Condominium association Insurance in Fort Myers | John Perry Insurance
Around this time of year there usually is a call for
candidates to submit their names to be directors of their condominium or
homeowners’ association for vacant seats coming up at next year’s annual
meeting. Most associations have five to seven director seats usually
with either one-year terms or two-year staggered terms.
Many times it is hard to get owners to run for the board
because of the time commitment needed to be given to such a part-time unpaid
job. Another obstacle to service is the fear a director may be personally
sued if one or more owners don’t like the way the director may carry out their
job. Time commitment and suit fear may scare away good candidates from
running for the open positions.
Luckily in Florida, most condominium and homeowners’
associations carry John Perry Insurance to defend and protect the directors if
they do get sued. In addition, the directors are indemnified by the
associations both by provisions in their Articles of Incorporation as well as
provisions contained in Chapter 617, Florida Statutes covering not-for-profit
corporations. We provide service like homeowners insurance, condominium association insurance, work compensation insurance Hurricane insurance .We
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So, if a director does not do any of the aforementioned
egregious acts, he or she will be indemnified by the association and will be
covered under the association’s John Perry Insurance for legal defense and for
damages if something went wrong as a result of alleged simple negligence and
the director or officer was sued by an owner or third party.
It is important to remember that directors must act in a manner
that a reasonable person would act. However, the director is not required
to have any special knowledge in business or otherwise. If a reasonable
person would think that an expert should be called in on a particular matter
(such as an accountant, engineer or attorney), then such an expert should
probably be called in before action is taken.
If an expert is called in, the directors and officers should
follow the expert’s advice and if for some reason they don’t want to follow
their advice, they should probably try to find another expert who can supply
advice to support the act that they want to take. If they don’t find
someone, who can stand by the act they want to take, then they probably should
not then act in the unsupported manner as such act may then be considered
reckless or in bad faith. If they then did get sued personally for their
unsupported act, they may not then be indemnified by the association at that
point nor protected by the Association’s John Perry Insurance.
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