Terms Used In Florida Statutes 627.7773

  • Title insurer: means any domestic company organized and authorized to do business under the provisions of chapter 624, for the purpose of issuing title insurance, or any insurer organized under the laws of another state, the District of Columbia, or a foreign country and holding a certificate of authority to transact business in this state, for the purpose of issuing title insurance. See Florida Statutes 627.7711

(1) Each title insurer authorized to do business in this state shall, at least once during each calendar year, require of each of its title insurance agents or agencies accountings of all outstanding forms in the agent’s or agency’s possession of the types that are specified in s. 627.777.
(2) If the office has reason to believe that an audit of outstanding forms should be required of any title insurer as to a title insurance agent or agency, the office may require the title insurer to make a special audit of the forms. The title insurer shall complete the audit not later than 60 days after the request is received from the office, and shall report the results of the special audit to the office no later than 90 days after the request is received.