life Ins. Co., 267 F.3d 1209, 1220 (11th Cir.2001). Prescott argues four provisions of the *1321 Florida Insurance Code would be impaired if the court enforces the parties' arbitration agreement: Sections 626.905, 626.907, 626.908, and 626.937. Sections 626.905, 626.907, and 626.908 are part of the Unauthorized Insurers Process Law ("UIPL") and provide methods of substituted service on unauthorized insurers....
...The Court also disagrees with Prescott's second argument that compelling arbitration would "invalidate, impair, or supercede" provisions of the UIPL and Surplus Lines Law in violation of the MFA. As stated earlier, Prescott argues that §§ 626.905, 626.907, and 626.908 of the UIPL — which establish requirements for serving process on unauthorized insurers and actions such insurers must take before responding to a lawsuit — provide a substantive right to file suit against an unauthorized insurer like Lexington....
...[7] Section 626.905 states, in relevant part, the purpose of the UIPL is to provide a method of substituted service on unauthorized insurers to prevent Florida residents holding policies issued by such companies from traveling to "distant forums for the purpose of asserting legal rights." Section 626.907 provides the method of serving process on unauthorized insurers and states: "Service of process ....
...shall be made by delivering to and leaving with the Chief Financial Officer . . . two copies thereof. The Chief Financial Officer shall . . . mail one of the copies . . . to the defendant at the defendant's last known principal place of business." Fla. Stat. § 626.907(1). The statute also allows service of process "in any other manner now or hereafter permitted by law." Fla. Stat. § 626.907(4)....
...not related to the business of insurance and that the statutes Prescott relies on regulate the Florida insurance industry. Their dispute centers on the MFA's third prong of whether the FAA invalidates, impairs, or supercedes Fla. Stat. §§ 626.905, 626.907, 626.908, or 626.937....

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