Company Demographic Information | |
Name of Company: | ST. JOHNS INSURANCE COMPANY, INC. |
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Case Number: | 2022 CA 0316 |
Guaranty Association: | Florida Insurance Guaranty Association(FIGA), South Carolina Insurance Guaranty Association (SCIGA) |
Type of Coverage: | Property and Casualty |
State of Domicile: | Florida |
Status of Receivership: | Liquidation |
Important Receivership Dates | |
Date of Rehabilitation: | N/A |
Date of Liquidation: | February 25, 2022 |
Policy Cancellation Date: | March 01, 2022 |
Claims Filing Deadline: | February 27, 2023 |
Objection Deadline: | See Below |
On May 24, 2022, the Department mailed 3,650 Proof of Claim forms (POCs) via the U.S. Postal Service. The deadline for filing a POC is February 27, 2023.
St. Johns policies were cancelled effective 12:01 a.m. on March 1, 2022; unless otherwise terminated prior to that date. Your policy transferred to Slide Insurance Company.
The Department has entered into an agreement with Slide Insurance Company (“Slide"), which will transition your policy to Slide and provide you with continued insurance coverage starting on March 1, 2022 at 12:01 a.m.
You received a Notice because your name appears as a current policyholder on the records of St. Johns. The Notice was sent to all known current policyholders informing them of the receivership. See the Notices section of the Related Documents displayed in this website.
You received a Notice because our records indicate that you were an agent of St. Johns. The Notice was sent to all known agents of record informing them of the receivership. See the Notices section of the Related Documents displayed in this website.
The Department has entered into an agreement with Slide Insurance Company ("Slide"), which transitioned your policy to Slide and provided you with continued insurance coverage starting on March 1, 2022 at 12:01 a.m. The unearned premium paid on your St. Johns policy was transferred to Slide and applied to your Slide transition policy.
If you cancelled your policy prior to March 1, 2022, and have not received your premium refund, unearned premiums are covered by the Guaranty Associations. Your state's Guaranty Association is activated to pay unearned premium refunds for St. Johns policyholders.
The Department is calculating the unearned premium for policies that were canceled prior to March 1, 2022, and sending the information to the various state Guaranty Associations for the processing and payment of unearned premium.
If you have not received your St. Johns unearned premium check, please contact the Department at 1-80-882-3054 or (850) 413-3081. Or, you may contact the Department by using the "Contact Us" Form @ www.myfloridacfo.com/division/receiver.
No. The Department will not require Proof of Claim forms from policyholders who have a potential unearned premium claim in the estate of St. Johns. You will have a claim in the estate. We will deem file the unearned premium claims in this estate. Policyholders do not need to do anything to file a timely claim for unearned premium or to have their claim accepted by the Department.
You will have a claim in the estate. We will deem file the unearned premium claims in this estate. This means policyholders are not required to submit Proof of Claim forms in order to have a timely filed unearned premium claim.
Claims which were not paid will be considered as claims against the estate and processed by the Receiver. Please complete the "Contact Us Form" and the Receiver will mail you a Proof of Claim form.
Pursuant to the Receivership Order and to Section 631.041(1), Florida Statutes, there is an automatic stay prohibiting judicial and administrative proceedings against the company. The case is stayed until further notice.
Pursuant to the Receivership Order and to
Section 631.041(1), Florida Statutes, there is an automatic stay in place prohibiting
judicial and administrative proceedings against the company.
No. Pursuant to the receivership order and to Section 631.041(1), Florida Statutes, there is an automatic stay in place prohibiting the commencement or continuation of judicial, administrative or other action against the company.
No. Pursuant to FS 631.67, all proceedings in which an insolvent insurer is a party to shall be stayed for 6 months. All of St. John’s claim files will be transferred to the Florida Insurance Guaranty Association (FIGA). If you are unable to amicably resolve your claim with FIGA, you may re-file for Mediation with FIGA.
If you have any non-claims related questions regarding the receivership, please contact the Department at Consumer.Services@myfloridacfo.com or by calling (850) 413-3081 or toll free at 1-800-882-3054.
For additional claims related questions regarding the receivership, please see the section below titled “Claims Information".
You may contact the Department at one of the following:
Contact the guaranty association for the policy state involved.
St. Johns policies were cancelled effective 12:01 a.m. on March 1, 2022, unless otherwise terminated prior to that date.
To report a new claim occurring on or after March 1, 2022, contact Slide Insurance Company or your current insurance carrier. Contact information for Slide Insurance Company is: 866-230-3758 or https://slideinsurance.com/stjohns/.
To report a new claim that occurred prior to March 1, 2022:
Proof of Claim forms will be mailed to all known claimants in the estate. A Proof of Claim form must be postmarked or submitted electronically by Claims Filing Deadline of February 27, 2023.
The deadline for filing claims in the St. Johns receivership is February 27, 2023.
A Claims Bar Date has not been established.
Yes. If you have unpaid invoices for services related to specific claim files (IME, copy charges, legal defense fees, damage estimation, appraisers, adjusting etc.) your claim is considered a General Creditor, Class 6 claim. A guaranty association does not usually cover these. There may be insufficient assets to pay these types of claims, however, you must file a Department's Proof of Claim form to have your claims considered. These types of claims are most often considered Master Claims as they involve more than one invoice.
If you have unpaid invoices for services related to specific claim files as described above, please submit them as supporting documentation with your Proof of Claim form. Submission instructions will be provided on the Proof of Claim form.
No. Guaranty Associations have been activated to pay covered outstanding claims for St. Johns policies.
No. The guaranty associations have access to the company claim files and will review your claim to determine if it is a covered claim on which payments may be due. If you are not certain that your claim is covered by the guaranty associations and/or you wish to make a claim directly against the St. Johns receivership estate, you must submit a Department's Proof of Claim form to the Department.
The payment of claims in a receivership are paid in priority order as defined by Florida Statutes, Chapter 631. The only assets available for distribution are the assets of the company.
If you have additional claims related questions regarding the receivership, please contact the Department at Consumer.Services@myfloridacfo.com or by calling (850) 413-3081 or toll free at 1-800-882-3054.
The following documents are provided as Adobe Acrobat PDF files and are best viewed using the free Adobe Acrobat reader software.
Date | Title | Size |
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05/24/2022 | Proof of Claim Form Sample | 141K |