Case Name: Joaquin A. CASTELLON, Appellant, v. AMERICAN SKYHAWK INSURANCE CO., Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2001-02-28
Citations: 785 So. 2d 552
Docket Number: No. 3D00-1756
Parties: Joaquin A. CASTELLON, Appellant, v. AMERICAN SKYHAWK INSURANCE CO., Appellee.
Judges: Before JORGENSON, COPE, and RAMIREZ, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 785
Pages: 552–553

Head Matter:
Joaquin A. CASTELLON, Appellant, v. AMERICAN SKYHAWK INSURANCE CO., Appellee.
No. 3D00-1756.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
Feb. 28, 2001.
Rehearing En Banc and Certification Denied May 30, 2001.
Lidsky, Vaccaro & Montes, and Charles L. Vaccaro, Hialeah, for appellant.
Buckner & Shifrin, Miami; and Lauri Waldman Ross, and Theresa L. Girten, Miami, for appellee.
Before JORGENSON, COPE, and RAMIREZ, JJ.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Affirmed. See § 627.728(5), Fla. Stat. (1996) ("United States postal proof of mailing or certified or registered mailing of notice of cancellation . of reasons for cancellation . to the named insured at the address shown in the policy shall be sufficient proof of notice."); Glenney v. Service Ins. Co., 660 So.2d 1132, 1133 (Fla. 4th DCA 1995) (allowing the carrier to establish compliance by postal proof of mailing, even though the insured claimed nonreceipt of the notice). We also reject appellant Joaquin A. Castellon's argument that the insurer has to prove that the reason for cancellation, here that the State had suspended the insured's driving privileges, is true. The carrier need not undertake further investigation, provided that the carrier has a good faith basis to believe that the reason for cancellation is in fact true.