Exams / Florida All Lines Adjuster License / Fla. Stat. §631.051

Fla. Stat. §631.051 — what it says, and how the exam tests it

This section is cited by 2 of our practice questions and is tested on the Florida All Lines Adjuster License.

The text

631.051 Grounds for rehabilitation; domestic insurers. — The department may petition for an order directing it to rehabilitate a domestic insurer or an alien insurer domiciled in this state on any one or more of the following grounds, that the insurer: (1) Is impaired or insolvent; (2) Has failed to comply with an order of the office to make good an impairment of capital or surplus or both; (3) Is found by the office to be in such condition or is using or has been subject to such methods or practices in the conduct of its business, as to render its further transaction of insurance presently or prospectively hazardous to its policyholders, creditors, stockholders, or the public; (4) Has failed, or its parent corporation, subsidiary, or affiliated person controlled by either the insurer or the parent corporation has failed, to submit its books, documents, accounts, records, and affairs pertaining to the insurer to the reasonable inspection or examination of the office or its authorized representative; or any individual exercising any executive authority in the affairs of the insurer, or parent corporation, or subsidiary, or affiliated person has refused to be examined under oath by the office or its authorized representative, whether within this state or otherwise, concerning the pertinent affairs of the insurer, or parent corporation or subsidiary or affiliated person; or if examined under oath refuses to divulge pertinent information reasonably known to her or him; or officers, directors, agents, employees, or other representatives of the insurer or parent corporation, subsidiary, or affiliated person have failed to comply promptly with the reasonable requests of the office or its authorized representative for the purposes of, and during the conduct of, any such examination; (5) Has concealed or removed records or assets or otherwise violated s. 628.271 or s. 628.281; (6) Through its board of directors or governing body is deadlocked in the management of the insurer’s affairs and that the members of a mutual, reciprocal, or any other type of organization or stockholders are unable to break the deadlock and that irreparable injury to the insurer, its creditors, its policyholders, its members or subscribers, or the public is threatened by reason thereof; (7) Has transferred or attempted to transfer substantially its entire property or business, or has entered…

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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 Fla. Stat. §631.051, which of the following is a ground on which the department may petition for rehabilitation of a domestic insurer?
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  2. An alien insurer domiciled in this state is found by the office to use methods rendering its further transaction of insurance hazardous to its policyholders. Under Fla. Stat. §631.051, this condition is a ground for which type of proceeding?
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