ENGLISH AND AMERICAN INS. CO. v. SWAIN GROVES, INC.

Nos. 1229-1239.

218 So.2d 453 (1969)

ENGLISH AND AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY Limited; Orion Insurance Company Limited — "T" Account; Orion Insurance Company Limited; Excess Insurance Company Limited; Employers' Surplus Lines Insurance Company; Edward Ernest Nelson, an Underwriter at Lloyd's London; World Auxilliary Insurance Company Limited; Andrew Weir Insurance Company Limited; London and Overseas Insurance Company Limited; Sphere Assurance Company Limited; and Fidelity General Insurance Company, Appellants, v. SWAIN GROVES, INC., Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida. Fourth District.

Rehearing Denied February 24, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John T. Brennan, of Carlton, Brennan & McAliley, Fort Pierce, for appellants.

Richard V. Neill, of Fee, Parker & Neill, Fort Pierce, for appellee.


OWEN, Judge.

A suit on insurance policies resulted in eleven judgments for the plaintiff insured. The eleven appellants were unauthorized insurers who shared in varying percentages in two insurance contracts involving surplus lines coverage, in this case, hurricane insurance on citrus. Appellants, through a licensed surplus lines agent, issued the two policies to appellee insuring against loss by hurricane to grapefruit in appellee's grove No. 12 in St. Lucie County...

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