(1) Any assessment of a subscriber or member of an insurer made by the department pursuant to the order of court fixing the aggregate amount of the assessment against all members or subscribers and approving the classification and formula made by the department under s. 631.321(1) shall be prima facie correct.
(2) Each member or subscriber shall be notified of the amount of assessment to be paid by her or him by written notice mailed to the address of the member or subscriber last of record with the insurer. Failure of the member or subscriber to receive the notice so mailed, within the time specified therein or at all, shall be no defense in any proceeding to collect the assessment.
(3) If any such member or subscriber fails to pay the assessment within the period specified in the notice, which period shall not be less than 20 days after mailing, the department may obtain an order in the delinquency proceeding requiring the member or subscriber to show cause at a time and place fixed by the court why judgment should not be entered against such member or subscriber for the amount of the assessment, together with all costs. A copy of the order and a copy of the petition therefor shall be served upon the member or subscriber within the time and in the manner designated in the order.
(4) If the subscriber or member after due service of a copy of the order and petition referred to in subsection (3) is made upon her or him:
(a) Fails to appear at the time and place specified in the order, judgment shall be entered against her or him as prayed for in the petition; or
(b) Appears in the manner and form required by law in response to the order, the court shall hear and determine the matter and enter a judgment in accordance with its decision. In the interests of judicial economy, the court may appoint a special magistrate to resolve objections or to perform any particular service required by the court. This paragraph shall apply to receivership proceedings commencing prior to, or subsequent to, July 1, 1997.
(5) The department may collect any such assessment through any other lawful means.
History.—s. 749, ch. 59-205; ss. 13, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 809(1st), ch. 82-243; ss. 187, 188, ch. 91-108; s. 4, ch. 91-429; s. 408, ch. 97-102; s. 13, ch. 97-262; s. 94, ch. 2004-11.
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.