(1) No contract of insurance of property or of any interest in property or arising from property shall be enforceable as to the insurance except for the benefit of persons having an insurable interest in the things insured as at the time of the loss.
(2) “Insurable interest” as used in this section means any actual, lawful, and substantial economic interest in the safety or preservation of the subject of the insurance free from loss, destruction, or pecuniary damage or impairment.
(3) The measure of an insurable interest in property is the extent to which the insured might be damnified by loss, injury, or impairment thereof.
History.—s. 454, ch. 59-205; s. 3, ch. 76-168; s. 1, ch. 77-457; ss. 2, 3, ch. 81-318; ss. 377, 809(2nd), ch. 82-243; s. 79, ch. 82-386; s. 114, ch. 92-318.
Structure Florida Statutes
Chapter 627 - Insurance Rates and Contracts
Part II - The Insurance Contract (Ss. 627.401-627.444)
627.4025 - Residential coverage and hurricane coverage defined.
627.4035 - Payment of premiums; claims.
627.404 - Insurable interest; personal insurance.
627.405 - Insurable interest; property.
627.406 - Power to contract; purchase of insurance by or for minor.
627.407 - Alteration of application.
627.408 - Application as evidence.
627.4085 - Insurer name, agent name, and license identification number required on application.
627.409 - Representations in applications; warranties.
627.4091 - Specific reasons for denial, cancellation, or nonrenewal.
627.40951 - Standard personal lines residential insurance policy.
627.410 - Filing, approval of forms.
627.4101 - Credit insurance enrollment forms.
627.4102 - Informational filing of forms.
627.4105 - Life and health insurance; reduced premiums upon rigorous physical examination.
627.411 - Grounds for disapproval.
627.412 - Standard provisions, in general.
627.413 - Contents of policies, in general; identification.
627.4131 - Telephone number required.
627.4132 - Stacking of coverages prohibited.
627.4133 - Notice of cancellation, nonrenewal, or renewal premium.
627.4135 - Casualty insurance contracts subject to general provisions for insurance contracts.
627.4136 - Nonjoinder of insurers.
627.4137 - Disclosure of certain information required.
627.4138 - Wrap-up insurance policies for nonpublic construction projects.
627.414 - Additional policy contents.
627.4143 - Outline of coverage.
627.4145 - Readable language in insurance policies.
627.4147 - Medical malpractice insurance contracts.
627.4148 - Medical malpractice insurers; required offer of coverage limits.
627.41495 - Public notice of medical malpractice rate filings.
627.415 - Charter, bylaw provisions.
627.416 - Execution of policies.
627.417 - Underwriters’ and combination policies.
627.418 - Validity of noncomplying contracts.
627.419 - Construction of policies.
627.4195 - Health insurance; claims for payment of psychotherapeutic services; confidentiality.
627.4205 - Coverage identification number required.
627.4215 - Disclosures to policyholders; coverage of behavioral health care services.
627.422 - Assignment of policies or post-loss benefits.
627.423 - Payment discharges insurer.
627.4232 - Health insurance out-of-hospital benefits.
627.4233 - Total disability defined.
627.4234 - Health insurance cost containment provisions required.
627.4235 - Coordination of benefits.
627.4236 - Coverage for bone marrow transplant procedures.
627.4237 - Sickness disability or disability due to sickness.
627.4238 - Health insurer examinations.
627.4239 - Coverage for use of drugs in treatment of cancer.
627.42392 - Prior authorization.
627.42393 - Step-therapy protocol.
627.42395 - Coverage for certain prescription and nonprescription enteral formulas.
627.42396 - Reimbursement for telehealth services.
627.42397 - Coverage for air ambulance services.
627.424 - Minor may give acquittance.
627.425 - Forms for proof of loss to be furnished.
627.426 - Claims administration.
627.4265 - Payment of settlement.
627.427 - Payment of judgment by insurer; penalty for failure.
627.429 - Medical tests for HIV infection and AIDS for insurance purposes.
627.4295 - Dental procedures; anesthesia and hospitalization coverage.
627.4301 - Genetic information for insurance purposes.
627.4302 - Identification cards for processing prescription drug claims.
627.43141 - Notice of change in policy terms.
627.441 - Commercial general liability policies; coverage to contractors for completed operations.
627.442 - Insurance contracts.