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The 2023 Florida Statutes (including Special Session C)

Title XXXVII
INSURANCE
Chapter 626
INSURANCE FIELD REPRESENTATIVES AND OPERATIONS
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F.S. 626.734
626.734 Corporations, liability of agent.Any general lines insurance agent who is an officer, director, or stockholder of an incorporated general lines insurance agency shall remain personally and fully liable and accountable for any wrongful acts, misconduct, or violations of any provisions of this code committed by such licensee or by any person under his or her direct supervision and control while acting on behalf of the corporation. Nothing in this section shall be construed to render any person criminally liable or subject to any disciplinary proceedings for any act unless such person personally committed or knew or should have known of such act and of the facts constituting a violation of this chapter.
History.s. 4, ch. 63-20; s. 3, ch. 76-168; s. 1, ch. 77-457; s. 3, ch. 81-282; ss. 2, 3, ch. 81-318; ss. 241, 807, 810, ch. 82-243; ss. 70, 206, 207, ch. 90-363; s. 4, ch. 91-429; s. 242, ch. 97-102.

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Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 626.734
Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 626.734.



Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases from cite.case.law:

In M. BARRETT, CLARENDON NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY, v. M. BARRETT,, 156 B.R. 529 (Bankr. N.D. Tex. 1993)

. . . Fla.Stat. (1984). 626.734. . . . Barrett’s insistence that §§ 626.795 and 626.734 impact only shareholders and officers who hold insurance . . . insurance agents, such as Florida General, and their officers and shareholders are directly subject to §§ 626.734 . . .

W. GANTER, v. DEPARTMENT OF INSURANCE,, 620 So. 2d 202 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1993)

. . . necessary to note that this case was charged and tried on the premise that the 1989 version of section 626.734 . . . Pursuant to Section 626.734, Florida Statutes, as a licensed general lines insurance agent and corporate . . . superior for the acts of another as a matter of law under the Department’s construction of section 626.734 . . . Section 626.734, Florida Statutes, 1989, states: Any general lines insurance agent who is an officer, . . . Respondent relies on the action taken by the Legislature in the 1990 session whereby Section 626.734 . . . was no requirement that it prove appellant had knowledge of his employee’s misconduct under section 626.734 . . . Section 626.734, Florida Statutes (1989), states Any general lines insurance agency who is an officer . . . unnecessary for us to address the retroactive applicability of ch. 90-363 § 70, Laws of Fla., which amended § 626.734 . . .

COPELAND INSURANCE AGENCY, INC. M. L. v. HOME INSURANCE COMPANY,, 502 So. 2d 93 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1987)

. . . Section 626.734, Florida Statutes (1985) provides: Corporations, liability of agent. — Any general lines . . .

HARTNETT, INC. J. B. v. DEPARTMENT OF INSURANCE OF STATE, 432 So. 2d 155 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1983)

. . . Hartnett, Sr. on the basis of Section 626.734, Florida Statutes (1981). . . . Hartnett was predicated on the provisions of Section 626.734, Florida Statutes (1981). . . . Hartnett argued inter alia that Section 626.734 was unconstitutional for vagueness, overbreadth and lack . . . Section 626.734 provides: Any general lines insurance agent who is an officer, director, stockholder, . . . Section 626.734 conveys a sufficiently definite warning to those subject to its provisions what conduct . . .