Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co. v. Klempner

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co. v. Klempner

866 So. 2d 74, 2003 Fla. App. LEXIS 15462, 2003 WL 22339173

CourtDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida

DecidedOctober 15, 2003

DocketNo. 3D03-697

StatusPublished

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Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co. v. Klempner, 866 So. 2d 74, 2003 Fla. App. LEXIS 15462, 2003 WL 22339173 (Fla. Ct. App. 2003).

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PER CURIAM.

Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company (“Northwestern Mutual”) appeals from an Order Granting Class Certification to a group of medical and non-medical policyholders who were excluded from receiving dividends from an annual [75]*75divisible surplus of their disability policies by reason of having their policies reclassified as part of a distinguished non-contributing ‘medical market class’. We reverse.

According to 15 U.S.C. § 1012(a) (2003), “[t]he business of insurance, and every person engaged therein, shall be subject to the laws of the several States which relate to the regulation or taxation of such business.” Northwestern Mutual is domiciled in the State of Wisconsin and, therefore, is subject to the insurance code of the State of Wisconsin. We note that the Wisconsin Office of the Commissioner of Insurance, which is the insurance regulatory authority in the State of Wisconsin, opined that the actions taken by Northwestern Mutual were proper. Thus, it is not for the courts of the State of Florida to determine whether the alleged exclusion from receipt of dividends by Northwestern Mutual was proper. Accordingly, we reverse the Order Granting Class Certification and remand to the trial court with directions to dismiss the case.

Reversed and remanded with directions.

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PER CURIAM.

Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company (“Northwestern Mutual”) appeals from an Order Granting Class Certification to a group of medical and non-medical policyholders who were excluded from receiving dividends from an annual [75]*75divisible surplus of their disability policies by reason of having their policies reclassified as part of a distinguished non-contributing ‘medical market class’. We reverse.

According to 15 U.S.C. § 1012(a) (2003), “[t]he business of insurance, and every person engaged therein, shall be subject to the laws of the several States which relate to the regulation or taxation of such business.” Northwestern Mutual is domiciled in the State of Wisconsin and, therefore, is subject to the insurance code of the State of Wisconsin. We note that the Wisconsin Office of the Commissioner of Insurance, which is the insurance regulatory authority in the State of Wisconsin, opined that the actions taken by Northwestern Mutual were proper. Thus, it is not for the courts of the State of Florida to determine whether the alleged exclusion from receipt of dividends by Northwestern Mutual was proper. Accordingly, we reverse the Order Granting Class Certification and remand to the trial court with directions to dismiss the case.

Reversed and remanded with directions.

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