Terms Used In Florida Statutes 627.414

  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Policy: means a written contract of insurance or written agreement for or effecting insurance, or the certificate thereof, by whatever name called, and includes all clauses, riders, endorsements, and papers that are a part thereof. See Florida Statutes 627.402
A policy may contain additional provisions not inconsistent with this code and which are:

(1) Required to be inserted by the laws of the insurer’s domicile;
(2) Necessary, on account of the manner in which the insurer is constituted or operated, in order to state the rights and obligations of the parties to the contract; or
(3) Desired by the insurer and neither prohibited by law nor in conflict with any provisions required to be included therein.