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Fla. Stat. §627.9407 — what it says, and how the exam tests it

This section is cited by 8 of our practice questions and is tested on 4 exams including the Florida Life Insurance License.

The text

627.9407 Disclosure, advertising, and performance standards for long-term care insurance. — (1) STANDARDS. — The commission shall adopt rules that include standards for full and fair disclosure setting forth the manner, content, and required disclosures of the sale of long-term care insurance policies, terms of renewability, initial and subsequent conditions of eligibility, nonduplication of coverage provisions, coverage of dependents, preexisting conditions, termination of insurance, continuation or conversion, probationary periods, limitations, exceptions, reductions, elimination periods, requirements for replacement, recurrent conditions, disclosure of tax consequences, benefit triggers, prohibition against post-claims underwriting, reporting requirements, standards for marketing, and definitions of terms. (2) ADVERTISING. — The commission shall adopt rules establishing standards for the advertising, marketing, and sale of long-term care insurance policies in order to protect applicants from unfair or deceptive sales or enrollment practices. An insurer shall file with the office any long-term care insurance advertising material intended for use in this state and may immediately begin using such material upon filing, subject to subsequent disapproval by the office. Following receipt of a notice of disapproval or a withdrawal of approval, the insurer must immediately cease use of the disapproved material. The office may also disapprove an advertisement at any time and enter an immediate order requiring that the use of the advertisement be discontinued if it determines that the advertisement violates this part, part IX of chapter 626, or any rule of the commission. (3) RESTRICTIONS. — A long-term care insurance policy may not: (a) Be canceled, nonrenewed, or otherwise terminated on the grounds of the age or the deterioration of the mental or physical health of the insured individual or certificateholder; however, the office may authorize nonrenewal for an insurer on a statewide basis on terms and conditions determined to be necessary by the office to protect the interests of the insureds, if the insurer demonstrates that renewal will jeopardize the insurer’s solvency or that substantial and unexpected loss experience cannot reasonably be mitigated or remedied. (b) Contain a provision establishing a new waiting period in the event existing coverage is…

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How it comes up on the exam

Practice questions written from this section — answers and explanations are in the drill.

  1. Under Florida law, a long-term care insurance policy may NOT be canceled, nonrenewed, or otherwise terminated on what grounds?
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  2. Under Florida law, a long-term care insurance policy may NOT restrict its coverage solely to care in a nursing home or provide significantly more coverage for nursing home care than for which of the following?
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  3. Under Florida law, an insurer must file long-term care insurance advertising material with the office and may begin using it at what point?
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