Fla. Stat. 631.261
Voidable transfers


(1)(a)

Any transfer of, or lien upon, the property of an insurer or affiliate which is made or created within 4 months prior to the commencement of any delinquency proceeding under this chapter which gives any creditor of the insurer a preference or enables the creditor to obtain a greater percentage of her or his debt than any other creditor of the same class shall be voidable.Any transfer of, or lien upon, the property of an insurer or affiliate which is made or created between 4 months and 1 year prior to the commencement of any delinquency proceeding under this chapter is void if such transfer or lien inured to the benefit of a director, officer, employee, stockholder, member, subscriber, affiliate, managing general agent, or insider or any relative of any director, officer, employee, stockholder, member, subscriber, affiliate, managing general agent, or insider.

(1)(a)

Any transfer of, or lien upon, the property of an insurer or affiliate which is made or created within 4 months prior to the commencement of any delinquency proceeding under this chapter which gives any creditor of the insurer a preference or enables the creditor to obtain a greater percentage of her or his debt than any other creditor of the same class shall be voidable.

(b)

Any transfer of, or lien upon, the property of an insurer or affiliate which is made or created between 4 months and 1 year prior to the commencement of any delinquency proceeding under this chapter is void if such transfer or lien inured to the benefit of a director, officer, employee, stockholder, member, subscriber, affiliate, managing general agent, or insider or any relative of any director, officer, employee, stockholder, member, subscriber, affiliate, managing general agent, or insider.

(2)

Every director, officer, employee, stockholder, member, subscriber, and any other person acting on behalf of such insurer who shall be concerned in any such act or deed and every person receiving thereby any property of such insurer or affiliate or the benefit thereof shall be personally liable therefor and shall be bound to account to the department.

(3)

The department as receiver in any proceeding under this chapter may avoid any transfer of, or lien upon, the property of an insurer which any creditor, stockholder, subscriber, or member of such insurer or affiliate might have avoided and may recover the property so transferred unless such person was a bona fide holder for value prior to the date of commencement of a delinquency proceeding under this chapter. Such property or its value may be recovered from anyone who has received it except a bona fide holder for value as herein specified.

(4)

For purposes of this section, a transfer is not made or created until the insurer or affiliate has acquired rights in the property transferred.

Source: Section 631.261 — Voidable transfers, https://www.­flsenate.­gov/Laws/Statutes/2024/0631.­261 (accessed Aug. 7, 2025).

631.001
Title, construction, and purpose
631.011
Definitions
631.015
Reciprocity
631.021
Jurisdiction of delinquency proceeding
631.025
Persons subject to this part
631.031
Initiation and commencement of delinquency proceeding
631.041
Automatic stay
631.042
Extension of time
631.051
Grounds for rehabilitation
631.061
Grounds for liquidation
631.071
Grounds for conservation
631.081
Grounds for conservation
631.091
Grounds for ancillary liquidation
631.101
Order of rehabilitation
631.111
Order of liquidation
631.112
Subordination of claims for noncooperation
631.121
Order of liquidation
631.131
Order of conservation or ancillary liquidation of foreign or alien insurers
631.141
Conduct of delinquency proceeding
631.152
Conduct of delinquency proceeding
631.153
Intervention
631.154
Funds, assets, or other property in the possession of third person
631.155
Agents’ balances
631.156
Investigation by the department
631.157
Civil action by the receiver
631.161
Claims of nonresidents against insurers domiciled in this state
631.171
Claims of residents against insurers domiciled in reciprocal states
631.181
Filing and proof of claim
631.182
Receiver claims report and claimants objections procedure
631.191
Special deposit claims
631.192
Allowance of certain claims
631.193
Releases
631.195
Records of insurers
631.201
Attachment and garnishment of assets
631.205
Reinsurance proceeds
631.206
Arbitration
631.221
Deposit of moneys collected
631.231
Exemption from fees
631.241
Borrowing on pledge of assets
631.251
Date rights fixed on liquidation
631.252
Continuation of coverage
631.261
Voidable transfers
631.262
Transfers prior to petition
631.263
Transfers after petition
631.271
Priority of claims
631.281
Offsets
631.311
Report and petition for assessment
631.321
Order and levy of assessment
631.331
Assessment prima facie correct
631.341
Notice of insolvency to policyholders by insurer, general agent, or agent
631.361
Seizure under court order
631.371
Seizure under order of the department
631.391
Cooperation of officers and employees
631.392
Immunity
631.395
Guaranty fund
631.397
Use of certain marshaled assets
631.398
Prevention of insolvencies
631.399
Receiver’s right to recover distributions made to affiliate
631.400
Rehabilitation of title insurer
631.401
Recovery of assessments and assumed policy obligations
631.0515
Appointment of receiver
631.1521
Actions by and against the receiver
631.1522
Unrecorded obligations and defenses and claims of affiliates
631.2715
Liability under federal priority of claims law
631.3915
Actions for damages

Current through Fall 2025

§ 631.261. Voidable transfers's source at flsenate​.gov