{"id":174,"date":"2014-01-20T14:56:58","date_gmt":"2014-01-20T19:56:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thefloridainsuranceblog.com\/?p=174"},"modified":"2026-07-06T18:38:33","modified_gmt":"2026-07-06T22:38:33","slug":"florida-now-accepting-electronic-proof-of-auto-insurance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greatflorida.com\/blog\/2014\/florida-now-accepting-electronic-proof-of-auto-insurance\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida Now Accepting Electronic Proof of Auto Insurance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- gf-reformat:v1 --><\/p>\n<figure aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-175\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" id=\"attachment_175\" style=\"width: 693px\"><img alt=\"Electronic Proof of Insurance\" class=\"wp-image-175 lazyload\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 693px) 100vw, 693px\" data-src=\"http:\/\/www.thefloridainsuranceblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/insurance-card.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.greatflorida.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/insurance-card.jpg 990w, https:\/\/www.greatflorida.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/insurance-card-300x91.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.greatflorida.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/insurance-card-768x233.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.greatflorida.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/insurance-card-150x45.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.greatflorida.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/insurance-card-696x211.jpg 696w\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"210\" sizes=\"(max-width: 693px) 100vw, 693px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.greatflorida.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/insurance-card.jpg 990w, https:\/\/www.greatflorida.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/insurance-card-300x91.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.greatflorida.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/insurance-card-768x233.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.greatflorida.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/insurance-card-150x45.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.greatflorida.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/insurance-card-696x211.jpg 696w\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 693px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 693\/210;\" width=\"693\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\" id=\"caption-attachment-175\">Electronic Proof of Insurance<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">When an officer pulls over a driver in Florida, there will be no more riffling through the glove compartment for the current copy of an insurance card. Florida drivers will now have the option to give proof of their <a href=\"http:\/\/www.greatflorida.com\/floridaautoinsurancefaq.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Florida Auto Insurance\">auto insurance<\/a> electronically or show their paper insurance card.<\/p>\n<p>December 10, 2013, Governor Rick Scott and The Florida Cabinet approved a measure allowing drivers to show proof of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.greatflorida.com\/floridaautoinsurancefaq.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Florida Auto Insurance\">auto insurance<\/a> through electronic devices such as cellphones and tablets. The measure will take effect this month.<\/p>\n<div class=\"gf-takeaways\"><p class=\"gf-takeaways__title\"><strong>Key Takeaways<\/strong><\/p><ul><li>Florida drivers can show proof of auto insurance on mobile devices like phones and tablets, not just physical cards.<\/li><li>The measure took effect in January 2014, approved by Governor Rick Scott and Florida Cabinet on December 10, 2013.<\/li><li>77 percent of tickets for driving without proof of insurance were dismissed because drivers actually had coverage.<\/li><li>Drivers assume all liability if their device is dropped or damaged while in a law enforcement officer&#8217;s possession.<\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n<div class=\"gf-cta gf-cta-top\"><span class=\"gf-cta__lead\">Shopping for Florida Auto Insurance?<\/span><a class=\"gf-cta__button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.greatflorida.com?utm_source=blog&#038;utm_medium=cta&#038;utm_campaign=florida-now-accepting-electronic-proof-of-auto-insurance&#038;utm_content=top\">Get a Free Quote<\/a><\/div>\n<p>\u201cThis measure is a natural progression and makes sense,\u201d says <a _blank=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/dustyns\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Dustyn Shroff<\/a>, Vice President of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.greatflorida.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Florida Insurance Agency\">GreatFlorida Insurance<\/a>. \u201cCustomers are increasingly utilizing insurance company apps on their mobile devices and tablets. This is where many insured drivers keep their insurance information. The new measure provides an added convenience to drivers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The measure was brought forth not only to acknowledge changing technology but as an effort to stop avertible ticketing. The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.greattampainsurance.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Tampa Insurance Agents\">Tampa<\/a> Tribune reports 326,168 tickets were issued last year for driving without proof of insurance. According to The Florida Uniform Traffic Citation Statistics, almost 77 percent of those were later dismissed on grounds that drivers proved they had coverage.<\/p>\n<p>As far as liability of the device, once it is turned over to an officer? The responsibility will fall squarely on the driver. If the device is dropped or damaged while in an officer\u2019s possession, it will not be considered the fault of the officer, hand it over at your own risk.<\/p>\n<div class=\"gf-cta gf-cta-end\"><p class=\"gf-cta__headline\">Ready to save on Florida Auto Insurance?<\/p><p class=\"gf-cta__sub\">GreatFlorida Insurance Agents compare rates from Florida's best carriers for you.<\/p><a class=\"gf-cta__button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.greatflorida.com?utm_source=blog&#038;utm_medium=cta&#038;utm_campaign=florida-now-accepting-electronic-proof-of-auto-insurance&#038;utm_content=end\">Get a Free Quote<\/a><p class=\"gf-cta__phone-line\">Or call <a href=\"tel:8884787801\" class=\"gf-cta__phone\">888.478.7801<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Electronic Proof of Insurance When an officer pulls over a driver in Florida, there will be no more riffling through the glove compartment for the current copy of an insurance card. Florida drivers will now have the option to give proof of their auto insurance electronically or show their paper insurance card. December 10, 2013, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1219,"featured_media":175,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3,1,10],"tags":[17,18,16],"class_list":["post-174","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-auto-insurance","category-floridainsurance","category-florida-insurance-industry","tag-auto-insurance-in-florida","tag-florida-auto-insurance","tag-florida-insurance"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greatflorida.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/174","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greatflorida.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greatflorida.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greatflorida.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1219"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greatflorida.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=174"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.greatflorida.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/174\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14732,"href":"https:\/\/www.greatflorida.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/174\/revisions\/14732"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greatflorida.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/175"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greatflorida.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=174"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greatflorida.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=174"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greatflorida.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=174"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}