Exams / Florida Public Adjuster License / Fla. Stat. §440.385
Fla. Stat. §440.385 — what it says, and how the exam tests it
This section is cited by 3 of our practice questions and is tested on 2 exams including the Florida Public Adjuster License.
The text
440.385 Florida Self-Insurers Guaranty Association, Incorporated. — (1) CREATION OF ASSOCIATION. — (a) There is created a nonprofit corporation to be known as the “Florida Self-Insurers Guaranty Association, Incorporated,” hereinafter referred to as “the association.” Upon incorporation of the association, all individual self-insurers as defined in ss. 440.02(33)(a) and 440.38(1)(b), other than individual self-insurers which are public utilities or governmental entities, shall be members of the association as a condition of their authority to individually self-insure in this state. The association shall perform its functions under a plan of operation as established and approved under subsection (5) and shall exercise its powers and duties through a board of directors as established under subsection (2). The association shall have those powers granted or permitted corporations not for profit, as provided in chapter 617. The activities of the association shall be subject to review by the department. The department shall have oversight responsibility as set forth in this section. The association is specifically authorized to enter into agreements with this state to perform specified services. (b) A member may voluntarily withdraw from the association when the member voluntarily terminates the self-insurance privilege and pays all assessments due to the date of such termination. However, the withdrawing member shall continue to be bound by the provisions of this section relating to the period of his or her membership and any claims charged pursuant thereto. The withdrawing member who is a member on or after January 1, 1991, shall also be required to provide to the association upon withdrawal, and at 12-month intervals thereafter, satisfactory proof, including, if requested by the association, a report of known and potential claims certified by a member of the American Academy of Actuaries, that it continues to meet the standards of s. 440.38(1)(b) in relation to claims incurred while the withdrawing member exercised the privilege of self-insurance. Such reporting shall continue until the withdrawing member demonstrates to the association that there is no remaining value to claims incurred while the withdrawing member was self-insured. If a withdrawing member fails or refuses to timely provide an actuarial report to the association, the association may obtain an…
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How it comes up on the exam
Practice questions written from this section — answers and explanations are in the drill.
- Under Fla. Stat. §440.385, a member of the Florida Self-Insurers Guaranty Association who voluntarily withdraws must continue providing satisfactory proof of meeting self-insurance standards at what intervals?
drill Mechanical Breakdown Insurance → - A member of the Florida Self-Insurers Guaranty Association voluntarily withdraws. Under Florida law, a withdrawing member who fails to meet self-insurance standards must provide an actuarial opinion at what intervals?
drill Residual Markets → - When a member of the Florida Self-Insurers Guaranty Association voluntarily withdraws and later fails to meet the financial standards, at what intervals must the member provide an independent actuary's certified opinion?
drill Residual Markets →