Lumbermens Mut. Casualty Co. v. Ceballos

How courts have described this case

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• holding that a liability policy is governed by the law in effect at the time the policy is issued, not the law in effect at the time a claim arises
• explaining that the application of a statute to insurance contracts entered into prior to the date the statute took effect “would constitute a legislative impairment of contract in violation of article I, section 10 of the Florida Constitution”
• explaining that the application of a statute to insurance contracts entered into prior to the date the statute took effect “would constitute a legislative impairment of contract in violation of article I, section 10 of the Florida Constitution”
• holding application of statute that required insurance companies to advise purchaser of the need for collateral insurance to contracts entered into before the effective date of the amendment would constitute legislative impairment of contract in violation of the Florida Constitution
• \It is well settled in Florida that the statute in effect at the time the insurance contract is executed governs any issues arising under that contract.\
• statute in effect when contract is entered into controls

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).