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By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel On January 10, 2018, the House Insurance and Banking Subcommitee approved HB 533 with one amendment. The bill allows an insurer to condition the sale of insurance on the purchase of motor vehicle services if such services are purchased from a membership organization affiliated with the insurer and…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel The Senate Banking and Insurance Committee used all of their allotted committee meeting time during their January 10, 2018 meeting to discuss, debate, and vote on the PIP repeal bill. Thus, they did not consider the autoglass bill (SB 396) or the named driver exclusion bill (SB 518). These…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel The Senate Banking and Insurance Committee did not vote on the PIP repeal or auto glass bills at their meeting on December 5, 2017 because the Committee ran out of time. They were allotted two hours to meet and a workers’ compensation bill for first responders took the majority…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel The House Insurance and Banking Subcommittee passed the named driver exclusion bill, HB 329 during its meeting on November 15, 2017. The bill authorizes the specific exclusion of named individuals from private passenger motor vehicle insurance coverages. The bill prohibits an exclusion for periods when the names…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel The House PIP repeal and replace bill (HB 19) was heard by its only committee of reference, Commerce Committee, on November 7, 2017. The bill passed with two amendments. It will now go to the House floor for a full vote by the chamber when put on the floor…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel Rep. Grall filed the House PIP repeal bill on October 10, 2017. She also filed the 2017 House PIP repeal bill. The 2017 bill did not pass. The 2018 House PIP repeal bill is different from the 2018 Senate PIP repeal bill. The House bill, HB 19, repeals…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel On October 4, 2017, Sen. Farmer filed another attack on the auto insurance industry. The bill filed, SB 414, prohibits insurers from using credit reports and scores for underwriting and rating for personal lines motor vehicle insurance. Sen. Farmer, a trial lawyer, has also filed bills for consideration…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel On October 3, 2017, Sen. Farmer, a trial lawyer, filed SB 410 which repeals current law allowing zip code rating for auto insurance under specified conditions and as long as the rate is not excessive, inadequate, or unfairly discriminatory. The bill also prohibits insurers from using a single zip…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel Sen. Hukill, a strong proponent of assignment of benefit reform in the property insurance area, filed an auto glass bill on October 3, 2017. The bill, SB 396, allows comprehensive auto policies to require an inspection of a damaged windshield before windshield repair or replacement is authorized by the…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel Sen. Lee has again filed a PIP repeal bill, SB 150, to be considered during the 2018 Session which begins in January 2018. He was also the bill sponsor in 2017. A House bill on this issue has not been filed yet. This year’s Senate bill repeals mandatory PIP…