2024 Florida Statutes
< Back to Statute SearchTitle XXXVII INSURANCE
Chapter 627
INSURANCE RATES AND CONTRACTS
SECTION 7289Assignment of post-loss motor vehicle glass benefits prohibited.
627.7289 Assignment of post-loss motor vehicle glass benefits prohibited.—
(1) A policyholder or any other person may not enter into an assignment agreement of post-loss benefits for motor vehicle glass replacement or repair, including, but not limited to, for calibration or recalibration of advanced driver assistance systems as defined in s. 559.903, under a policy of motor vehicle insurance issued or renewed in this state by an authorized insurer on or after July 1, 2023. Any such assignment agreement entered into in violation of this subsection is void and unenforceable.
(2) As used in this section, the term “assignment agreement” means any instrument, regardless of how such agreement is named or styled, by which post-loss benefits, including, but not limited to, claim payments, under a motor vehicle insurance policy are, in whole or in part, assigned or transferred to, or acquired in any manner by, a person providing services for motor vehicle glass replacement or repair, including, but not limited to, inspecting, protecting, repairing, restoring, or replacing the motor vehicle glass or calibrating or recalibrating advanced driver assistance systems.
History.—s. 3, ch. 2023-136.