Fla. Stat. 628.251
Management and exclusive agency contracts


(1)

No domestic mutual insurer or stock insurer shall make any contract whereby any person is granted or is to enjoy in fact the management of the insurer to the substantial exclusion of its board of directors or to have the controlling or preemptive right to produce substantially all insurance business for the insurer, unless the contract is filed with and approved by the office.

(2)

Any such contract shall provide that any such manager or producer of its business shall within 90 days after expiration of each calendar year furnish the insurer’s board of directors a written statement of amounts received under or on account of the contract and amounts expended thereunder during such calendar year, including the emoluments received therefrom by the respective directors, officers, and other principal management personnel of the manager or producer, and with such classification of items and further detail as the insurer’s board of directors may reasonably require.

(3)

The office shall disapprove any such contract if it finds that it:Subjects the insurer to excessive charges;Is to extend for an unreasonable length of time;Does not contain fair and adequate standards of performance; orContains other inequitable provision or provisions which impair the proper interests of policyholders or members of the insurer.

(a)

Subjects the insurer to excessive charges;

(b)

Is to extend for an unreasonable length of time;

(c)

Does not contain fair and adequate standards of performance; or

(d)

Contains other inequitable provision or provisions which impair the proper interests of policyholders or members of the insurer.

Source: Section 628.251 — Management and exclusive agency contracts, https://www.­flsenate.­gov/Laws/Statutes/2024/0628.­251 (accessed Aug. 7, 2025).

628.011
Scope of part
628.021
“Stock insurer” defined
628.031
“Mutual insurer” defined
628.041
Applicability of general corporation statutes
628.051
Application for permit to form insurer
628.061
Investigation of proposed organization
628.071
Granting, denial of permit
628.081
Incorporation of domestic insurer
628.091
Filing, approval of articles of incorporation
628.101
Amendment of certificate of incorporation
628.111
Amendment of articles of incorporation
628.121
Capital stock
628.131
Limitation on organization and stock sales expenses
628.151
Insurance business exclusive
628.152
Domestic stock insurers
628.161
Initial qualifications
628.171
Formation of mutual insurer
628.221
Bylaws of mutual insurer
628.231
Directors
628.251
Management and exclusive agency contracts
628.255
Person with effective control cannot receive commission unless contract approved
628.261
Notice of change of director or officer
628.271
Office and records
628.281
Exceptions to requirement that office, records, and assets be maintained in this state
628.291
Unauthorized transactions in other states
628.301
Membership in mutual insurer
628.341
Nonassessable policies
628.351
Nonassessable policies
628.361
Participating policies
628.371
Dividends to stockholders
628.381
Dividends to mutual policyholders
628.391
Illegal dividends
628.401
Borrowed surplus
628.411
Impairment of capital or assets
628.421
Assessment of stockholders or members
628.431
Mutualization of stock insurers
628.441
Converting mutual insurer
628.451
Merger or share exchange of stock insurers and other entities
628.461
Acquisition of controlling stock
628.471
Mergers
628.481
Bulk reinsurance
628.491
Mergers and consolidations
628.501
Mutual member’s share of assets on liquidation
628.511
Ownership or transfer of securities without physical delivery of certificates
628.520
Change of domicile of a foreign insurer
628.525
Change of domicile of a domestic insurer
628.530
Effects of redomestication
628.535
Authority to adopt rules
628.4615
Specialty insurers

Current through Fall 2025

§ 628.251. Mgmt. & exclusive agency contracts's source at flsenate​.gov