Terms Used In Florida Statutes 627.466

  • 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.
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • person: includes individuals, children, firms, associations, joint adventures, partnerships, estates, trusts, business trusts, syndicates, fiduciaries, corporations, and all other groups or combinations. See Florida Statutes 1.01
If any statements, other than those relating to age, sex, and identity, are required as a condition to issuing a fixed-dollar annuity contract, variable annuity contract, or pure endowment contract, other than a reversionary, survivorship, or group annuity, and subject to s. 627.468, the contract shall provide that it shall be incontestable after it has been in force during the lifetime of the person, or of each of the persons as to whom such statements are required, for a period of 2 years from its date of issue except for nonpayment of stipulated payments to the insurer; and, at the option of the insurer, the contract may also except any provisions relative to benefits in the event of disability and any provisions which grant insurance specifically against death by accident or accidental means.
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