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Fla. Stat. § 627.842

Restrictions on premium finance agreements

Known as the Alonzo Mourning Access to Care Act

The act spans §§ 627.011 to 627.9913 (628 sections).

History.--s. 1, ch. 63-16; s. 3, ch. 76-168; s. 1, ch. 77-457; ss. 2, 3, ch. 81-318; ss. 606, 612, 809(2nd), ch. 82-243; s. 79, ch. 82-386; s. 114, ch. 92-318; s. 370, ch. 97-102.

No premium finance agreement or contract ancillary thereto shall contain any provision by which:

(1) In the absence of default of the insured, the premium finance company holding the agreement may, arbitrarily and without reasonable cause, accelerate the maturity of any part or all of the amount owing thereunder;

(2) A power of attorney is given to confer any authority to perform any act other than to request cancellation for nonpayment of premium; or

(3) The insured relieves the insurance agent or the premium finance company holding the agreement from liability for any legal rights or remedies which the insured may otherwise have against her or him.

Official source: Online Sunshine (Florida Legislature). Reproduced from public-domain Florida statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.