Florida Farm Bureau Casualty Co. v. United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co.

This is an appeal from an order of the deputy commissioner determining that Florida Farm Bureau was the insurance carrier covering the employer, Hilliard Brothers of Florida, Inc., (“Hilliard Bros.”) on the date of the accident. We reverse.

The sequence of events in this case is somewhat complex. United States Fidelity & Guaranty Company (“USF&G”) was the insurance carrier for Hilliard Bros., providing workers’ compensation and other types of insurance, during 1977 and early 1978. *838Because the worker’s compensation insurance was due to expire in February 1978, but the other lines of insurance…