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The 2023 Florida Statutes (including Special Session C)

Title XXXVII
INSURANCE
Chapter 631
INSURER INSOLVENCY; GUARANTY OF PAYMENT
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F.S. 631.52
631.52 Scope.This part shall apply to all kinds of direct insurance, except:
(1) Life, annuity, health, or disability insurance;
(2) Mortgage guaranty, financial guaranty, or other forms of insurance offering protection against investment risks;
(3) Fidelity or surety bonds, or any other bonding obligations;
(4) Credit insurance, vendors’ single interest insurance, or collateral protection insurance or any similar insurance protecting the interests of a creditor arising out of a creditor-debtor transaction;
(5) Warranty, including motor vehicle service, home warranty, or service warranty;
(6) Ambulance service, health care service, or preneed funeral merchandise or service;
(7) Optometric service plan, pharmaceutical service plan, or dental service plan;
(8) Legal expense;
(9) Health maintenance, prepaid health clinic, or continuing care;
(10) Ocean marine or wet marine insurance;
(11) Self-insurance and any kind of self-insurance fund, liability pool, or risk management fund;
(12) Title insurance;
(13) Surplus lines;
(14) Workers’ compensation, including claims under employer liability coverage;
(15) Any transaction or combination of transactions between a person, including affiliates of such person, and an insurer, including affiliates of such insurer, which involves the transfer of investment or credit risk unaccompanied by the transfer of insurance risk; or
(16) Any insurance provided by or guaranteed by government.
History.s. 3, ch. 70-20; s. 1, ch. 77-227; s. 1, ch. 80-26; s. 809(1st), ch. 82-243; s. 3, ch. 85-321; s. 4, ch. 87-350; ss. 187, 188, ch. 91-108; s. 4, ch. 91-429; s. 16, ch. 97-262; s. 21, ch. 2007-90; s. 1, ch. 2010-49.

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Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 631.52
Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 631.52.



Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases from cite.case.law:

FLORIDA INSURANCE GUARANTY ASSOCIATION, INC. v. KARELAS, 106 So. 3d 1 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2012)

. . . Stat. (2011), by statute, § 631.52(13), Fla. Stat. (2011), and by its own terms. See Fla. Ins. . . . Member insurer” means any person who writes any kind of insurance to which this part applies under s. 631.52 . . .

SHEAR HOMES, INC. v. SHEPPARD,, 764 So. 2d 705 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2000)

. . . See § 631.52(11), Fla. Stat. (1991). . . .

MEARS TRANSPORTATION GROUP, v. STATE O. III, ASHTIN LEASING, INC. d b a d b a v. O. DICKINSON, III,, 34 F.3d 1013 (11th Cir. 1994)

. . . See also Fla.Stat. ch. 631.52, listing types of insurance the carriers for which are not members of the . . .

FLORIDA INSURANCE GUARANTY ASSOCIATION, v. PILINGS STRUCTURES, INC., 616 So. 2d 532 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1993)

. . . Section 631.52, Florida Statutes (1985), states that the Act shall apply to all kinds of direct insurance . . . construing a provision of the Louisiana Insurance Guaranty Association Law which is very similar to section 631.52 . . . While we find the Deshotels analysis persuasive, it is unnecessary for us to decide whether section 631.52 . . . Therefore, it is not “ocean marine” or “wet marine” insurance for purposes of section 631.52. . . . Section 631.52 expressly provides that the Act applies to “all kinds of direct insurance” except those . . .

FALCON TERMITE PEST CONTROL, INC. v. FLORIDA INSURANCE GUARANTY ASSOCIATION,, 589 So. 2d 331 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1991)

. . . Warranty insurance is excluded by the Act under section 631.52(5) which states: This part shall apply . . . Since under section 631.52(5) the act applies to “all kinds of insurance,” and since there is no exclusion . . .

COMMERCIAL CREDIT EQUIPMENT CORP. v. FLORIDA INSURANCE GUARANTY ASSOCIATION,, 583 So. 2d 372 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1991)

. . . provided “credit insurance” within the meaning of the exclusion from coverage contained in section 631.52 . . . The applicable statute is section 631.52, Florida Statutes (1985), which is part of the Florida Insurance . . . However, appellee’s obligations under the act are limited somewhat under section 631.52, which provides . . . similar insurance protecting the interests of a creditor arising out of a creditor-debtor transaction.” § 631.52 . . . whether the insurance policy at hand was “credit insurance” excluded from appellee’s coverage by section 631.52 . . .

In MUTSCHLER d b a, 45 B.R. 494 (Bankr. D.N.D. 1984)

. . . The second payment due in November 1983 of $45,-631.52 was missed, resulting in the equipment’s repossession . . .

ZINKE- SMITH, INC. v. FLORIDA INSURANCE GUARANTY ASSOCIATION, INC., 304 So. 2d 507 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1974)

. . . Section 631.52, F.S. provides as follows: “This part shall apply to all kinds of direct insurance except . . .