(1) The receiver shall, immediately after appointment in any delinquency proceeding against an insurer in which the policies have been canceled, give written notice of such proceeding to each general agent and licensed agent of the insurer in this state. Each general agent and licensed agent of the insurer in this state shall forthwith give written notice of such proceeding to all subagents, producing agents, brokers, and service representatives writing business through such general agent or licensed agent, whether or not such subagents, producing agents, brokers, and servicing representatives are licensed or permitted by the insurer and whether or not they are operating under a written agency contract.
(2) Unless, within 15 days subsequent to the date of such notice, all agents referred to in subsection (1) have either replaced or reinsured in a solvent authorized insurer the insurance coverages placed by or through such agent in the delinquent insurer, such agents shall then, by registered or certified mail, or by e-mail with delivery receipt required, send to the last known address of any policyholder a written notice of the insolvency of the delinquent insurer.
(3) The license, permit, or certificate of authority of any person, firm, or corporation which fails to comply with the provisions of this section is subject to revocation as otherwise provided by law.
(4) If such person, firm, or corporation is not licensed or permitted or the holder of a certificate of authority under any section of this code, such person, firm, or corporation, or the officers and directors thereof, are, upon failure to comply with the provisions of this section, guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or by a fine of not more than $5,000.
History.—s. 750, ch. 59-205; s. 15, ch. 70-27; s. 809(1st), ch. 82-243; s. 24, ch. 83-38; ss. 187, 188, ch. 91-108; s. 4, ch. 91-429; s. 68, ch. 2002-206; s. 16, ch. 2015-180.
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.