Panther Air Boat Corp. v. MacMillan-Buchanan & Kelly Insurance Agency, Inc.

KOGAN, Justice.

We have for review the decision of the Fifth District Court of Appeal in Panther Air Boat Corp. v. MacMillan-Buchanan & Kelly Insurance Agency, 520 So.2d 601, 604 (Fla. 5th DCA 1987), in which that court certified to us the following question of great public importance:

For purposes of the professional malpractice statute, is an insurance agent a professional?

We have jurisdiction. Art. V, § 3(b)(4), Fla. Const.

We recently addressed this issue in Pierce v. AALL Insurance Inc., 531 So.2d 84 (Fla.1988), and answered the certified question in the negative. We held that a profession…