Florida Statute 626.9707 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title XXXVII
INSURANCE

Chapter 626
INSURANCE FIELD REPRESENTATIVES AND OPERATIONS

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626.9707 Disability insurance; discrimination on basis of sickle-cell trait prohibited.—

(1) An insurer authorized to transact insurance in this state may not refuse to issue and deliver in this state any policy of disability insurance, whether such policy is defined as individual, group, blanket, franchise, industrial, or otherwise, which is currently being issued for delivery in this state and which affords benefits and coverage for any medical treatment or service authorized and permitted to be furnished by a hospital, clinic, health clinic, neighborhood health clinic, health maintenance organization, physician, physician assistant, advanced practice registered nurse, or medical service facility or personnel solely because the person to be insured has the sickle-cell trait.

(2) No disability insurance policy issued or delivered in this state shall carry a higher premium rate or charge solely because the person to be insured has the sickle-cell trait.

History.—s. 1, ch. 78-35; s. 807, ch. 82-243; ss. 206, 207, ch. 90-363; s. 4, ch. 91-429; s. 27, ch. 2020-9.

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Talat Enter., Inc. v. Aetna Cas. & Sur. Co., 753 So. 2d 1278 (Fla. 2000).

Cited 62 times | Published | Supreme Court of Florida | 2000 WL 232303

...At the time of its adoption in 1982, section 624.155(1)(a), Florida Statutes (Supp.1982), provided a civil remedy for any person damaged by an insurer's violation of any of the following provisions: 1. Section 626.9541(9), (15), or (24); 2. Section 626.9551; 3. Section 626.9705; 4. Section 626.9706; or 5. Section 626.9707;.......

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DADELAND DEPOT. v. St. Paul Fire & Marine, 945 So. 2d 1216 (Fla. 2006).

Cited 49 times | Published | Supreme Court of Florida | 31 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 882, 2006 Fla. LEXIS 2953, 2006 WL 3741019

...may bring a civil action against an insurer when such person is damaged: (a) By a violation of any of the following provisions by the insurer: 1. Section 626.9541(1)(i), (o), or (x); 2. Section 626.9551; 3. Section 626.9705; 4. Section 626.9706; 5. Section 626.9707; or 6....

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State Farm Fire & Cas. Co. v. Zebrowski, 706 So. 2d 275 (Fla. 1997).

Cited 13 times | Published | Supreme Court of Florida | 22 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 726, 1997 Fla. LEXIS 1965, 1997 WL 730719

...Section 624.155(1) reads in pertinent part: (1) Any person may bring a civil action against an insurer when such person is damaged: (a) By a violation of any of the following provisions by the insurer: 1. Section 626.9541(1)(i), ( o ), or (x); 2. Section 626.9551; 3. Section 626.9705; 4. Section 626.9706; 5. Section 626.9707; or 6....

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Home Ins. Co. v. Owens, 573 So. 2d 343 (Fla. 4th DCA 1990).

Cited 9 times | Published | Florida 4th District Court of Appeal | 1990 WL 175784

...Section 624.155, Florida Statutes (1985) provides: (1) Any person may bring a civil action against an insurer when such person is damaged: (a) By a violation of any of the following provisions by the insurer: 1. Section 626.9541(1)(i), ( o ), or (x); 2. Section 626.9551; 3. Section 626.9705; 4. Section 626.9706; or 5. Section 626.9707; or (b) By the commission of any of the following acts by the insurer: 1....

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Zebrowski v. State Farm Fire & Cas. Co., 673 So. 2d 562 (Fla. 4th DCA 1996).

Cited 2 times | Published | Florida 4th District Court of Appeal | 1996 WL 267929

...ay bring a civil action against an insurer when such person is damaged: (a) By a violation of any of the following provisions by the insurer: 1. Section 626.9541(1)(i), ( o ), or (x); 2. Section 626.9551; 3. Section 626.9705; 4. Section 626.9706; 5. Section 626.9707; or 6....

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316, Inc. v. Maryland Cas. Co., 625 F. Supp. 2d 1179 (N.D. Fla. 2008).

Cited 1 times | Published | District Court, N.D. Florida | 2008 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 41049, 2008 WL 2157084

...[5] Section 624.155(1)(a) permits a person to bring a civil action against an insurer when such person is damaged by a violation of any of the following provisions by the insurer: 1. Section 626.9541(1)(i), (o), or (x); 2. Section 626.9551; 3. Section 626.9705; 4. Section 626.9706; 5. Section 626.9707; or 6....

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Buell v. Direct Gen. Ins. Agency, Inc., 488 F. Supp. 2d 1215 (M.D. Fla. 2007).

Cited 1 times | Published | District Court, M.D. Florida | 2007 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 44059

...Section 624.155(1)(a)1-5 provides in pertinent part that [a]ny person may bring a civil action against an insurer when such person is damaged: By a violation of any of the following provisions by the insurer: Section 626.9541(1)(i), ( o ), or (x); Section 626.9551; Section 626.9705; Section 626.9706; Section 626.9707." Had the Florida legislature wished to include section 626.9541(1)(z) within the ambit of section 624.155(1)(a), it was free to do so....

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