In Allied Professionals Insurance Company v. Fitzpatrick, et. al., 40 FLW D1070 (Fla. 4th DCA, May 6, 2015), a chiropractor purchased a professional negligence insurance policy. The insurance policy contained a comprehensive arbitration provision which, among other things, required: 1) any claims by the insured, or anyone claiming on the insured’s behalf, to submit to arbitration; 2) any arbitration take place in California, under California law; and 3) all questions concerning arbitrability be decided by the arbitrators.
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Court Says No Mandatory Abritration Provision in Life Insurance Contracts
By Mark Nation on
Posted in Arbitration, Life Insurance
In United Ins. Co. v. Office of Ins. Regulation, 985 So.2d 665 (Fla. 1st DCA 2008), the court upheld an order from the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation which prohibited a mandatory arbitration clause in life insurance policies.
United Insurance Company of America sells life insurance in Florida, and its life insurance contract had…