(1) No person shall act as an insurer, and no insurer or its agents, attorneys, subscribers, or representatives shall directly or indirectly transact insurance, in this state except as authorized by a subsisting certificate of authority issued to the insurer by the office, except as to such transactions as are expressly otherwise provided for in this code. (2) No insurer shall from offices or by personnel or facilities located in this state solicit insurance applications or otherwise transact insurance
As used in the Florida Insurance Code, the term: (1) "Affiliate" means an entity that exercises control over or is directly or indirectly controlled by the insurer through: (a) Equity ownership of voting securities; (b) Common managerial control; or (c) Collusive participation by the management of the insurer and affiliate in the management of the insurer or the affiliate. (2) "Affiliated person" of another person means: (a) The spouse of the other person; (b) The parents of the other person and
In this article: (a) "Basic kinds of insurance" means the kinds of insurance described in the following paragraphs of subsection (a) of section one thousand one hundred thirteen of this chapter numbered therein as set forth in parentheses below: fire (4); burglary and theft (7); glass (8); boiler and machinery (9); elevator (10); animal (11); personal injury liability (13); property damage liability (14) - basic as to stock companies only; workers' compensation and employers' liability (15); fidelity