Senate Bill 1818

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    Florida Senate - 1998                                  SB 1818

    By Senator Holzendorf





    2-1378-98

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to insurance; creating s.

  3         627.5015, F.S.; prohibiting the issuance or

  4         delivery of industrial life insurance policies

  5         after a certain date; providing that existing

  6         policies of industrial life insurance remain

  7         subject to the applicable provisions of the

  8         Insurance Code and rules adopted thereunder;

  9         requiring an annual disclosure by insurers of

10         industrial life insurance; providing an

11         effective date.

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13  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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15         Section 1.  Section 627.5015, Florida Statutes, is

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17         627.5015  Industrial life insurance sale prohibited.--

18         (1)  A policy of industrial life insurance may not be

19  delivered or issued in this state on or after October 1, 1998.

20         (2)  Every policy of industrial life insurance which

21  has been issued or delivered in this state prior to October 1,

22  1998 is subject to all applicable provisions of this code and

23  rules adopted thereunder.

24         (3)  Each insurer that has in force in this state a

25  policy of industrial life insurance must annually disclose to

26  the policyholder or premium payer the total amount of premiums

27  paid, the cash value, and the amount of the death benefit

28  payable thereunder.

29         Section 2.  This act shall take effect October 1, 1998.

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  3    Prohibits the sale of industrial life insurance. Provides
      for existing policies, and requires an annual disclosure
  4    to policyholders.

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