Government Employees Insurance v. Jenkins

The supreme court remanded this case to us “on the authority of World Wide Underwriters Insurance Co. v. Welker” and instructed us to decide the case “consistent with [its] decision in Welker.” Welker was decided on the basis of legislative intent found in the 1986 version of the Florida UM statute, which was the applicable statute in Welker. In 1987, subsection 9 of section 627.727 was added. Subsection 9 appears to elucidate the legislature’s intent that an insured under a policy of liability insurance is covered for UM any time, any place,1 unless coverage is limited in accordance with the…