Terms Used In Florida Statutes 626.781

  • 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.
  • writing: includes handwriting, printing, typewriting, and all other methods and means of forming letters and characters upon paper, stone, wood, or other materials. See Florida Statutes 1.01

(1) An “ordinary class insurer” is an insurer writing life insurance on the legal reserve plan, for amounts of $1,000 or more, with premiums payable on the annual, semiannual, quarterly, monthly, or weekly basis.
(2) An “ordinary-variable contract class insurer” is an insurer writing an ordinary class of insurance which insurer issues life insurance or annuity contracts providing for payments or values which vary directly according to investment experience.