§ 627.5575, Fla. Stat. · Part V. GROUP LIFE INSURANCE POLICIES
Group life insurance for dependents.
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Except for a policy issued under s. 627.553, a group life insurance policy may be extended to insure the employees or members against loss due to the deaths of their spouses and dependent children or any class or classes thereof, subject to the following:
(1) The premium for the insurance shall be paid either from funds contributed by the employer, union, association, or other person to whom the policy has been issued or from funds contributed by the covered persons, or from both. Except as provided in subsection (2), a policy on which no part of the premium for the spouse’s and dependent child’s coverage is to be derived from funds contributed by the covered persons shall insure all eligible employees or members with respect to their spouses and dependent children or any class or classes thereof.
(2) An insurer may exclude or limit the coverage on any spouse or dependent child as to whom evidence of individual insurability is not satisfactory to the insurer.
(3) The amounts of insurance for any covered spouse or dependent child under the policy may not exceed the amount of insurance for which the employee or member is insured.
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History
ss. 429, 809(2nd), ch. 82-243; s. 79, ch. 82-386; s. 114, ch. 92-318; s. 5, ch. 2010-61.
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