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Title XXXVII
INSURANCE
Chapter 627
Insurance Rates And Contracts
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Section 627.416, Florida Statutes 2000

627.416  Execution of policies.--

(1)  Every insurance policy shall be executed in the name of and on behalf of the insurer by its officer, attorney in fact, employee, or representative duly authorized by the insurer.

(2)  A facsimile signature of any such executing individual may be used in lieu of an original signature.

(3)  No insurance contract which is otherwise valid shall be rendered invalid by reason of the apparent execution thereof on behalf of the insurer by the imprinted facsimile signature of an individual not authorized so to execute as of the date of the policy.

History.--s. 465, ch. 59-205; s. 3, ch. 76-168; s. 1, ch. 77-457; ss. 2, 3, ch. 81-318; ss. 369, 377, 809(2nd), ch. 82-243; s. 79, ch. 82-386; s. 114, ch. 92-318.