Florida Statutes
Part III - Service Warranty Associations (Ss. 634.401-634.444)
634.415 - Tax on premiums; annual statement; reports.


(1) In addition to the license fees provided in this part for service warranty associations and license taxes as provided in the insurance code as to insurers, each such association and insurer shall, annually on or before March 1, file with the office its annual statement, in the form prescribed by the commission, showing all premiums or assessments received by it in connection with the issuance of service warranties in this state during the preceding calendar year and using accounting principles which will enable the office to ascertain whether the financial requirements set forth in s. 634.406 have been satisfied.
(2) The gross amount of premiums and assessments is subject to the sales tax imposed by s. 212.0506.
(3) The office may levy a fine of up to $100 a day for each day an association neglects to file the annual statement in the form and within the time provided by this part. The amount of the fine shall be established by rules adopted by the commission. The office shall deposit all sums collected by it under this section to the credit of the Insurance Regulatory Trust Fund.
(4) The office may suspend or revoke the license of a service warranty association failing to file its annual statement when due.
(5) The commission may by rule require each service warranty association to submit to the office, as the commission may designate, all or part of the information contained in the financial statements and reports required by this section in a computer-readable form compatible with the electronic data processing system specified by the office.
History.—s. 5, ch. 78-255; s. 3, ch. 81-148; s. 2, ch. 81-318; s. 3, ch. 83-265; ss. 11, 36, 37, 38, ch. 83-322; s. 30, ch. 87-99; s. 11, ch. 88-206; s. 37, ch. 89-356; s. 46, ch. 90-119; s. 58, ch. 91-106; ss. 19, 20, ch. 93-195; s. 21, ch. 2001-281; s. 1500, ch. 2003-261; s. 34, ch. 2010-175.

Structure Florida Statutes

Florida Statutes

Title XXXVII - Insurance

Chapter 634 - Warranty Associations

Part III - Service Warranty Associations (Ss. 634.401-634.444)

634.401 - Definitions.

634.402 - Powers of department, commission, and office; rules.

634.4025 - Part exclusive; applicability of other laws.

634.403 - License required; exemptions.

634.404 - Qualifications for license.

634.405 - Required deposit or bond.

634.4051 - Levy upon deposit limited.

634.406 - Financial requirements.

634.4061 - Assets and liabilities.

634.4062 - Prohibited investments and loans.

634.4065 - Guarantee agreements.

634.407 - Application for and issuance of license.

634.408 - License continuance.

634.4085 - Acquisition.

634.409 - Grounds for suspension or revocation of license.

634.411 - Order; notice of suspension or revocation of license; effect; publication.

634.412 - Duration of suspension; obligations of association during suspension; reinstatement.

634.413 - Administrative fine in lieu of suspension or revocation.

634.414 - Forms; required provisions.

634.4145 - Noncompliant forms.

634.415 - Tax on premiums; annual statement; reports.

634.416 - Examination of associations.

634.4165 - Office records required.

634.417 - Service of process.

634.419 - License and appointment required.

634.420 - License and appointment of sales representatives.

634.421 - Reporting and accounting for funds.

634.422 - Grounds for compulsory refusal, suspension, or revocation of license or appointment of sales representatives.

634.4225 - Rebating; when allowed.

634.423 - Grounds for discretionary refusal, suspension, or revocation of license or appointment of sales representatives.

634.424 - Procedure for refusal, suspension, or revocation of license or appointment of sales representatives.

634.425 - Duration of suspension or revocation.

634.426 - Administrative fine in lieu of suspension or revocation of license or appointment.

634.427 - Disposition of taxes and fees.

634.428 - Insurance business not authorized.

634.429 - Fronting not permitted.

634.430 - Dissolution or liquidation.

634.431 - Penalty for violation.

634.433 - Civil remedy.

634.435 - Unfair methods of competition and unfair or deceptive acts or practices prohibited.

634.436 - Unfair methods of competition and unfair or deceptive acts or practices defined.

634.437 - Power of department and office to examine and investigate.

634.438 - Prohibited practices; hearings; procedure; service of process.

634.4385 - Unauthorized entities; gifts and grants.

634.439 - Cease and desist and penalty orders.

634.44 - Appeals from orders of the department or office.

634.441 - Penalty for violation of cease and desist order.

634.442 - Injunctive proceedings.

634.443 - Civil liability.

634.444 - Investigatory records.