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Latest Action: 03/13/2008 - Introduction and first reading, referred to Commerce and Labor Bill Text
No-fault auto insurance reformed, injured persons prohibited from collecting
noneconomic damages in certain circumstances, arbitration procedures modified,
health care provider balance billing prohibited, and civil liability clarified.
Latest Action: 03/11/2008 - Introduction and first reading, referred to Commerce and Labor Bill Text
Credit scoring regulated in cases of death of a spouse or divorce.
Latest Action: 03/27/2008 - Author added Scalze Bill Text
Attorney fees and recovery of damages provided for breach of an insurance
policy.
Latest Action: 03/10/2008 - Introduction and first reading, referred to Commerce and Labor Bill Text
Life insurance individual contracts regulated on a variable basis and annuity
fee disclosure required.
Latest Action: 03/06/2008 - Introduction and first reading, referred to Commerce and Labor Bill Text
Life insurance settlements regulated, enforcement provided, and criminal and
civil penalties prescribed.
Latest Action: 03/13/2008 - Committee report, to pass Bill Text
Automobile insurers prohibited from owning repair facilities.
Latest Action: 04/10/2008 - Bills not identical, R/S, SF substituted on General Register Bill Text
RST ENGROSSMENT
Motor vehicle insurance adjustments regulated.
Section 1: Prohibitions on insurer language is modified.
SNA 3/19/08
Also tagged in: Associations and Societies, Business, Commerce Department, Contracts, Credit and Credit Services, Health and Health Department, Insurance-Automobile, Insurance-Health, Legal Proceedings, Motor Vehicles, Real Estate, Trade Practices, Workers Compensation
Latest Action: 05/15/2008 - Returned from Senate with amendment Bill TextCOND ENGROSSMENT Insurance provisions regulated relating to fees, coverages, contracts, filings, forms, financial planners, vehicle sales, appraisers, subdivided lands, domestic mutual insurance companies, collection agencies, and underwriting associations. Section 1: Cash sale price language is modified. Section 2: Scope and purpose language is modified. Section 3: Motor vehicle manufacturer language is provided. Section 4: Service contract language is modified. Section 5: Coverages, limitations, and exclusions language is modified. Section 6: Duration; fees language is modified. Section 7: Definitions are modified. Section 8: Duties of insurers that use agents or brokers language is modified. Section 9: Application language is modified. Section 10: Minimum benefits language is modified. Section 11: Required coverage language [...] show full description
Latest Action: 04/10/2008 - Bills not identical, R/S, SF subbed on Calendar for the Day Bill Text
Flood insurance coverage regulated, and disclosures of noncoverage required.
Latest Action: 03/04/2008 - Author stricken Emmer Bill Text
Viatical Settlements Model Act of the National Association of Insurance
Commissions enacted and modified, viatical settlements regulated, and criminal
penalties provided.
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Latest Action: 02/28/2008 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text
Requiring health and automobile (motor vehicle) insurance policies to reimburse
policyholders for first responder emergency care provided by medical response
units, exception for certain law enforcement agency medical response units
(rt)
Latest Action: 03/11/2008 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text
Regulating life insurance individual contracts on a variable basis; requiring an
annuity fee disclosure; specifying form content requirements
(je)
Latest Action: 05/15/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text
Requiring prior approval by the commissioner of commerce before the use of
evidence based underwriting standards based upon life insurance applicants
having received mental health care
(me)
Latest Action: 02/28/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text
Relating to insurance; requiring the use of electronic records and signatures by
an insurer at the request of an applicant, insured or claimant under certain
conditions; defining certain terms
(je)
Also tagged in: Appropriations, Banks and Financial Institutions, Commerce Department, Counties, Credit and Credit Services, Data Practices and Privacy, Education and Education Department, Insurance-Health, Mortgages and Deeds, Occupations and Professions, Real Estate, Telecommunications and Information Technology
Latest Action: 03/15/2007 - Comm rpt: To pass as amend & re-ref to Finance Bill Text
1E Authorizing the commissioner of commerce to establish and maintain an
electronic licensing database system for license origination, renewal and
tracking the completion of continuing education requirements of individual
insurance agent licensees, requiring the commissioner to pay for database costs
through imposition of a continuing education technology surcharge, specifying a
maximum surcharge fee, establishing the commerce department technology account,
permitting commissioner surcharge reduction or suspension upon reaching a
certain account balance; prohibiting an individual from selling, soliciting and
negotiating long term care insurance unless licensed as an insurance producer
for accident and health or sickness insurance or life insurance and has
completed an initial training course and ongoing training, specifying training
requirements
(me)
Latest Action: 03/10/2008 - Committee report: To pass as amended Bill Text
1E Prohibiting homeowner insurance nonrenewal due to claims submission to
insurers and subsequently denied or unpaid by insurers
(me)
Also tagged in: Advertising, Associations and Societies, Business, Commerce Department, Commissions, Consumer Protection, Contracts, Corporations and Partnerships, Interstate Compacts and Agreements, Liability, Trade Practices
Latest Action: 02/25/2008 - Introduction and first reading Bill TextRelating to insurance, enacting and modifying the viatical settlement model act of the national association of insurance commissions; regulating viatical (life insurance) settlements; requiring a provider or broker license; requiring agent licensing; providing for life insurance providers to meet licensing requirements under certain conditions; specifying application to commerce commissioner for agent licensing; specifying disclosure requirements; providing for commissioner investigation provisions; permitting legal entity licensing; requiring consent to service of process; specifying a duty to supplement information and requiring training; providing for license revocation and denial; providing for approval of viatical settlement contracts and disclosure statements; specifying reporting requirements and privacy provisions; providing for examinations and investigations; specifying record retention requirements; specifying [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Advertising, Associations and Societies, Business, Commerce Department, Consumer Protection, Contracts, Corporations and Partnerships, Data Practices and Privacy, Death, Legal Proceedings, Popular Names, Trade Practices
Latest Action: 03/06/2008 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text"Life Settlements Act"; relating to insurance; regulating life settlements, providing enforcement and prescribing penalties and civil remedies; defining certain terms; specifying certain provider or broker licensure qualification and application requirements, exceptions; authorizing the commissioner of commerce to suspend, revoke or refuse to renew a license under certain conditions; regulating life settlement contracts; specifying certain provider reporting requirements for policies settled during a certain period of time, providing for nondisclosure of identity, exceptions; authorizing the commissioner to examine the business and affairs of any licensee or application for a license; regulating advertising by a broker or provider; specifying certain disclosure requirements; specifying certain general rules for life settlement contracts; authorizing the commissioner to adopt rules regulating the activities and relationships [...] show full description
Latest Action: 03/06/2008 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text
Prohibiting insurance companies from rejecting, denying, canceling or increasing
rates of motor vehicle private passenger insurance or homeowner insurance due to
loss of spouse credit information due to spousal death or divorce
(rt)
Latest Action: 03/03/2008 - Comm rpt: To pass and re-referred to Judiciary Bill Text
Relating to aircraft (aviation) liability insurance, prohibiting denial of
claims for insureds actions or failure to act unless there is a direct causal
connection to losses upon which claims are based
(rt)
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