(1) This part shall apply to direct life insurance policies, health insurance policies, annuity contracts, and supplemental contracts with or without life contingencies issued by persons licensed to transact such insurance in this state.
(2) Coverage under this part shall be provided to:

(a) Persons who, regardless of where they reside, except for nonresident certificateholders under group policies or contracts, are the beneficiaries, assignees, or payees of the persons covered under paragraph (b); and
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Terms Used In Florida Statutes 631.713

  • Annuity: A periodic (usually annual) payment of a fixed sum of money for either the life of the recipient or for a fixed number of years. A series of payments under a contract from an insurance company, a trust company, or an individual. Annuity payments are made at regular intervals over a period of more than one full year.
  • Association: means the Florida Life and Health Insurance Guaranty Association created in…. See Florida Statutes 631.714
  • Beneficiary: A person who is entitled to receive the benefits or proceeds of a will, trust, insurance policy, retirement plan, annuity, or other contract. Source: OCC
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Insolvent insurer: means a member insurer authorized to transact insurance in this state, either at the time the policy was issued or when the insured event occurred, and against which an order of liquidation with a finding of insolvency has been entered by a court of competent jurisdiction. See Florida Statutes 631.714
  • Interest rate: The amount paid by a borrower to a lender in exchange for the use of the lender's money for a certain period of time. Interest is paid on loans or on debt instruments, such as notes or bonds, either at regular intervals or as part of a lump sum payment when the issue matures. Source: OCC
  • Member insurer: means any person licensed to transact in this state any kind of insurance as set out in…. See Florida Statutes 631.714
  • Person: means any individual, corporation, limited liability company, partnership, association, governmental body or entity, or voluntary organization. See Florida Statutes 631.714
  • Resident: means any person who resides in this state at the time a member insurer is determined to be an impaired or insolvent insurer and to whom contractual obligations are owed by such impaired or insolvent member insurer. See Florida Statutes 631.714
  • Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
  • Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
(b) Persons who are owners of or certificateholders under such policies or contracts, and who:

1. Are residents of this state; or
2. Are residents of other states, but only if:

a. The insurers which issued such policies or contracts are domiciled in this state;
b. Such insurers were not licensed in the states in which such persons reside at the time specified in a state’s guaranty association law as necessary for coverage by that state’s association;
c. Such other states have associations similar to the association created by this part; and
d. Such persons are not eligible for coverage by such associations.
1(3) This part does not apply to:

(a) That portion or part of a variable life insurance contract or variable annuity contract not guaranteed by an insurer.
(b) That portion or part of any policy or contract under which the risk is borne by the policyholder.
(c) Any policy or contract or part thereof assumed by the impaired or insolvent insurer under a contract of reinsurance, other than reinsurance for which assumption certificates have been issued.
(d) Fraternal benefit societies as defined in s. 632.601.
(e) Health maintenance organizations, except for assessments levied pursuant to ss. 631.715(2)(a)1., 631.718(3)(b), and 631.819(2)(c) for long-term care insurer impairments or insolvencies.
(f) Dental service plan insurance.
(g) Pharmaceutical service plan insurance.
(h) Optometric service plan insurance.
(i) Ambulance service association insurance.
(j) Preneed funeral merchandise or service contract insurance.
(k) Prepaid health clinic insurance.
(l) Any annuity contract or group annuity contract that is not issued to and owned by an individual, except to the extent of any annuity benefits:

1. Guaranteed directly and not through an intermediary to an individual by an insurer under such contract or certificate;
2. Under an annuity issued by an insurer under 26 U.S.C. § 408(b); or
3. Under an annuity issued by an insurer and held by a custodian or trustee in accordance with 26 U.S.C. § 408(a).

This paragraph applies to every insolvency regardless of its date of inception, and an assessment base may not include premiums for such excluded products.

(m) Any federal employees’ group policy or contract that, under 5 U.S.C. § 8909(f), is prohibited from being subject to an assessment under s. 631.718.
(n) Except as provided in this paragraph, a portion of a policy or contract, to the extent that the rate of interest on which the policy or contract is based, or the interest rate, crediting rate, or similar factor determined by use of an index or other external reference stated in the policy or contract employed in calculating returns or changes in value:

1. Averaged over the period of 4 years immediately preceding the date on which the member insurer becomes an impaired or insolvent insurer under this part, whichever is earlier, exceeds the rate of interest determined by subtracting 2 percentage points from Moody’s Corporate Bond Yield Average averaged for that same 4-year period or for such lesser period if the policy or contract was issued less than 4 years before the member insurer becomes an impaired or insolvent insurer under this part, whichever is earlier; and
2. On and after the date on which the member insurer becomes an impaired or insolvent insurer under this part, whichever is earlier, exceeds the rate of interest determined by subtracting 3 percentage points from the most current version of Moody’s Corporate Bond Yield Average.

This paragraph does not apply to any portion of a policy or contract, including a rider, which provides long-term care or any other health insurance benefit.

(o) A portion of a policy or contract to the extent the policy or contract provides for interest or other changes in value to be determined by the use of an index or other external reference stated in the policy or contract, but which has not been credited to the policy or contract, or as to which the policy or contract owner’s rights are subject to forfeiture, as of the date the member insurer becomes an impaired or insolvent insurer under this part. However, if the interest or change in value is credited less frequently than annually as determined by using the procedures defined in the policy or contract, interest or change in value shall be credited by using the procedure defined in the policy or contract as if the contractual date of crediting interest or changing values was the date of impairment or insolvency, whichever is earlier, and shall not be subject to forfeiture.
(p) A policy or contract providing any hospital, medical, prescription drug, or other health care benefits pursuant to Title XVIII (Medicare), Title XIX (Medicaid), or Title XXI (the Children’s Health Insurance Program) of the Social Security Act or any regulations promulgated thereunder.
(q) Structured settlement annuity benefits to which a payee, or a beneficiary if the payee is deceased, has transferred his or her rights in a structured settlement factoring transaction, as that term is defined in 26 U.S.C. § 5891(c)(3)(A).
(4) This part shall only apply to those delinquency proceedings occurring on or after October 1, 1979.
(5) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this part, this part applies to coverage of a person who is a payee under a structured settlement annuity, or a beneficiary if the payee is deceased, with a coverage limit of $300,000 by the association, if:

(a) The payee is a resident of this state, regardless of where the contract owner resides.
(b) Neither the payee, the beneficiary, nor the contract owner is eligible for coverage by the association of the state in which the contract owner resides.
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