(1) In any proceeding or claim by the receiver, an affiliate, a controlled or controlling person, or a present or former officer, manager, director, trustee, or shareholder of the insurer may not assert any defense unless:
(a) Evidence of the defense was recorded in the books and records of the insurer at or about the time the events giving rise to the defense occurred; and
(b) If required by statutory accounting practices and procedures, such events were timely reported on the insurer’s official financial statements filed with the office.
(2) An affiliate, a controlled or controlling person, or a present or former officer, manager, director, trustee, or shareholder of the insurer may not assert any claim unless:
(a) The obligations were recorded in the books and records of the insurer at or about the time the obligations were incurred; and
(b) If required by statutory accounting practices and procedures, the obligations were timely reported on the insurer’s official financial statements filed with the office.
(3) This section does not bar claims based on unrecorded or unreported transactions by the receiver against any affiliate, controlled or controlling person, or present or former officer, manager, director, trustee, or shareholder of the insurer.
History.—s. 8, ch. 2017-143.
Structure Florida Statutes
Chapter 631 - Insurer Insolvency; Guaranty of Payment
Part I - Insurer Insolvency: Rehabilitation and Liquidation (Ss. 631.001-631.401)
631.001 - Title, construction, and purpose.
631.015 - Reciprocity; treatment of policyholders.
631.025 - Persons subject to this part.
631.031 - Initiation and commencement of delinquency proceeding.
631.041 - Automatic stay; relief from stay; injunctions.
631.051 - Grounds for rehabilitation; domestic insurers.
631.0515 - Appointment of receiver; insurance holding company.
631.061 - Grounds for liquidation.
631.071 - Grounds for conservation; foreign insurers.
631.081 - Grounds for conservation; alien insurers.
631.091 - Grounds for ancillary liquidation; foreign insurers.
631.101 - Order of rehabilitation; termination.
631.111 - Order of liquidation; domestic insurers.
631.112 - Subordination of claims for noncooperation.
631.121 - Order of liquidation; alien insurers.
631.131 - Order of conservation or ancillary liquidation of foreign or alien insurers.
631.141 - Conduct of delinquency proceeding; domestic and alien insurers.
631.152 - Conduct of delinquency proceeding; foreign insurers.
631.1521 - Actions by and against the receiver.
631.1522 - Unrecorded obligations and defenses and claims of affiliates.
631.153 - Intervention; exclusiveness of claims procedure.
631.154 - Funds, assets, or other property in the possession of third person.
631.155 - Agents’ balances; premiums and unearned commissions.
631.156 - Investigation by the department; scope of authority; sharing of materials.
631.157 - Civil action by the receiver.
631.161 - Claims of nonresidents against insurers domiciled in this state.
631.171 - Claims of residents against insurers domiciled in reciprocal states.
631.181 - Filing and proof of claim.
631.182 - Receiver claims report and claimants objections procedure.
631.192 - Allowance of certain claims.
631.195 - Records of insurers; public records exemptions.
631.201 - Attachment and garnishment of assets.
631.205 - Reinsurance proceeds.
631.221 - Deposit of moneys collected.
631.231 - Exemption from fees.
631.241 - Borrowing on pledge of assets.
631.251 - Date rights fixed on liquidation.
631.252 - Continuation of coverage.
631.262 - Transfers prior to petition.
631.263 - Transfers after petition.
631.2715 - Liability under federal priority of claims law.
631.311 - Report and petition for assessment.
631.321 - Order and levy of assessment.
631.331 - Assessment prima facie correct; notice; payment; proceeding to collect.
631.341 - Notice of insolvency to policyholders by insurer, general agent, or agent.
631.361 - Seizure under court order.
631.371 - Seizure under order of the department.
631.391 - Cooperation of officers and employees.
631.3915 - Actions for damages.
631.395 - Guaranty fund; orders of court.
631.397 - Use of certain marshaled assets.
631.398 - Prevention of insolvencies.
631.399 - Receiver’s right to recover distributions made to affiliate.
631.400 - Rehabilitation of title insurer.
631.401 - Recovery of assessments and assumed policy obligations.