Terms Used In Florida Statutes 627.618

  • Beneficiary: A person who is entitled to receive the benefits or proceeds of a will, trust, insurance policy, retirement plan, annuity, or other contract. Source: OCC
  • insured: as used in this part , shall not be construed as preventing a person other than the insured with a proper insurable interest from making application for and owning a policy covering the insured or from being entitled under such a policy to any indemnities, benefits, and rights provided therein. See Florida Statutes 627.631
  • 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
Except as provided in s. 627.605(2), no health insurance policy delivered or issued for delivery to any person in this state shall contain any provision respecting the matters set forth in ss. 627.619627.629, inclusive, unless such provision is in the words in which the same appears in the applicable section, except that the insurer may, at its option, use in lieu of any such provision a corresponding provision of different wording approved by the office which is not less favorable in any respect to the insured or the beneficiary. Any such provision contained in the policy shall be preceded individually by the appropriate caption or, at the option of the insurer, by such appropriate individual or group captions or subcaptions as the office may approve.