Dave Sokola
- Democratic
- Senator
- District 8
Primary
This bill provides important consumer protections for property insurance contracts by improving the reliability of mailed notifications of policy cancellation or renewal. Section 1 of this bill requires insurers to deliver any homeowners’ notices of cancellation or nonrenewal by USPS certified mail or USPS Intelligent Mail barcode. Further, whereas currently an insurer can cancel or non-renew a policy because of two non-weather-related claims over the lifetime of the policy, this legislation provides a reasonable claims lookback period for non-weather-related claims, as is already the case for claims in other portions of this subsection of the Code. Section 2 of this bill precludes an insurance carrier from refusing to renew a homeowners’ policy based on non-weather claims unless 2 or more claims occur within the 36-month period immediately preceding the expiration of the current policy period.
Signed by Governor
Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES
Passed By House. Votes: 38 YES 3 ABSENT
Amendment HA 1 to SB 200 - Passed In House by Voice Vote
Amendment HA 1 to SB 200 - Introduced and Placed With Bill
Reported Out of Committee (Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce) in House with 4 Favorable, 5 On Its Merits
Assigned to Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce Committee in House
Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES
Amendment SA 1 to SB 200 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES
Amendment SA 1 to SB 200 - Introduced and Placed With Bill
Reported Out of Committee (Banking, Business, Insurance & Technology) in Senate with 6 On Its Merits
Introduced and Assigned to Banking, Business, Insurance & Technology Committee in Senate
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| SA 1 to SB 200 | HTML PDF |
| HA 1 to SB 200 | HTML PDF |
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