Exams / Florida All Lines Adjuster License / Fla. Stat. §627.727
Fla. Stat. §627.727 — 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 All Lines Adjuster License.
The text
627.727 Motor vehicle insurance; uninsured and underinsured vehicle coverage; insolvent insurer protection. — (1) No motor vehicle liability insurance policy which provides bodily injury liability coverage shall be delivered or issued for delivery in this state with respect to any specifically insured or identified motor vehicle registered or principally garaged in this state unless uninsured motor vehicle coverage is provided therein or supplemental thereto for the protection of persons insured thereunder who are legally entitled to recover damages from owners or operators of uninsured motor vehicles because of bodily injury, sickness, or disease, including death, resulting therefrom. However, the coverage required under this section is not applicable when, or to the extent that, an insured named in the policy makes a written rejection of the coverage on behalf of all insureds under the policy. When a motor vehicle is leased for a period of 1 year or longer and the lessor of such vehicle, by the terms of the lease contract, provides liability coverage on the leased vehicle, the lessee of such vehicle shall have the sole privilege to reject uninsured motorist coverage or to select lower limits than the bodily injury liability limits, regardless of whether the lessor is qualified as a self-insurer pursuant to s. 324.171. Unless an insured, or lessee having the privilege of rejecting uninsured motorist coverage, requests such coverage or requests higher uninsured motorist limits in writing, the coverage or such higher uninsured motorist limits need not be provided in or supplemental to any other policy which renews, extends, changes, supersedes, or replaces an existing policy with the same bodily injury liability limits when an insured or lessee had rejected the coverage. When an insured or lessee has initially selected limits of uninsured motorist coverage lower than her or his bodily injury liability limits, higher limits of uninsured motorist coverage need not be provided in or supplemental to any other policy which renews, extends, changes, supersedes, or replaces an existing policy with the same bodily injury liability limits unless an insured requests higher uninsured motorist coverage in writing. The rejection or selection of lower limits shall be made on a form approved by the office. The form shall fully advise the applicant of the nature of the…
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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 §627.727, the heading of the uninsured motorist coverage rejection form must be printed in what type size and style?
drill Florida Statutes, Rules and Regulations Pertinent to Personal Lines Insurance → - A Florida motor vehicle liability policy provides bodily injury liability coverage. Under §627.727, when may uninsured motorist coverage be rejected?
drill Florida Statutes, Rules and Regulations Pertinent to Personal Lines Insurance → - Under Florida law, when a motor vehicle is leased for a period of 1 year or longer and the lessor provides liability coverage, who has the sole privilege to reject uninsured motorist coverage?
drill Motor Vehicle Physical Damage and Mechanical Breakdown Insurance →