(1) Whenever it appears to the office that any insurer or any director, officer, or employee thereof, or appears to the department that any agent thereof has committed or is about to commit a violation of this part or of any rule or order issued by the commission, office, or department pursuant to this part, the office or department may apply to the circuit court in and for Leon County for an order enjoining the insurer, director, officer, employee, or agent from violating or continuing to violate this part or the rule or order and for other equitable relief as the nature of the case and the interest of the insurer’s policyholders, creditors, and shareholders or the public may require.
(2) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for the purposes of this part the situs of the ownership of the securities of domestic insurers shall be deemed to be in this state.
History.—s. 9, ch. 85-214; s. 1, ch. 86-286; ss. 187, 188, ch. 91-108; s. 4, ch. 91-429; s. 1310, ch. 2003-261.