624.302 Offices.—The department shall establish and maintain offices at the State Capitol in Tallahassee, and in such other places throughout the state as it designates. The Office of Insurance Regulation shall establish and maintain offices in Tallahassee and in such other places throughout the state as it designates. History.—s. 17, ch. 59-205; ss. 13, 35, ch. […]
624.303 Seal; certified copies as evidence.— (1) The department, commission, and office shall each have an official seal by which its respective proceedings are authenticated. (2) All certificates executed by the department or office, other than licenses of agents, or adjusters or similar licenses or permits, shall bear its respective seal. (3) Any written instrument purporting to be a […]
624.307 General powers; duties.— (1) The department and office shall enforce the provisions of this code and shall execute the duties imposed upon them by this code, within the respective jurisdiction of each, as provided by law. (2) The department shall have the powers and authority expressly conferred upon it by, or reasonably implied from, the provisions of […]
624.308 Rules.— (1) The department and the commission may each adopt rules pursuant to ss. 120.536(1) and 120.54 to implement provisions of law conferring duties upon the department or the commission, respectively. (2) In addition to any other penalty provided, willful violation of any such rule shall subject the violator to such suspension or revocation of certificate of […]
624.310 Enforcement; cease and desist orders; removal of certain persons; fines.— (1) DEFINITIONS.—For the purposes of this section, the term: (a) “Affiliated party” means any person who directs or participates in the conduct of the affairs of a licensee and who is: 1. A director, officer, employee, trustee, committee member, or controlling stockholder of a licensee or a subsidiary […]
624.3102 Immunity from civil liability for providing department, commission, or office with information about condition of insurer.—A person, other than a person filing a required report or other required information, who provides the department, commission, or office with information about the financial condition of an insurer is immune from civil liability arising out of the provision […]
624.311 Records; reproductions; destruction.— (1) Except as provided in this section, the department, commission, and office shall each preserve in permanent form records of its proceedings, hearings, investigations, and examinations and shall file such records in its office. (2) The records of insurance claim negotiations of any state agency or political subdivision are confidential and exempt from s. […]
624.312 Reproductions and certified copies of records as evidence.— (1) Photographs or microphotographs in the form of film or prints, or other reproductions from an electronic recordkeeping system, of documents and records made under s. 624.311(3), or made under former s. 624.311(3) before October 1, 1982, shall have the same force and effect as the originals thereof […]
624.313 Publications.— (1) As early as reasonably possible, the office shall annually have printed and made available a statistical report which must include all of the following information on either a calendar year or fiscal year basis: (a) A summary of all information reported to the office under s. 627.915(1). (b) The total amount of premiums written and earned […]
624.314 Publications; Insurance Regulatory Trust Fund.—The department and office shall each deposit all moneys received from the sale of publications under s. 624.313 in the Insurance Regulatory Trust Fund for the purpose of paying costs for the preparation, printing, and delivery of the publications mentioned in s. 624.313(2), packaging and mailing costs, and banking, accounting, and […]
624.315 Annual report.— (1) As early as reasonably possible, the office, with such assistance from the department as requested, shall annually prepare a report to the Speaker and Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, the President and Minority Leader of the Senate, the chairs of the legislative committees with jurisdiction over matters of insurance, and the […]
624.316 Examination of insurers.— (1)(a) The office shall examine the affairs, transactions, accounts, records, and assets of each authorized insurer and of the attorney in fact of a reciprocal insurer as to its transactions affecting the insurer as often as it deems advisable, except as provided in this section. The examination may include examination of the affairs, […]
624.3161 Market conduct examinations.— (1) As often as it deems necessary, the office shall examine each licensed rating organization, each advisory organization, each group, association, carrier, as defined in s. 440.02, or other organization of insurers which engages in joint underwriting or joint reinsurance, and each authorized insurer transacting in this state any class of insurance to […]
624.317 Investigation of agents, adjusters, administrators, service companies, and others.—If it has reason to believe that any person has violated or is violating any provision of this code, or upon the written complaint signed by any interested person indicating that any such violation may exist: (1) The department shall conduct such investigation as it deems necessary of […]
624.318 Conduct of examination or investigation; access to records; correction of accounts; appraisals.— (1) The examination or investigation may be conducted by the accredited examiners or investigators of the department or office at the offices wherever located of the person being examined or investigated and at such other places as may be required for determination of matters […]
624.319 Examination and investigation reports.— (1) The department or office or its examiner shall make a full and true written report of each examination. The examination report shall contain only information obtained from examination of the records, accounts, files, and documents of or relative to the insurer examined or from testimony of individuals under oath, together with […]
624.320 Examination expenses.— (1) Each insurer so examined shall pay to the office the expenses of the examination at the rates adopted by the office. Such expenses shall include actual travel expenses, reasonable living expense allowance, compensation of the examiner or other person making the examination, and necessary attendant administrative costs of the office directly related to […]
624.321 Witnesses and evidence.— (1) As to any examination, investigation, or hearing being conducted under this code, a person designated by the department or office, respectively: (a) May administer oaths, examine and cross-examine witnesses, receive oral and documentary evidence; and (b) Shall have the power to subpoena witnesses, compel their attendance and testimony, and require by subpoena the production […]
624.322 Testimony compelled; immunity from prosecution.— (1) If any natural person asks to be excused from attending or testifying or from producing any books, papers, records, contracts, documents, or other evidence in connection with any examination, hearing, or investigation being conducted by the department, commission, or office or its examiner, on the ground that the testimony or […]
624.324 Hearings.—The department, commission, and office may each hold hearings for any purpose within the scope of this code deemed to be necessary. History.—s. 39, ch. 59-205; ss. 13, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 3, ch. 76-168; s. 1, ch. 77-457; s. 21, ch. 78-95; ss. 2, 3, ch. 81-318; ss. 34, 37, 809(1st), ch. 82-243; ss. […]
