Alabama
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H 106
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Catastrophe Savings Accounts
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Pending
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Relates to catastrophe savings accounts; provides further for the expenditures that may be paid from a catastrophe savings account; provides further for caps on how much can be contributed to a catastrophe savings account.
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Alabama
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H 275
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State Insurance Regulations
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Pending
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Concerns state insurance regulations; defines replacement cost.
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Alabama
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S 73
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Catastrophe Savings Accounts
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Pending
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Relates to catastrophe savings accounts; provides further for the expenditures that may be paid from a catastrophe savings account; provides further for caps on how much can be contributed to a catastrophe savings account.
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Alaska
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S 11
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Flood Insurance
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Pending
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Relates to flood insurance; relates to property insurance; establishes the state Flood Authority and the state Flood Insurance Fund.
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Arizona
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H 2384
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Fire Insurance and Wildfire Risk Modeling
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Pending
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Relates to fire insurance; relates to wildfire risk modeling.
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Arizona
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H 2613
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Fire Insurance Review Task Force
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Pending
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Relates to fire insurance review task force.
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Arizona
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H 2800
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Fire Insurance and Policy Cancellation and Prohibition
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Pending
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Provides that if the governor declares a state of emergency, after a natural disaster or wildfire, an insurer may not cancel or refuse to renew, for the next 60 days, a fire insurance policy with an insured that resides or that is located within a five-mile radius of the natural disaster or wildfire.
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Arizona
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H 2819
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Residential Property Insurance
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Pending
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Relates to residential property insurance; relates to fire; relates to underwriting.
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Arkansas
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S 48
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Insurance Policies Deductibles Disclosure
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Enacted
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Provides that an insurance policy for owner occupied residential property insurance issued or renewed in the state shall disclose, as applicable, on the policy declaration page or notice of renewal of the policy all deductibles included under the policy in a clear and conspicuous manner so that the insured can identify any applicable deductibles under the policy or renewal; provides that such policy that contains separate deductible levels by peril shall display these deductible amounts.
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Arkansas
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S 70
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Standards for Insurance Policies
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Enacted
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Amends the law concerning standards for insurance policies; revises the notice requirements of an insurer for a premium increase; provides that when an insurer revises its rates or rules and the revision results in a premium increase equal to or greater than a specified percent on any renewal policy issued for a specified term, the insurer shall mail or deliver notice within a specified number of days stating the insurers intention to increase the premium.
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Arkansas
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S 179
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Strengthen Arkansas Homes Act
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Pending
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Establishes the Strengthen Arkansas Homes Act; creates the Strengthen Arkansas Homes Program Premium Tax Fund; provides that the program is created for the purpose of providing financial grants to real property owners and nonprofit organizations to assist and promote the mitigation of losses to insurable dwellings due to catastrophic wind events, including hail, according to FORTIFIED Home construction standards published by the Insurance Institute for Business and Home Safety or a successor entity.
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Arkansas
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S 366
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Strengthen Homes
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Pending
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Creates the strengthen state homes act; creates the Strengthen Arkansas Homes Program Fund.
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California
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A 1
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Residential Property Insurance: Wildfire Risk
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Pending
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Requires the Department of Insurance, on specified date to consider whether to update its regulations to include additional building hardening measures for property-level mitigation efforts and communitywide wildfire mitigation programs.
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California
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A 69
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FAIR Plan Policy Renewals
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Pending
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Requires a broker of record to determine if a FAIR Plan policy can be moved to a voluntary market insurance company before the policy is renewed.
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California
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A 75
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Residential Property Insurance Images
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Pending
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Requires an admitted insurer to notify a residential property insurance policyholder at least a specified number of days in advance of the day that aerial images will be taken of the insured property, unless a claim has been submitted or is pending on the property and the images will be used only for evaluating the claim. Requires the insurer to provide the aerial images upon request and requires the notice to include instructions regarding how a policyholder may make that request.
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California
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A 226
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Insurance
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Pending
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Authorizes the California FAIR Plan Association, if granted prior approval from the commissioner, to request the California Infrastructure and Economic Development Bank to issue bonds and would authorize the bank to issue those bonds to finance the costs of claims, to increase liquidity and claims-paying capacity of the association, and to refund bonds previously issued for that purpose.
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California
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A 232
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Natural Disasters: Catastrophe Savings Accounts
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Pending
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Authorizes a homeowner to establish one catastrophe savings account that, among other things, has the specified purpose of covering the amount of insurance deductibles and other uninsured portions of risks of loss from wildfire, flood, or earthquake. Requires distributions from a catastrophe savings account to be used to cover qualified catastrophe expenses, defined as expenses paid or incurred due to damage to or loss of a homeowner's primary residence caused by a wildfire, flood, or earthquake.
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California
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A 262
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California Individual Assistance Act
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Pending
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Enacts the California Individual Assistance Act to establish a grant program to provide financial assistance to local agencies, community-based organizations, and individuals for specified costs related to a disaster, as prescribed. Requires the director of emergency services to allocate from the Disaster Assistance Fund, subject to specified conditions, funds to meet the cost of expenses for those purposes.
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California
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A 376
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Personal Income Tax Law: Exclusions: Insurance Proceeds
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Pending
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Provides an exclusion from gross income for any amount received by a qualified taxpayer as qualified insurance proceeds. Defines qualified insurance proceeds for this purpose to mean any amount received under a homeowner's insurance policy or a renter's insurance policy for damages or expenses resulting from a fire occurring in an area that is proclaimed by the governor to be in a state of emergency.
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California
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A 389
|
Personal Income Tax: Tax Credits: Fire-Resistant Home
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Pending
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Allows a credit against personal income taxes for each taxable year beginning on or after Jan. 1, 2025, and before Jan. 1, 2030, to a qualified taxpayer, as defined, in an amount equal to specified percent of the taxpayer's qualified expenses, as defined, not to exceed specified amount per taxable year, or specified amount cumulatively.
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California
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A 488
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Insurance: California FAIR Plan Association
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Pending
|
Relates to existing law which required, within 90 days after July 23, 2021, the California FAIR Plan Association to file a new or amended rate application for basic property insurance with the Insurance Commissioner. Repeals the requirement to file a new or amended rate application and would delete the requirement that the toll-free number be published in all general distribution telephone directories in the state.
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California
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A 570
|
Insurance: Policy Documents
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Pending
|
Requires the insurer to provide the insured a free copy of their fire insurance policy within 15 calendar days of receiving a request from the insured.
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California
|
A 1236
|
Insurance: Climate and Sustainability Insurance
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Pending
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Requires the Department of Insurance to establish and administer the Climate and Sustainability Insurance and Risk Reduction Grant Program, to be funded upon appropriation by the Legislature, for the purpose of achieving specified goals, including developing proofs of concept that expand insurance options and testing community purchased insurance to reduce overall insurance costs.
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California
|
A 1354
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Personal Income Tax Law: Credits: Insurance
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Pending
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Provides for taxable years beginning on or after Jan. 1, 2025, and before Jan. 1, 2030, allows a credit against the personal income tax law to a qualified taxpayer equal to the amount paid during the taxable year for premium payments made by the taxpayer for a policy of residential property insurance, as defined, minus the base year premium, defined as the premium paid by the taxpayer for a fire insurance policy in the 2023 calendar year.
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California
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A 1467
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Residential Property Insurance: Tree Fire Risks
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Pending
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Exempts a residential property insurance policyholder from state and local laws, ordinances, fees, and fines associated with the removal of a tree if their insurer identifies the tree as a fire risk and the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection confirms that the tree is a fire risk.
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California
|
S 365
|
Fire Insurance: Reporting on Cancellation & Nonrenewal
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Pending
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Requires the Department of Insurance, on or before Jan. 1, 2027, and on or before each Jan. 1 thereafter, to report specified information to the Legislature on the effect of a specified one-year prohibition against cancellation or nonrenewal has had on cancellations and nonrenewals of policies of residential property insurance in ZIP codes adjacent to, but not included in, an area where the prohibition applies, as well as for ZIP codes for which the prohibition has expired.
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California
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S 495
|
Fire Insurance
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Pending
|
Makes technical, nonsubstantive changes to fire insurance provisions.
|
California
|
S 525
|
California FAIR Plan: Manufactured Homes
|
Pending
|
Defines basic property insurance offered through the FAIR Plan to include manufactured homes insurance that is comparable to basic property insurance sold for residential dwellings.
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California
|
S 547
|
Commercial Property Insurance Cancellation
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Pending
|
Extends a prohibition against cancellation or nonrenewal and its exceptions to a policy of commercial property insurance.
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Colorado
|
H 1182
|
Risk Model Use in Property Insurance Policies
|
Pending
|
Concerns tools to assess risk for the purpose of underwriting property insurance policies.
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Colorado
|
H 1302
|
Increase Access Homeowners Insurance Enterprises
|
Pending
|
Concerns increasing the availability of homeowner's insurance in the state.
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Connecticut
|
H 5088
|
Homeowners Insurance Coverage
|
Failed
|
Requires homeowners’ insurance policies in this state to provide coverage for the peril of collapse for residential buildings affected by crumbling foundations.
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Connecticut
|
H 5686
|
Homeowners Insurance Coverage for the Peril of Collapse
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Failed
|
Requires homeowners’ insurance policies to provide coverage for the peril of collapse.
|
Connecticut
|
H 5731
|
Homeowner Insurance Companies
|
Failed
|
Prohibits homeowners’ insurance companies from denying homeowners insurance coverage to property owners based on the breed of a tenants dog trained as a guide or assistance dog when such property owner is required to allow such tenant to have such dog pursuant to state or federal law.
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Connecticut
|
H 6133
|
Use of Drones By Homeowners Insurance Companies
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Failed
|
Prohibits the use of drones by homeowners' insurance companies; prohibits any homeowners insurance company from using drones for inspection or surveillance purposes prior to offering homeowners insurance coverage, unless such homeowners insurance company provides at least seven business days' notice to such owner by mail or electronic mail, as determined by such owner, of such inspection or surveillance.
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Connecticut
|
H 6138
|
Cancellation Notices of Property or Casualty Insurance
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Failed
|
Requires cancellation notices of property or casualty insurance coverage for seniors; requires any property or casualty insurance company to provide sufficient notice, in writing, to any policyholder who is 65 years of age or older or to such policyholder's authorized representative when such policyholder's coverage is in danger of, or has been, cancelled.
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Connecticut
|
H 6967
|
Assignment of Post Loss Homeowners
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Pending
|
Concerns the assignment of post-loss homeowners and commercial property insurance benefits and home improvement contractors and salespersons; establishes a process for the assignment of post-loss benefits under homeowners and commercial property insurance policies; modifies the required terms of home improvement contracts; precludes home improvement contractors from engaging in certain conduct to induce owners to enter home improvement contracts.
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Connecticut
|
H 6981
|
Electronic Posting of Certain Documents
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Pending
|
Concerns electronic posting of certain documents by insurers, nonrenewal or cancellation of property and casualty insurance policies, federal home loan banks and the insurers rehabilitation and liquidation act, hypothecation of assets and surplus lines insurance; allows insurers to post certain insurance policies and endorsements on such insurers' Internet web sites.
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Connecticut
|
S 339
|
Optional Payment of the Healthy Homes Fund Surcharge
|
Failed
|
Provides for optional payment of the healthy homes fund surcharge; eliminates the requirement that insureds under certain homeowners’ insurance policies pay, and provide for optional payment of, the surcharge.
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Connecticut
|
S 340
|
Healthy Homes Fund Surcharge
|
Failed
|
Eliminates the requirement that insureds under certain homeowners’ insurance policies pay the surcharge imposed pursuant to section 38a-331 of the general statutes.
|
Connecticut
|
S 1016
|
Study of Certain Homeowner Practices
|
Failed
|
Requires that the Insurance Department conduct a study of homeowners insurance practices that require policyholders to make repairs or modifications to such policyholders' residential properties as a condition of granting or maintaining coverage.
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Connecticut
|
S 1245
|
Resilient Connecticut Strategy
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Pending
|
Concerns Resilient Connecticut Strategy; implements the governor's budget recommendations.
|
Connecticut
|
S 1322
|
Nonprofit Human Services
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Pending
|
Concerns nonprofit human services providers, requiring studies of insurance pooling for nonprofit organizations and certain practices by homeowners' insurance companies and exempting nonprofit organizations from certain automobile insurance and bond requirements; protects nonprofit human services providers from liability for injuries caused by negligent acts or omissions of the state or third parties.
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Connecticut
|
S 1385
|
Study of Flood Insurance Coverage
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Pending
|
Requires the insurance commissioner to conduct a study of flood insurance coverage options for owners of residential or commercial property; requires the insurance commissioner to conduct a study of flood insurance coverage options for owners of residential or commercial property in this state.
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Delaware
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None
|
|
|
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District of Columbia
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None
|
|
|
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Florida
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H 13
|
Windstorm Coverage
|
Failed
|
Requires the Citizens Property Insurance Corporation to make windstorm coverage available to homeowners for any residential structures and to commercial lines residential structures; provides requirements for windstorm coverage; authorizes homeowners to obtain windstorm coverage from certain insurance agents; provides underwriting and administering requirements for the windstorm coverage portion of insurance; provides requirements for claims settlement payments.
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Florida
|
H 643
|
Residual Market Insurers
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Pending
|
Revises circumstances under which insurance coverage is eligible for export; removes diligent effort and other requirements before insurance coverage is eligible for export; transfers to surplus lines insurance those provisions relating to liability of insureds and deductibles, insurers duty to acknowledge communications regarding residential property insurance claims and investigations, notice of property insurance claim, suits arising under property insurance policy, surplus lines agent licenses.
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Florida
|
H 705
|
Annual Rate Increases
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Pending
|
Provides that required annual rate increases and limits on such increases for coverages by Citizens Property Insurance Corporation do not apply to new policies issued after specified date and to subsequent renewals of such policies.
|
Florida
|
H 763
|
Consumer Guide To Homeowners Insurance
|
Pending
|
Requires the Office of Insurance Regulation to provide consumer guide relating to homeowners insurance on publicly accessible website; specifies requirements for such guide.
|
Florida
|
H 825
|
Exemption of Assets
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Pending
|
Exempts certain moneys from specified legal process; defines homeowner savings plan.
|
Florida
|
H 841
|
Residential Property Insurance Policy Cancellations
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Pending
|
Prohibits insurers from canceling or nonrenewing, within certain time frames, policies covering personal residential or commercial residential properties damaged by hurricanes or wind losses; provides that such prohibition applies to flood damages caused by hurricanes; provides that insurer may not cancel personal residential or commercial residential property insurance policies until certain repairs are made or specified policy renewal expires; prohibits certain claims for loss or damage.
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Florida
|
H 957
|
Limits on Property Insurance Rates
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Pending
|
Limits rates filed by property insurers with Office of Insurance Regulation to specified percentage.
|
Florida
|
H 959
|
Trust Fund and Creation
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Pending
|
Creates Emergency Residential Property Insurance Assistance Trust Fund within Department of Financial Services; provides purpose, funding, and administration of trust fund; provides eligibility for trust fund; provides for future review and termination or re-creation of trust fund.
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Florida
|
H 1073
|
Coverage By Citizens Property Insurance Corporation
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Pending
|
Revises eligibility for coverage of residential structures in certain counties by Citizens Property Insurance Corporation; requires corporation to implement certain rate increases annually in such counties for single policies issued by corporation; provides additional policies issued by corporation which do not require policyholders to purchase flood insurance as condition for maintaining policies.
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Florida
|
H 1087
|
Property Insurance Claims
|
Pending
|
Establishes mandatory procedure for resolution of disputed insurance claims; removes alternative procedure for resolution of disputed insurance claims; requires insurers, at specified times, to notify policyholders of mandatory procedure; authorizes policyholder to file with Division of Administrative Hearing petition to resolve claims; requires administrative law judge to review petition and dismiss certain petitions.
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Florida
|
H 1433
|
Hurricane Mitigation Grants and Insurers Regulations
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Pending
|
Requires Department of Financial Services to require that certain mitigation improvements be made as condition of reimbursing homeowner approved for My Safe Florida State Home Program grant; increases surpluses required for certain insurers applying for their original certificates of authority and maintaining their certificates of authority, respectively.
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Florida
|
H 1459
|
My Safe Florida Home Program
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Pending
|
Provides for wind and flood damage mitigation grants under My Safe Florida Home Program; provides requirements for eligibility and application for wind and flood mitigation inspections; requires Department of Financial Services to contract with wind and flood certification entities to provide mitigation inspections; provides details for maximum state contribution to mitigation grants.
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Florida
|
H 1535
|
Emergencies
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Pending
|
Revises provisions relating to emergencies including tenant rights, elections held after emergency, planning and preparedness for election emergencies, emergency management plans, training, government offices, National Flood Insurance Program participation, information sharing, contracts for emergency services, hurricane recovery, minimizing potential debris, and hoisting equipment.
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Florida
|
H 1541
|
Property Insurance Policies
|
Pending
|
Specifies that certain provisions relating to homeowners policies, offers of replacement cost coverage, and offers of law and ordinance coverage do not prohibit insurers from providing specified property insurance policies; includes roof covering reimbursement schedules; provides requirements for roof covering reimbursement schedules; specifies that certain provisions relating to homeowners policies, offers of replacement cost coverage, and offers of law and ordinance coverage do not prohibit insurers.
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Florida
|
HM 4003
|
Federal Catastrophe Risk Pool
|
Pending
|
Urges Congress to establish a federal catastrophe risk pool spread the risk and reduce the cost of property insurance premiums.
|
Florida
|
HM 4069
|
Homeowners Insurance Reform
|
Pending
|
Urges Congress to institute homeowners’ insurance reform.
|
Florida
|
S 114
|
Insurance Research
|
Pending
|
Renames the state Catastrophic Storm Risk Management Center to the state Center for Excellence in Insurance and Risk Management; requires the center to collaborate with the Office of Insurance Regulation to produce an annual report analyzing the property insurance market in this state; requires the center to use the public hurricane loss projection model when necessary; requires the office to contract with the center to manage the public hurricane loss projection model.
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Florida
|
S 128
|
Residential Property Insurers
|
Pending
|
Requires homeowners’ policy insurers to give specified notifications to policyholders; requires that such notice be mailed and, under certain circumstances, e-mailed; specifies exceptions to notification requirements.
|
Florida
|
S 194
|
Insurance Solutions Advisory Council
|
Pending
|
Creates the Insurance Solutions Advisory Council within the Office of Insurance Regulation of the Financial Services Commission for specified purposes; providing for membership; provides for advisory council meetings; requires the office to provide the advisory council with staffing and administrative assistance; requires the advisory council to submit a specified report annually; provides for expiration of the advisory council.
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Florida
|
S 230
|
Insurance
|
Pending
|
Clarifies the prohibition related to claims for extracontractual damages; requires that certain damages be available under and pursuant to a specified policy; prohibits public adjusters from engaging in certain adversarial conduct; revises the circumstances under which an insurer or agent may cancel certain policies; revises the required statement by insurers issuing an insurance policy that does not provide flood insurance.
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Florida
|
S 790
|
Policy Cancellations and Nonrenewals
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Pending
|
Prohibits insurers from canceling or nonrenewing, within certain time frames, policies covering personal residential or commercial residential properties damaged by hurricanes or wind losses; provides that an insurer may not cancel personal residential or commercial residential property insurance policies until certain repairs are made or a specified policy renewal expires; requires homeowners policy insurers to give specified notifications to policyholders.
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Florida
|
S 888
|
Consumer Transparency for Homeowners Insurance
|
Pending
|
Requires the Office of Insurance Regulation to provide a consumer guide relating to homeowners’ insurance on a publicly accessible website.
|
Florida
|
S 1020
|
Coverage by Citizens Property Insurance Corporation
|
Pending
|
Revises eligibility for coverage of residential structures in certain counties by Citizens Property Insurance Corporation; requires the corporation to implement certain rate increases annually in such counties for single policies issued by the corporation; provides additional policies issued by the corporation which do not require policyholders to purchase flood insurance as a condition for maintaining the policies.
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Florida
|
S 1044
|
Emergency Residential Property Insurance Assistance
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Pending
|
Creates the Emergency Residential Property Insurance Assistance Trust Fund within the Department of Financial Services; provides for funding and administration of the trust fund; provides for eligibility for financial assistance from the trust fund; provides for future review and termination or re-creation of the trust fund.
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Florida
|
S 1184
|
Residual Market Insurers
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Pending
|
Removes the diligent effort and other requirements for insurance coverage to be eligible for export; transfers to surplus lines insurance those provisions relating to liability of insureds and deductibles; prohibits policyholders from assigning post-loss insurance benefits under property insurance policies; requires settlements or verdicts against insureds as a condition precedent to the accrual or maintenance of causes of actions against liability insurers by persons who are not insureds.
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Florida
|
S 1192
|
Assessment of Homestead Property
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Pending
|
Prohibits the assessed value of elevated homestead property from exceeding a specified amount for a specified time frame under certain circumstances; requires a property owner who uses a specified limitation to maintain active homeowners and flood insurances for a specified time frame; provides that failure to maintain such coverage may result in the reassessment of the property's value without a specified benefit.
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Florida
|
S 1222
|
Rate Standards for Property Insurers
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Pending
|
Revises the powers of the consumer advocate; specifies that failure to obey certain court orders may be punished as contempt; prohibits the Office of Insurance Regulation from approving certain rate filings.
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Florida
|
S 1448
|
Annual Rate Increases for Coverages
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Pending
|
Provides that the required annual rate increases and the limits on such increases for coverages by Citizens Property Insurance Corporation do not apply to new policies issued after a specified date or to subsequent renewals of such policies.
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Florida
|
S 1466
|
My Safe Florida Home Trust Fund
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Pending
|
Creates the My Safe Florida Home Trust Fund within the Department of Financial Services; requires that a certain percentage of specified sales tax be distributed into the fund; provides for future review and termination or re-creation of the trust fund.
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Florida
|
S 1712
|
Florida Hurricane Catastrophe Fund
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Pending
|
Specifies the retention multiple for specified contracts under the Florida Hurricane Catastrophe Fund program beginning on a certain date; provides the adjusted retention multiple for insurers electing the 100% coverage level; authorizes, rather than requiring, a certain formula to provide for a cash build-up factor; requires the cash build-up factor to be frozen beginning in a specified contract year and to freeze for a specified period ending by a specified date.
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Florida
|
S 1720
|
Exemption of Assets
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Pending
|
Exempts certain moneys from specified legal processes; defines the term homeowner savings plan.
|
Florida
|
S 1740
|
Insurance
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Pending
|
Specifies that hurricane mitigation grants funded through the My Safe Florida Home Program may be awarded only under certain circumstances; revises the surplus required for certain insurers applying for their original certificates of authority and to maintain their certificates of authority, respectively; specifies prohibitions for persons who were officers or directors of an insolvent insurer, attorneys in fact of a reciprocal insurer.
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Florida
|
S 1746
|
Property Insurance Policies
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Pending
|
Specifies that certain provisions relating to homeowners policies, offers of replacement cost coverage, and offers of law and ordinance coverage do not prohibit insurers from providing specified property insurance policies by including roof covering reimbursement schedules; prohibits application of a roof covering reimbursement schedule under certain circumstances; specifies that certain provisions relating to homeowners policies, offers of replacement cost coverage, and offers of law and ordinance.
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Georgia
|
H 223
|
Revenue and Taxation
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Pending
|
Relates to revenue and taxation, to authorize certain local governing authorities to provide temporary tax relief from ad valorem taxes levied for the harvest or sale of standing timber from eligible timber property that was severely damaged or destroyed in certain disaster areas; provides for conditions and procedures; provides for the establishment of a certification form.
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Georgia
|
H 511
|
Income Tax
|
Pending
|
Relates to income tax imposition, rate, computation, exemptions, and credits, so as to provide for tax advantaged catastrophe savings accounts; establishes limits for contributions to and withdrawals from such accounts; provides for tax treatment of contributions, interest, and withdrawals; provide for definitions; provides for rules and regulations; provides for related matters; provides for an effective date and applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; relates to homeowner's insurance policy.
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Georgia
|
H 606
|
FAIR Plan Stabilization Act
|
Pending
|
Relates to fair access to insurance requirements, so as to authorize the directors of the underwriting association affiliated with the Fair Access to Insurance Requirements Plan to, subject to the Commissioners approval, redistribute risks to insurers in the plan on a more equitable basis; provides for a short title; provides legislative findings; provides for an effective date; provides for related matters; repeals conflicting laws.
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Georgia
|
S 35
|
Property Insurance Policies
|
To governor
|
Relates to the cancellation or nonrenewal of certain property insurance policies; increases the number of days of notice required to be given a policyholder before the nonrenewal of his or her homeowners insurance policy; provides that the insurer shall provide the reason or reasons for nonrenewal.
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Georgia
|
S 230
|
Condominiums
|
Pending
|
Relates to condominiums, to remove the limitation on the maximum amount of insurance deductibles payable by unit owners; provides for related matters; repeals conflicting laws.
|
Guam
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None
|
|
|
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Hawaii
|
H 20
|
Lava Zone Insurance Fund
|
Pending
|
Establishes a Lava Zone Insurance Fund; subsidizes the cost of insurance premiums for properties in lava zones one and two; defines lava zones one and two; appropriates funds.
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Hawaii
|
H 253
|
Condominiums Building and Hurricane Damage Insurance
|
Pending
|
Relates to condominium master insurance or condominium master hurricane insurance; relates any provision of this article to the contrary, in the event that an existing condominium master insurance policy or condominium master hurricane insurance policy procured by a condominium association or its board of directors, whether wholly or partially, is issued by a surplus lines insurer, an admitted insurer may offer such policies at an amount of no more than 50% of the amount charged.
|
Hawaii
|
H 254
|
Property Insurance
|
Pending
|
Requires insurers to provide advance written notice to policyholders and the insurance commissioner, with reasonable explanations and primary factors, of any policy cancellation, nonrenewal, or proposed premium increase, if, upon renewal, premiums are scheduled to increase more than 10%; requires insurers that provide property insurance to file rate schedules and underlying criteria with the insurance commissioner; requires the insurance commissioner to conduct periodic reviews of rates.
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Hawaii
|
H 255
|
Property Insurance Premium Change Notice
|
Pending
|
Requires insurers to provide automatic, advance written premium change notices to common interest community policyholders and the insurance commissioner, with reasonable explanations and primary factors, disclosing the causes of any premium increase if, upon renewal, premiums are scheduled to increase more than an unspecified percent; requires insurers that renewed property insurance policies between specified years for policyholders that were condominium associations, planned community associations.
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Hawaii
|
H 285
|
Condominiums Property Coverage Tax Credits
|
Pending
|
Establishes tax credits for insurers providing full property coverage to owners and associations of condominiums in the amount equal to 20% of the insurance premium; provides additional 10% tax credits to insurers incorporated in the state.
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Hawaii
|
H 355
|
Wind Resistive Devices Income Tax Credit
|
Pending
|
Establishes a nonrefundable individual income tax credit for expenses paid to retrofit a residence with wind resistive devices.
|
Hawaii
|
H 426
|
Property Insurance Market Stabilization
|
Pending
|
Stabilizes the property insurance market so that insurers continue to insure properties in the state; ensures access to adequate property insurance for certain properties located within the state to allow lenders to finance mortgages that meet the requirements of the secondary mortgage market; relates to hurricane insurance.
|
Hawaii
|
H 490
|
Insurance and Condominium
|
Pending
|
Requires the insurance commissioner to study the feasibility of the mutual insurance model for condominium associations and submit a report to the Legislature.
|
Hawaii
|
H 589
|
Condominium Insurance
|
Pending
|
Establishes the state Condominium Mutual Insurance Company to provide property and casualty insurance to high rise residential condominium properties and the owners of those units; establishes a loan fund to assist associations of apartment owners experiencing increased insurance costs; appropriates moneys.
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Hawaii
|
H 590
|
Condominiums Annual Insurance Premiums
|
Pending
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Requires property insurers to offer discounts on a condominium association's annual insurance premium if the association adopts specific risk mitigation upgrades or develops comprehensive disaster response plans; requires property insurers of condominiums to base premium increases on actuarial justifications that reflect actual risk reduction resulting from upgraded fire safety improvements installed in conjunction with a building fire and life safety evaluation.
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Hawaii
|
H 699
|
Insurance Policies Involving Pet Animals
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Pending
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Prohibits landlords from charging additional monthly fees for the keeping of a pet animal, except in certain circumstances; prohibits landlords from charging more than one-third of one month's rent as an additional pet animal security deposit.
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Hawaii
|
H 885
|
Condominium Associations Insurance Upgrade Discounts
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Pending
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Establishes a program; requires property insurers; offers discounts to condominium associations that make certain upgrades; takes other specific actions; increases the building's resilience; reduces the association's risk profile; requires the Insurance Commissioner; adopts rules; implements the program.
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Hawaii
|
H 1047
|
Licensed Mortgage Servicers
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Pending
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Relates to interest on insurance proceeds related to a mortgage loan; provides that in the event of a state of emergency declared by the governor pursuant to specified section a state financial institution shall comply with the following requirements concerning the handling, processing, and disbursement of insurance proceeds paid to satisfy a claim associated with the damage or destruction of a residential property that is the subject of a mortgage, including hazard insurance.
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Hawaii
|
H 1056
|
State Treasury
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Pending
|
Establishes the Strengthen Hawaii Homes Program to encourage single family homeowners to retrofit their homes to resist damage by providing for grants to help offset the cost of retrofits; appropriates funds.
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Hawaii
|
H 1057
|
Property Insurance Association
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Pending
|
Expands the powers of the state Property Insurance Association and state Hurricane Relief Fund to help to stabilize the property insurance market in the state; requires the insurance commissioner to conduct a study; appropriates moneys.
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Hawaii
|
H 1201
|
Condominiums Full Property Coverage
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Pending
|
Establishes tax credits for insurers; provides full property coverage to owners and associations of condominiums in the amount equal to 20% of the insurance premium; provides additional 10% tax credits to insurers incorporated in the state.
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Hawaii
|
H 1251
|
Real Property Insurance Premiums Tax Credit Offset
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Pending
|
Establishes a refundable income tax credit to offset the increase in real property insurance premiums for certain properties.
|
Hawaii
|
H 1341
|
Condominiums Full Property Insurance Tax Credits
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Pending
|
Establishes tax credits for insurers providing full property coverage to owners and associations of condominiums in the amount equal to 20% of the insurance premium; provides additional 10% tax credits to insurers incorporated in the state.
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Hawaii
|
H 1467
|
Strengthen Hawaii Homes Program
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Pending
|
Establishes the Strengthen Hawaii Homes Program within the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism to administer grants to retrofit residential properties to enhance resilience against disaster impacts and reduce potential insurance liabilities; appropriates funds.
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Hawaii
|
H 1474
|
Insurance Affordability Assistance Pilot Program
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Pending
|
Establishes the Insurance Affordability Assistance Pilot Program within the Insurance Division of the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs to assist eligible homeowners with sudden increases in property insurance premiums.
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Hawaii
|
H 1502
|
Property and Casualty Insurance
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Pending
|
Establishes requirements for property and casualty insurers and policies for pre and post disaster protections; provides that in the event of a loss under a homeowners insurance policy issued or renewed on or after the specified date for which the insured has made a claim for additional living expenses, the insurer shall provide the insured with a list of items that the insurer believes may be covered under the policy as additional living expenses.
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Hawaii
|
HCR 172
|
Minimum Insurance Requirements
|
Pending
|
Requests the Federal Housing Finance Agency to direct Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to repeal or reduce the minimum insurance requirements in guide section 4703.2, requiring condominium master insurance policy coverage for all perils in an amount equal to 100% of the replacement cost value of the project's improvements.
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Hawaii
|
S 14
|
Property Insurance Premiums
|
Pending
|
Prohibits, beginning of specified date, an insurer of property, homeowner's, or renter's insurance from increasing the premium for a policyholder's insurance policy upon renewal unless the insurer submits a report to the policyholder and insurance commissioner and receives approval from the insurance commissioner; establishes penalties.
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Hawaii
|
S 376
|
Home Fire Safety Improvement Tax Credit
|
Pending
|
Establishes a nonrefundable income tax credit for taxpayers who construct or install improvements to their residence that increase the residence's fire safety rating as calculated by the taxpayer's homeowner's insurance policy.
|
Hawaii
|
S 514
|
Wildfire Relief Fund
|
Pending
|
Establishes the state Wildfire Relief Fund and state Wildfire Relief Fund corporation within the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs to provide compensation for property damage resulting from catastrophic wildfires in the state; requires reports to the Legislature and governor; appropriates funds.
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Hawaii
|
S 679
|
Hurricane Shelters
|
Pending
|
Appropriates funds for the Office of the Governor, in collaboration with the Insurance Division of the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs and state Emergency Management Agency, to strengthen existing hurricane shelters and develop new hurricane shelters to withstand category five hurricanes.
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Hawaii
|
S 697
|
Residences Wind Resistive Devices Tax Credit
|
Pending
|
Establishes a nonrefundable individual income tax credit for expenses paid to retrofit a residence with wind resistive devices; requires the Department of Taxation to prepare forms; requires the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs to pre-certify claims. appropriates funds.
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Hawaii
|
S 707
|
Lava Zone Insurance Fund
|
Pending
|
Establishes a Lava Zone Insurance Fund to subsidize the cost of insurance premiums for properties in lava zones 1 and 2; defines lava zones 1 and 2; appropriates funds.
|
Hawaii
|
S 752
|
Property Casualty Insurance Cancellation
|
Pending
|
Increases the notice period for an insurer to notify a policy holder of a cancellation or nonrenewal of a property casualty insurance policy.
|
Hawaii
|
S 802
|
Property Insurance Premium Change Notice
|
Pending
|
Requires insurers to provide advance written notice to policyholders and the insurance commissioner, with reasonable explanations and primary factors, of any policy cancellation, non-renewal, or proposed premium increase, if, upon renewal, premiums are scheduled to increase more than 10%; requires insurers that provide property insurance to file rate schedules and underlying criteria with the insurance commissioner.
|
Hawaii
|
S 803
|
Property Insurance Premium Change Notice
|
Pending
|
Requires insurers to provide automatic, advance written premium change notices to common interest community policyholders and the insurance commissioner, with reasonable explanations and primary factors, disclosing the causes of any premium increase if, upon renewal, premiums are scheduled to increase more than an unspecified percent; requires insurers that renewed property insurance policies between 2022 and 2024 for policyholders that were condominium associations, planned community associations.
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Hawaii
|
S 804
|
Condominiums Property Insurance Premiums Discounts
|
Pending
|
Requires property insurers to offer discounts on a condominium association's annual insurance premium if the association adopts specific risk mitigation upgrades or develops comprehensive disaster response plans; requires property insurers of condominiums to base premium increases on actuarial justifications that reflect actual risk reduction resulting from upgraded fire safety improvements installed in conjunction with a building fire and life safety evaluation.
|
Hawaii
|
S 805
|
Condominium Mutual Insurance Company
|
Pending
|
Establishes the Hawaii Condominium Mutual Insurance Company to provide property and casualty insurance to high-rise residential condominium associations and the owners of those units; requires reports to the governor; establishes the Condominium Loan Fund to assist associations of apartment owners experiencing increased insurance costs; appropriates funds.
|
Hawaii
|
S 842
|
Condominiums Comprehensive Standards and Requirements
|
Pending
|
Requires the insurance commissioner to develop comprehensive standards and requirements for condominium associations and developers to obtain property insurance through self-insurance and mutual insurance, and examine and evaluate the feasibility of implementing guaranteed buyback programs and investment based protection funds.
|
Hawaii
|
S 1044
|
Property Insurance Market
|
Pending
|
Expands the powers of the Hawaii Property Insurance Association and reactivates the Hawaii Hurricane Relief Fund to help to stabilize the property insurance market in the state; requires the Hawaii Property Insurance Association and the Hawaii Hurricane Relief Fund to contract with domestic private insurers to act as a servicing facility by specified date; establishes the Condominium Loan Program and the condominium loan program special fund, to be administered by the Hawaii Green Infrastructure Authority.
|
Hawaii
|
S 1128
|
Property Insurance
|
Pending
|
Establishes requirements for insurers relating to claims for additional living expenses under homeowners’ insurance policies, including situations where losses are incurred during a state of emergency.
|
Hawaii
|
S 1129
|
Insurance Commissioner Risk Transfer Market Mechanisms
|
Pending
|
Requires the insurance commissioner to convene a working group to identify, assess, and recommend certain risk transfer market mechanisms.
|
Hawaii
|
S 1136
|
Insurance Ratemaking Regulations
|
Pending
|
Establishes ratemaking regulations for insurers who base their rates on a policyholder or applicant's wildfire risk; amends the definition of prospective loss costs to incorporate catastrophe modeling instead of historical aggregate losses; prohibits insurers from basing certain insurance rates on past loss experience within or outside the state; requires insurers to provide a list of items that may be covered under a homeowners insurance policy issued or renewed.
|
Hawaii
|
S 1140
|
Fair Access to Insurance Requirements Program
|
Pending
|
Establishes the Fair Access to Insurance Requirements Program, which shall be established in and administered by the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs to ensure that residents in high-risk areas can purchase affordable and comprehensive property insurance coverage for their residential properties; authorizes the director of commerce and consumer affairs to issue revenue bonds in amounts authorized by the Legislature, in which case the Premium Stabilization Fund shall be established.
|
Hawaii
|
S 1141
|
Property Insurance Minimum Requirements
|
Pending
|
Requires insurers offering homeowners insurance policies to comply with certain minimum requirements in cases of losses of owner-occupied residences due to a catastrophic disaster; appropriates funds.
|
Hawaii
|
S 1166
|
Property and Casualty Insurance Rates
|
Pending
|
Allows the state Property Insurance Association to file and litigate subrogation claims against responsible parties for claims paid by the insurer for losses resulting from climate disasters and extreme weather attributable to climate change; establishes a new, specific cause of action that allows insurers and injured parties to file claims against a responsible party for damages resulting from climate disasters, extreme weather related to climate change, and other long-term changes in the climate system.
|
Hawaii
|
S 1366
|
Mortgage Supports During Disasters
|
Pending
|
Requires licensed mortgage servicers and financial institutions to pay interest on insurance proceeds held for the benefit of consumers; provides that a fee shall not be charged to the borrower in connection with the maintenance or disbursement of interest earned from interest-bearing accounts.
|
Hawaii
|
S 1375
|
Strengthen Hawaii Homes Program
|
Pending
|
Establishes the Strengthen Hawaii Homes Program to encourage single family homeowners to retrofit their homes to resist damage by providing for grants to help offset the cost of retrofits; appropriates funds.
|
Hawaii
|
S 1376
|
Property Insurance
|
Pending
|
Expands the powers of the state Property Insurance Association and state Hurricane Relief Fund to help to stabilize the property insurance market in the state; requires the insurance commissioner to conduct a study; appropriates moneys.
|
Hawaii
|
S 1575
|
Condominiums Building and Hurricane Damage Insurance
|
Pending
|
Allows authorized insurers in the state to offer building and hurricane damage insurance for condominium buildings at a lesser rate than the building's prior surplus lines insurance policy for the same coverage.
|
Hawaii
|
S 1590
|
Insurance Affordability Assistance Pilot Program
|
Pending
|
Establishes the Insurance Affordability Assistance Pilot Program within the Insurance Division of the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs to assist eligible homeowners with sudden increases in property insurance premiums; sunsets a specified date.
|
Hawaii
|
SCR 57
|
National Reinsurance Program
|
Pending
|
Urges the U.S. Congress to enact a national reinsurance program to address the multi state insurance crisis resulting from catastrophic natural disasters.
|
Hawaii
|
SCR 155
|
Private Property Insurance Industry Report
|
Pending
|
Requests the insurance commissioner to produce a detailed report regarding the state of the private property insurance industry in the state.
|
Hawaii
|
SCR 186
|
Minimum Insurance Requirements
|
Pending
|
Requests the Federal Housing Finance Agency to direct Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to repeal or reduce the minimum insurance requirements in guide section 4703.2, requiring condominium master insurance policy coverage for all perils in an amount equal to 100% of the replacement cost value of the project's improvements.
|
Hawaii
|
SR 41
|
National Reinsurance Program
|
Pending
|
Urges the U.S. Congress to enact a national reinsurance program to address the multi state insurance crisis resulting from catastrophic natural disasters.
|
Hawaii
|
SR 125
|
Private Property Insurance Industry Report
|
Pending
|
Requests the insurance commissioner to produce a detailed report regarding the state of the private property insurance industry in the state.
|
Idaho
|
H 17
|
Department of Insurance
|
Pending
|
Amends and adds to existing law to establish a wildfire risk mitigation and stabilization pool, fund, and board.
|
Idaho
|
H 384
|
Department of Insurance
|
Pending
|
Amends and adds to existing law to establish the Wildfire Risk Mitigation Fund.
|
Idaho
|
HCR 16
|
Insurance
|
Pending
|
States findings of the legislature and authorizes the legislative Council to appoint a committee to study the property insurance market in the state.
|
Illinois
|
H 3426
|
Insurance Code
|
Pending
|
Amends the Insurance Code; increases one of the fees allowed as part of the taxable costs in a specified action to a certain amount; provides that it shall be unlawful for any company transacting insurance business in this state to pay a claim of an insured property owner for loss by fire or explosion to a structure located in this state where the amount recoverable for loss to the structure under a policy exceeds certain amount, until the insurance company receives the required certificate; sets forth.
|
Illinois
|
H 3799
|
Insurance Code
|
Pending
|
Amends the Insurance Code; provides that specified notices of cancellation of insurance must be mailed at least 30 days prior to the effective date of cancellation to the named insured if the effective date of cancellation is within the first 60 days of coverage; provides that, after the coverage has been effective for 61 days or more, all notices must be mailed at least 60 days prior to the effective date of cancellation; makes conforming changes; creates the Climate Risk Disclosure Article.
|
Illinois
|
S 268
|
Insurance Code
|
Pending
|
Creates the Insurance Fairness and Consumer Protection Law Article of the Insurance Code; provides that insurers must submit a request for approval to the Department of Insurance for any proposed rate increase for homeowners insurance premiums or automobile insurance premiums; prohibits implementing any rate increase without prior written approval of the Department; prohibits using nondriving factors, such as credit score, occupation, and education level, to determine automobile insurance premiums.
|
Illinois
|
S 269
|
Insurance Code
|
Pending
|
Creates the Insurance Rate Transparency Law as an article of the Insurance Code; provides that, beginning on a specified date, each insurer offering automobile and homeowners insurance policies in Illinois shall maintain a publicly accessible website displaying a summary of the annual percentage increase or decrease in premium rates for homeowners insurance policies and automobile insurance policies; requires the website to display the rate-change data for the previous five years, updated annually.
|
Illinois
|
S 1914
|
Condominium Property Act
|
Pending
|
Amends the Condominium Property Act; requires that if there is negligence on the part of the board resulting in the loss of use of a unit by the unit owner, a portion of the reserves must be designated for use to assist the unit owner in covering expenses incurred as a result of the loss of use if the unit owner does not carry Category D loss-of-use insurance.
|
Illinois
|
S 2472
|
Insurance Code
|
Pending
|
Amends the Insurance Code; provides that specified notices of cancellation of insurance must be mailed at least 30 days prior to the effective date of cancellation to the named insured if the effective date of cancellation is within the first 60 days of coverage; provides that, after the coverage has been effective for 61 days or more, all notices must be mailed at least 60 days prior to the effective date of cancellation; makes conforming changes; creates the Climate Risk Disclosure Article.
|
Indiana
|
H 1109
|
Aerial Photography
|
Pending
|
Requires an insurer that provides property insurance coverage to a named insured to take certain actions when the insurer uses aerial images to aid in its determination to not renew property insurance coverage for a named insured.
|
Indiana
|
H 1213
|
Updates Insurance Coverage Rules
|
To governor
|
Relates to insurance and transfer on death deeds; removes language regarding coverage under a casualty insurance policy or liability insurance policy on property transferred by a transfer on death deed; specifies that a provision regarding insurance coverage on property transferred by a transfer on death deed does not apply to a commercial lines property insurance policy.
|
Indiana
|
S 338
|
Department of Insurance Reports
|
Pending
|
Relates to department of insurance reports; requires the department of insurance, before Nov. 1 of each year, to submit to the legislative council and the interim study committee on financial institutions and insurance, a report regarding the total number of homeowner's insurance complaints received by the department during the immediately preceding calendar year and any open homeowner's insurance complaints from the immediately preceding calendar year.
|
Iowa
|
H 499
|
Establishment of a Disaster Assistance Grant Program
|
Pending
|
Provides for the establishment of a disaster assistance grant program and makes appropriations.
|
Iowa
|
H 622
|
Catastrophic Savings Account
|
Pending
|
Creates a catastrophic savings account and modifies individual income taxes for account holders and includes applicability provisions.
|
Iowa
|
H 911
|
Department of Insurance and Financial Services
|
Pending
|
Relates to matters under the purview of the Department of Insurance and Financial Services including financial literacy and exploitation, tax confidentiality, health insurance rates, health savings accounts, insurer withdrawals, property insurance, and service contracts; includes penalties.
|
Iowa
|
H 957
|
Natural Hazard Mitigation Financing Program
|
Pending
|
Relates to the natural hazard mitigation financing program, the disaster recovery housing assistance program, the disaster recovery new housing program, post-loss assignment of benefits, the licensing and regulation of adjusters, appraisers, and umpires, and the state economic emergency fund, and provides penalties; makes appropriations; includes effective date and retroactive applicability provisions.
|
Iowa
|
S 591
|
Natural Hazard Mitigation Financing Program
|
Pending
|
Relates to the natural hazard mitigation financing program, the disaster recovery housing assistance program, the disaster recovery new housing program, post-loss assignment of benefits, the licensing and regulation of adjusters, appraisers, and umpires, and the Iowa economic emergency fund, and provides penalties; makes appropriations; includes effective date and retroactive applicability provisions.
|
Kansas
|
S 25
|
Insurance Savings Account Act
|
Pending
|
Relates to property and casualty insurance; enacts the Insurance Savings Account Act; allows individuals and corporations to establish insurance savings accounts with certain financial institutions; provides for eligible expenses, requirements and restrictions for such accounts; requires the secretary of revenue to adopt rules and regulations; grants nonexclusive marketing authority to the state commissioner of insurance; establishes addition and subtraction modifications under the state Income Tax Act.
|
Kentucky
|
H 233
|
Prevention of Harmful Practices
|
Enacted
|
Relates to the prevention of harmful practices associated with property and casualty insurance; provides that where goods or services relating to real estate are expected to be paid from property, casualty, or property and casualty insurance proceeds, a contractor or person representing a contractor shall not file or claim a mechanics lien against an insured by reason of their failure or refusal to pay any excess charge over and above the amount paid or expected to be paid by an insurer under a policy.
|
Kentucky
|
H 447
|
Unfair Claims Settlement Practices
|
Pending
|
Establishes an unfair claims settlement practice relating to the alteration of an independent adjuster's, staff adjuster's, or public adjuster's report in connection with a homeowner's insurance claim without providing certain documentation to the insured.
|
Louisiana
|
None
|
|
|
|
Maine
|
H 420
|
Qualifying Downtown Businesses and Developments
|
Pending
|
Provides qualifying downtown businesses and developments with assistance paying flood insurance premiums.
|
Maine
|
S 29
|
Storm Preparedness
|
Pending
|
Increases storm preparedness for state communities, homes and infrastructure.
|
Maryland
|
H 449
|
Property Insurance Deductibles
|
Pending
|
Increases the maximum amount of a council of unit owners property insurance deductible for which a unit owner is responsible if the cause of damage to or destruction of any portion of the condominium originates from the unit owner’s unit.
|
Maryland
|
H 636
|
Property Insurance Deductibles
|
Failed
|
Increases, a specified amount, the maximum amount of the council of unit owners' property insurance deductible for which a unit owner is responsible; applies the act to all policies of property and casualty insurance issued, delivered, or renewed in the state to a condominium council of unit owners.
|
Maryland
|
H 1148
|
Property and Casualty Insurance Coverage Lapses
|
Pending
|
Prohibits a property and casualty insurer from denying coverage based on a prior lapse in coverage of the applicant if the lapse was due to the choice of the applicant and not losses incurred by or the claims history of the applicant.
|
Maryland
|
H 1541
|
Condominiums Mandatory Insurance Coverage
|
Pending
|
Requires a certain condominium unit owner to obtain a certain insurance policy for the unit; requires a certain insurance policy to include certain provisions; authorizes a council of unit owners to acquire an insurance policy on behalf of a unit owner who does not maintain a certain required insurance policy and charge the insurance premium as an assessment to the unit owner.
|
Maryland
|
S 446
|
Property Insurance Deductibles
|
Pending
|
Increases, from $10,000 to a specified amount, the maximum amount of the council of unit owners' property insurance deductible for which a unit owner is responsible if the cause of damage to or destruction of any portion of the condominium originates from the unit owner's unit.
|
Maryland
|
S 463
|
Property Insurance Deductibles
|
Pending
|
Increases, from $10,000 to a specified amount, the maximum amount of the council of unit owners' property insurance deductible for which a unit owner is responsible; applies the act to all policies of property and casualty insurance issued, delivered, or renewed in the State to a condominium council of unit owners.
|
Maryland
|
S 893
|
Insurance Regulations
|
Pending
|
Establishes and alters requirements governing the regulation of insurance in the state, including requirements related to reviews and examinations undertaken by the Maryland insurance commissioner, premium discounts, the temporary suspension of writing new homeowner's insurance policies, and claims handling; provides that certain insurers may be subject to additional market conduct examinations under certain circumstances.
|
Massachusetts
|
H 1085
|
Flood Insurance Rates
|
Pending
|
Relates to flood insurance rates.
|
Massachusetts
|
H 1097
|
Homeowners Insurance
|
Pending
|
Relates to homeowners’ insurance.
|
Massachusetts
|
H 1175
|
Insurance Premiums for Homeowners
|
Pending
|
Relates to insurance premiums for homeowners.
|
Massachusetts
|
H 1176
|
Homeowners Insurance Complaint Education
|
Pending
|
Relates to homeowners' insurance complaint education.
|
Massachusetts
|
H 1194
|
Homeowners Insurance Coverage
|
Pending
|
Relates to homeowner's insurance coverage for the cleanup of accidental home heating oil spills.
|
Massachusetts
|
H 1217
|
Modernizing Private Flood Insurance
|
Pending
|
Modernizes private flood insurance.
|
Massachusetts
|
H 1225
|
Sufficient Notice to Homeowners by Insurance Companies
|
Pending
|
Relates to ensuring sufficient notice to homeowners by insurance companies prior to inspections.
|
Massachusetts
|
H 1243
|
Homeowners Insurance
|
Pending
|
Relates to homeowners’ insurance.
|
Massachusetts
|
H 1271
|
Home Owners Insurance and Funding Repairs
|
Pending
|
Relates to homeowners’ insurance and funding repairs.
|
Massachusetts
|
H 1279
|
Insurance Rates Study
|
Pending
|
Provides for an investigation and study by a special commission to develop statutory and regulatory framework to address the setting of rates by insurance companies for properties with affordability restrictions.
|
Massachusetts
|
H 1302
|
Homeowners Insurance Coverage
|
Pending
|
Relates to homeowners’ insurance coverage for the remediation of home heating oil releases.
|
Massachusetts
|
H 1344
|
Non Renewal of a Homeowners Insurance Policy
|
Pending
|
Relates to the notice of nonrenewal of a homeowner's insurance policy.
|
Massachusetts
|
S 701
|
Insurance Policies Electronic Notices
|
Pending
|
Relates to electronic notices of the cancellation, renewal or nonrenewal of insurance policies.
|
Massachusetts
|
S 719
|
Private Flood Insurance Coverage and Rates
|
Pending
|
Relates to private flood insurance coverage and rates.
|
Massachusetts
|
S 739
|
Insurance Rate Review Transparency
|
Pending
|
Promotes insurance rate review transparency.
|
Massachusetts
|
S 787
|
Insurance Payouts After Property Damage
|
Pending
|
Establishes protections for homeowners by regulating mortgage lenders' handling of insurance payouts after property damage.
|
Michigan
|
None
|
|
|
|
Minnesota
|
H 1519
|
Regulates Homeowner's Insurance Advertisements
|
Pending
|
Relates to commerce; regulates homeowner's insurance advertisements.
|
Minnesota
|
H 2228
|
Homeowners and Commercial Property Insurance
|
Pending
|
Relates to commerce; establishes a task force on homeowners and commercial property insurance; appropriates money; requires a report.
|
Minnesota
|
H 2460
|
Insurance Midterm Policy Cancellation
|
Pending
|
Relates to insurance; amends time requirements for midterm policy cancellation.
|
Minnesota
|
S 665
|
Insurance Midterm Policy Cancellation
|
Pending
|
Relates to insurance; amends time requirements for midterm policy cancellation.
|
Minnesota
|
S 2230
|
Regulates Homeowner's Insurance Advertisements
|
Pending
|
Relates to commerce; regulates homeowner's insurance advertisements.
|
Mississippi
|
H 70
|
Property and Casualty Insurers Requirement
|
Failed
|
Requires property and casualty insurers to require blighted real property to be cleaned up before paying more than a specified portion of the damages owed; requires the insurance commissioner to enforce provisions and adopt any rules or regulations as necessary.
|
Mississippi
|
H 71
|
Property and Casualty Insurers Requirement
|
Failed
|
Requires property and casualty insurers to require blighted real property to be cleaned up before paying not more than 90% of the damages owed; authorizes the county or municipality to pay the rest; requires the commissioner of insurance to enforce the provisions of this act and adopt any rules or regulations necessary.
|
Mississippi
|
H 245
|
Hazard Mitigation Revolving Loan Fund Program
|
Failed
|
Establishes the Hazard Mitigation Revolving Loan Fund Program to provide assistance for projects that will reduce disaster risks for homeowners, businesses, nonprofit organizations, and communities in order to decrease the loss of life and property, the cost of insurance, federal disaster payments, or as otherwise required by federal law; provides that the state Department of Environmental Quality will administer the program; defines certain terms relating to the program; provides an application process.
|
Mississippi
|
H 396
|
Property Insurance
|
Failed
|
Provides that any property insurance policy issued or delivered in the state shall include an appraisal provision, which can be invoked by either party provided coverage has been acknowledged for any aspect of a loss, or a covered peril was involved in causing any aspect of the loss; provides the appraisal provision to be included; provides that the appraisal panel shall have the exclusive authority to determine the value of the property and the amount of the loss, including issues of causation.
|
Mississippi
|
H 1479
|
Hurricane Deductible
|
Failed
|
Provides for a hurricane deductible; provides definitions; provides that for all homeowners' insurance policies or other policies insuring a one or two family owner occupied premises for fire and allied lines, issued or renewed by authorized insurers on or after specified date, any separate deductible that applies in place of any other deductible to loss or damage resulting from a named storm or hurricane shall be applied on an annual basis to all named storm or hurricane losses.
|
Mississippi
|
H 1611
|
Property and Casualty Insurance Coverage
|
To governor
|
Requires insurance companies to issue notices for renewal, cancellation, reduction of coverage or nonrenewal of property and casualty insurance, automobile insurance, and workers' compensation insurance not less than a specified days before the effective date of the renewal, cancellation, reduction of coverage or nonrenewal.
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Missouri
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H 908
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Real Property Damage to Siding Insurance Coverage
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Pending
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Creates provisions relating to insurance coverage for damage to siding on real property.
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Montana
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H 136
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Property Insurance Laws
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Pending
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Allows insurers to provide a benefit or premium reduction to a policyholder for measures taken to reduce the risk of damage to property from fire, wind, and hail; provides that such measures include, among other things, using ignition resistant, fire resistive, or noncombustible building materials and installing fire alarm or emergency alarm systems; provides that a benefit or premium reduction does not constitute a midterm premium increase; requires an insurer to disclose the benefit or premium reduction.
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Montana
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H 533
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Wildfire and Real Property
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Pending
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Requires insurers that use a wildfire risk score to provide the requester with certain information to enhance transparency.
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Montana
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S 530
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Insurance Laws
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Failed
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Revises insurance laws relating to nonrenewals and cancellation of certain insurance policies.
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Montana
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SR 19
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Board of Hail Insurance Appointees
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Pending
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Confirms governor's appointees for the board of hail insurance.
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Nebraska
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None
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|
|
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Nevada
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A 437
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Fair Access to Insurance Requirements Plan
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Pending
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Relates to property insurance; creates the Fair Access to Insurance Requirements Plan Association; requires the membership of certain authorized insurers in the Association; creates the board of directors of the association and prescribing the duties of the board; requires the board to establish the Fair Access to Insurance Requirements (FAIR) Plan; establishes the requirements of the FAIR Plan; provides other matters properly relating thereto.
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New Hampshire
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None
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|
|
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New Jersey
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A 789
|
Flood Insurance Information
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Pending
|
Requires insurers that sell flood insurance to provide certain policyholders with certain information.
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New Jersey
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A 1080
|
Renters Insurance
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Pending
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Mandates renter's insurance for individuals leasing dwelling units.
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New Jersey
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A 1460
|
Anti Concurrent Causation Clauses
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Pending
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Prohibits use of anti-concurrent causation clauses in homeowners’ insurance policies.
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New Jersey
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A 1647
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Homeowners Insurers from Raising Rates
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Pending
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Prohibits homeowners' insurers from raising rates of insured on basis of insured's appeal of claim determination.
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New Jersey
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A 2904
|
Flood Insurance Premiums Property Tax Levy Cap
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Pending
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Adds to property tax levy cap exclusions increases in flood insurance premiums.
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New Jersey
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A 3303
|
Insurance Policies Cancellation Notice
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Pending
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Requires notice of cancellation or nonrenewal of automobile and homeowners’ insurance policies to be sent by certified mail, return receipt requested.
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New Jersey
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A 5030
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Fire Damaged Property Insurance Proceeds Liens
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Pending
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Permits municipalities to place a lien on a fire damaged property’s insurance proceeds in certain instances and requires fire and explosion insurance coverage for certain individuals.
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New Jersey
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A 5450
|
Homeowners Insurance Coverage
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Pending
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Establishes plan for provision of coverage to homeowners who are otherwise unable to procure homeowners insurance.
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New Jersey
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ACR 71
|
Federal Flood Insurance Subsidies
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Pending
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Urges Congress and the President of the United States to increase subsidies for federal flood insurance.
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New Jersey
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S 306
|
Fire Damaged Property Insurance Proceeds Liens
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Pending
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Permits municipalities to place lien on fire damaged property's insurance proceeds in certain instances and requires fire and explosion insurance coverage for certain individuals.
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New Jersey
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S 1013
|
Condominium Association Insurance Deductible Assessment
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Pending
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Prohibits condominium associations from assessing insurance deductibles to individual unit owners or groups of unit owners.
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New Jersey
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S 1454
|
Flood Insurance Property Tax Levy Cap Exclusion
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Pending
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Adds to property tax levy cap exclusions increases in flood insurance premiums.
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New Jersey
|
S 2894
|
Automobile and Homeowners Insurance Cancellation Notice
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Pending
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Requires notice of cancellation or nonrenewal of automobile and homeowners’ insurance policies to be sent by certified mail, return receipt requested.
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New Jersey
|
SCR 21
|
Congressional Resolution
|
Pending
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Urges Congress to investigate claims that insurance companies have used revised engineering reports to deny flood claims from Superstorm Sandy.
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New Jersey
|
SCR 22
|
Investigative Resolution
|
Pending
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Urges U.S. Department of Justice to investigate certain claims handling practices related to Superstorm Sandy flood insurance claims.
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New Jersey
|
SCR 76
|
Federal Flood Insurance Subsidies
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Pending
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Urges Congress and the President of the United States to increase subsidies for federal flood insurance.
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New Mexico
|
S 33
|
Wildfire Prepared Act
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Pending
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Adds members and duties to the Fire Planning Task Force, including, among others, a representative of the Office of the Superintendent of Insurance; creates the Wildfire Prepared Program; creates the Wildfire Prepared Fund; provides that the task force shall, among other things, identify high risk areas and develop standards for building codes, defensible space requirements and ordinances that will reduce the threat of wildfires; appropriates funds.
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New Mexico
|
S 81
|
Property Insurance Program Association Board
|
Pending
|
Relates to state property insurance program association board.
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New Mexico
|
S 284
|
Foster Children and Homeowners Insurance
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Pending
|
Relates to foster children and homeowners’ insurance.
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New York
|
A 211
|
Property and Casualty Insurance Policies
|
Pending
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Requires property/casualty insurance policies to state the types and causes of damage that are covered by such policy; requires such information to be provided at or near the beginning of such policy.
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New York
|
A 425
|
Coastal Market Assistance Program
|
Enacted
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Increases the number of properties eligible for the Coastal Market Assistance Program; provides that the Joint Underwriting Association may adopt reasonable eligibility standards for participation in the program; provides that, at a minimum, properties eligible for the program shall be located within one mile of the shore, defined as salt water ocean, sound, bay, inlet, Lake Erie, Lake Ontario, the Saint Lawrence River, the Hudson River, or the Niagara River with distance measured from mean high water.
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New York
|
A 893
|
Restrictions on Insurance Policies
|
Pending
|
Prohibits restrictions on insurance policies based solely on the policyholder harboring or owning any dog of a specific breed or mixture of breeds.
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New York
|
A 1260
|
Renters Insurance Alternative Forms of Identification
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Pending
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Relates to alternative forms of identification for renters’ insurance, including a municipal identification card, or other state or local government issued identification card, or a notarized copy of the rental lease signed by the property owner, the property management firm and the insured.
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New York
|
A 1436
|
Catastrophe Savings Accounts
|
Pending
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Establishes catastrophe savings accounts as a tax-free account to allow homeowners to save money to cover qualified catastrophe expenses.
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New York
|
A 1753
|
Residential Structure Fire Prevention Act
|
Pending
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Enacts the Residential Structure Fire Prevention Act; provides a tax credit to homeowners who remove cock loft fire hazards in their homes; provides an insurance discount for the installation of smoke detecting alarm devices in cock lofts; provides that the repair of cock lofts for the purpose of fire prevention and safety shall be qualifying expenditures under state housing programs.
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New York
|
A 1763
|
Residential Home Safety and Loss Prevention Courses
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Pending
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Provides for the establishment of residential home safety and loss prevention courses certified by the superintendent of financial services; requires insurers to provide actuarially appropriate discounts on fire and homeowners insurance premiums to those homeowners who have completed a residential home safety and loss prevention course.
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New York
|
A 2056
|
Purchase of Flood Insurance by Mortgagors
|
Enacted
|
Provides that no mortgagee shall require a mortgagor to whom the mortgagee makes, increases, extends, or renews any loan or line of credit secured by improved residential real property to purchase or pay for flood insurance on such residential real property at a coverage amount that exceeds the lesser of the replacement value of the residential real property or the outstanding principal mortgage balance as of the beginning of the year for which the policy shall be in effect.
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New York
|
A 3373
|
Credit Against Income Tax
|
Pending
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Allows an individual taxpayer to claim a credit against their income tax for excess premium paid during the applicable tax year for flood insurance providing coverage on the taxpayer's primary residence; authorizes the commissioner of taxation and finance to promulgate any necessary rules and regulations.
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New York
|
A 3793
|
Insurance Premiums
|
Pending
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Directs the Department of Financial Services to conduct a study examining the increasing costs of insurance premiums, the lack of availability of insurance coverage for losses from flooding, and the possibility of supporting a private flood insurance market in the state.
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New York
|
A 3842
|
Insure Our Communities Act
|
Pending
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Provides that the Department of Financial Services shall integrate the precautionary principle by, among other things, incorporating measures to anticipate, prevent, or minimize the effects of climate risk; requires insurers to annually file and report progress on plans to align their investment and underwriting activities with science based climate mitigation targets consistent with specified emissions limits and to certify that they do not invest or underwrite new fossil fuel projects.
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New York
|
A 4188
|
Increases in Rates of Homeowners Insurance
|
Pending
|
Prohibits increases in rates of homeowners' insurance more than 25% per year except were agreed to in the policy.
|
New York
|
A 6807
|
Insurers Insuring Property in Floodplains
|
Pending
|
Requires insurers insuring property in floodplains to include damages done by wave action or windblown waves and make available to all insureds who reside in single family homes in a floodplain homeowners insurance covering such damage.
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New York
|
S 186
|
Climate Protection Insurance Act
|
Pending
|
Amends the insurance law, the financial services law, and the banking law, in relation to establishing the Insure Our Communities Act; implements climate leadership and community protection act targets for insurers.
|
New York
|
S 364
|
Insurance Restrictions
|
Pending
|
Prohibits restrictions on insurance policies based solely on the policyholder harboring or owning any dog of a specific breed or mixture of breeds.
|
New York
|
S 2670
|
Purchase of Flood Insurance
|
Pending
|
Makes clarifying changes regarding the purchase of flood insurance by mortgagors that exceeds certain limits upon a mortgagee’s request; amends the effectiveness thereof.
|
New York
|
S 5325
|
Department of Financial Services
|
Pending
|
Directs the Department of Financial Services to conduct a study examining the increasing costs of insurance premiums, the lack of availability of insurance coverage for losses from flooding, and the possibility of supporting a private flood insurance market in the state.
|
New York
|
S 5451
|
Credit Against Income Tax
|
Pending
|
Allows an individual taxpayer to claim a credit against their income tax for excess premium paid during the applicable tax year for flood insurance providing coverage on the taxpayer's primary residence; authorizes the commissioner of taxation and finance to promulgate any necessary rules and regulations.
|
New York
|
S 6309
|
Discrimination in Insurance
|
Pending
|
Establishes discrimination where insurers exclude, limit, restrict or reduce coverage of a publicly assisted housing accommodation due to lawful source of income.
|
New York
|
S 6356
|
Increases in Rates of Homeowners' Insurance
|
Pending
|
Prohibits increases in rates of homeowners' insurance more than 25% per year except were agreed to in the policy.
|
North Carolina
|
None
|
|
|
|
North Dakota
|
S 2374
|
Mandatory Arbitration Endorsements
|
Pending
|
Relates to mandatory arbitration endorsements for property insurance; manages repair programs, civil remedy actions against property insurers, notice of property insurance claims, and surplus lines insurance policies; relates to the presumption and delegation of control in insurance holding company systems; excepts to unauthorized insurance transactions; excepts for large commercial risks in fire, property, and casualty insurance rates, surplus lines insurance, risk retention groups.
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N. Mariana Islands
|
Not available
|
|
|
|
Ohio
|
None
|
|
|
|
Oklahoma
|
H 1084
|
Insurance
|
Pending
|
Relates to insurance; provides definition; prohibits certain assignment of benefits; declares certain assignments null and void; provides exceptions; clarifies procedures and penalties for violation; clarifies un-prohibited activity; provides for codification.
|
Oregon
|
H 2563
|
Insurance Premium Increase Notification
|
Pending
|
Requires an insurer to provide to an insured a clear and reasonable explanation of the reasons for any increase in the premium amount for a qualified policy upon renewal of the qualified policy.
|
Oregon
|
H 3089
|
Wildfire Risk
|
Pending
|
Defines "wildfire risk" for the purpose of determining certain obligations of insurers related to homeowner insurance.
|
Oregon
|
S 72
|
Property Insurance
|
Pending
|
Requires the Department of Consumer and Business Services to study property insurance.
|
Oregon
|
S 85
|
Neighborhood Protection Cooperative Grant Program
|
Pending
|
Directs the state fire marshal to establish a neighborhood protection cooperative grant program.
|
Oregon
|
S 340
|
Fire Insurance Policies
|
Pending
|
Prohibits an insurer from canceling fire insurance policies, or raising policy premiums by a certain percentage, if an insured's property is located within the wildland-urban interface or the insured's primary employment or economic or business activity is farming or resource extraction.
|
Pennsylvania
|
H 589
|
Protection From Landslides
|
Pending
|
Establishes the Landslide and Sinkhole Insurance Program and the Landslide and Sinkhole Insurance Fund; establishes and provides for the powers and duties of the Landslide and Sinkhole Insurance Board; provides for duties of the auditor general; imposes a penalty; makes transfers.
|
Puerto Rico
|
None
|
|
|
|
Rhode Island
|
H 5333
|
Casualty Insurance Policy Cancellations and Renewals
|
Pending
|
Require homeowner's insurance providers to provide two months' notice before increasing any policy renewal premium more that specified percent; provides cap rate increases for policy holders that are specified years of age or older and meet certain low-or moderate-income limits; provides that a violation would constitute a deceptive trade practice punishable by a fine not to exceed $1,000.
|
Rhode Island
|
H 5549
|
Property and Casualty Insurance Guaranty Association
|
Pending
|
Provides a framework through which the department of business regulation can seek grants to fund a home hardening program and would increase the state guaranty fund limits on personal and commercial property to $1 million for first party covered claims.
|
Rhode Island
|
H 5585
|
Property Condominium Law
|
Pending
|
Requires associations to provide unit owners within 30-days’ notice of any increase in the deductible application to the association's policy ensuring that unit owners will have coverage relating to their responsibility for the master policy deductible application to their unit.
|
Rhode Island
|
H 5587
|
Property Condominium Law
|
Pending
|
References both the declaration and bylaws of a condominium association as possible sources of association insurance regulation for the condominiums and require additional insurance to protect unit owners, when necessary.
|
Rhode Island
|
S 15
|
Insurance Casualty Limitations on Policy Cancellations
|
Pending
|
Requires homeowners’ insurance providers to provide a specified number of months’ notice before increasing any policy renewal premium more than a specified percent; caps rate increases for policy holders that are of a specified age or older and meet certain low or moderate income limits; provides that a violation would constitute a deceptive trade practice punishable by a fine not to exceed a specified amount.
|
Rhode Island
|
S 507
|
Condominium Law on Notice of any Increase
|
Pending
|
Requires associations to provide unit owners within 30-days’ notice of any increase in the deductible application to the association's policy ensuring that unit owners will have coverage relating to their responsibility for the master policy deductible application to their unit.
|
Rhode Island
|
S 604
|
Seeking Grants to Fund a Home Hardening Program
|
Pending
|
Provides a framework through which the Department of Business Regulation can seek grants to fund a home hardening program and increases the state guaranty fund limits on personal and commercial property to $1 million for first party covered claims.
|
A. Samoa
|
Not available
|
|
|
|
South Carolina
|
H 3227
|
Insurance Coverage Requirement
|
Pending
|
Requires insurers to offer insurance coverage for loss or damage resulting from an earthquake to all policies issued in this state.
|
South Carolina
|
H 3791
|
Property and Casualty Insurance
|
Pending
|
(Concurrent Resolution) Requests the U.S. Congress address the critical issues facing property and casualty insurance markets across the nation.
|
South Carolina
|
S 260
|
Credit for Excess Premium Paid
|
Pending
|
Relates to the credit for excess premium paid for property and casualty insurance, to raise the maximum amount of the credit allowed for a tax year from $1,250 to $2,000.
|
South Dakota
|
None
|
|
|
|
Tennessee
|
H 1240
|
Insurance Agents and Policies
|
Pending
|
Requires an insurance company that is admitted to do business in this state and insures the tangible personal property of a policyholder who resides in this state to provide a discount to the policyholder through the policyholder's homeowners or renters insurance policy if the policyholder secures the policyholder's firearms in a firearm safe or uses a firearm safety device for the firearms and requests to receive the annual discount.
|
Tennessee
|
S 1243
|
Insurance Agents and Policies
|
Pending
|
Requires an insurance company that is admitted to do business in this state and insures the tangible personal property of a policyholder who resides in this state to provide a discount to the policyholder through the policyholder's homeowners or renters insurance policy if the policyholder secures the policyholder's firearms in a firearm safe or uses a firearm safety device for the firearms and requests to receive the annual discount.
|
Texas
|
H 345
|
Residential Property Insurance Policies
|
Pending
|
Relates to an appraisal process for disputed losses under residential property insurance policies.
|
Texas
|
H 854
|
Payment of Replacement Cost of Lost or Damaged Property
|
Pending
|
Relates to payment of the replacement cost of lost or damaged property under a homeowner's, renter's, or condominium owner's insurance policy.
|
Texas
|
H 2067
|
Cancellation or Nonrenewal of Insurance Policies
|
Pending
|
Relates to declination, cancellation, or nonrenewal of insurance policies.
|
Texas
|
H 2213
|
State Windstorm Insurance Association
|
Pending
|
Relates to the composition of the board of directors of the state Windstorm Insurance Association.
|
Texas
|
H 2473
|
Emergency Insurance Premium Relief Programs
|
Pending
|
Relates to emergency insurance premium relief programs for certain residential property insurance policies.
|
Texas
|
H 2515
|
Prohibiting Insurers From Requiring Bundling
|
Pending
|
Prohibits insurers from requiring the bundling of personal automobile or residential property insurance policies.
|
Texas
|
H 2517
|
State Windstorm Insurance Association
|
Pending
|
Relates to the applicability of premium and maintenance taxes to state Windstorm Insurance Association and state FAIR Plan Association.
|
Texas
|
H 2518
|
State Windstorm Insurance Association Policies
|
Pending
|
Relates to the use of installment premium payment plans on the state Windstorm Insurance Association policies.
|
Texas
|
H 2841
|
Texas Windstorm Insurance Association
|
Pending
|
Relates to state Windstorm Insurance Association underwriting standards for new structures constructed in accordance with certain construction standards.
|
Texas
|
H 3631
|
Credit Against Required Recapture Payments
|
Pending
|
Relates to a credit against required recapture payments for certain school districts for the cost of windstorm and hail insurance under the public school finance system.
|
Texas
|
H 3689
|
State Windstorm Insurance Association
|
Pending
|
Relates to funding of excess losses and operating expenses of the state Windstorm Insurance Association; authorizes an assessment; authorizes a surcharge.
|
Texas
|
H 4062
|
Property and Casualty Insurance
|
Pending
|
Relates to the amount of a large risk that is exempt from certain property and casualty insurance policy form requirements.
|
Texas
|
H 4532
|
Endorsement for Roof Replacements
|
Pending
|
Relates to an endorsement for roof replacements to comply with certain standards for residential property insurance.
|
Texas
|
H 4570
|
Propertye Insurance Policies Appraisal Procedure
|
Pending
|
Relates to an appraisal process for disputed losses under personal automobile or residential property insurance policies.
|
Texas
|
H 5168
|
State Windstorm Insurance Association Headquarters
|
Pending
|
Relates to the location of the state Windstorm Insurance Association headquarters.
|
Texas
|
H 5519
|
Rates for Residential Property Insurance
|
Pending
|
Relates to rates for residential property insurance and personal automobile insurance.
|
Texas
|
H 5586
|
State Windstorm Insurance Association
|
Pending
|
Relates to certain meetings of the board of directors of the state Windstorm Insurance Association.
|
Texas
|
H 5587
|
Deadline of a Manual Rate Filing
|
Pending
|
Relates to the deadline of a manual rate filing by the state Windstorm Insurance Association.
|
Texas
|
S 213
|
Insurance Bundling
|
Pending
|
Relates to prohibiting insurers from requiring the bundling of personal lines property or casualty insurance policies.
|
Texas
|
S 458
|
Automobile or Residential Property Insurance Policies
|
Pending
|
Relates to an appraisal process for disputed losses under personal automobile or residential property insurance policies.
|
Texas
|
S 593
|
Personal Automobile or Residential Property Insurance
|
Pending
|
Relates to personal automobile or residential property insurance premium increases for claims subject to sovereign, governmental, or official immunity; provides that an insurer may not increase the premium on a personal automobile or residential property insurance policy solely as a result of a claim made under the policy for damage or injury sustained as a result of an action by a governmental body, officer, or employee who has sovereign, governmental, or official immunity from suit or liability.
|
Texas
|
S 1006
|
Insurance Policy Declination or Cancellation
|
Pending
|
Relates to declination, cancellation, or nonrenewal of insurance policies.
|
Texas
|
S 1082
|
Nonrenewal of Residential and Personal Insurance
|
Pending
|
Relates to declination and nonrenewal of residential and personal automobile insurance policies based on previous claims.
|
Texas
|
S 1635
|
School Windstorm and Hail Insurance Cost
|
Pending
|
Relates to a credit against required recapture payments for certain school districts for the cost of windstorm and hail insurance under the public school finance system.
|
Texas
|
S 1643
|
Casualty Insurance Rate Increases or Decreases
|
Pending
|
Relates to prior approval of certain property and casualty insurance rate increases or decreases.
|
Texas
|
S 2484
|
Availability of Claims Contact Information
|
Pending
|
Relates to availability of claims contact information for personal and commercial property and casualty insurers.
|
Texas
|
S 2530
|
Texas Windstorm Insurance Association
|
Pending
|
Relates to the state Windstorm Insurance Association.
|
Texas
|
S 2571
|
State Windstorm Insurance Association
|
Pending
|
Relates to funding of excess losses and operating expenses of the state Windstorm Insurance Association; authorizes an assessment.
|
Texas
|
S 2712
|
Exempt From Certain Property and Casualty Insurance
|
Pending
|
Relates to the amount of a large risk that is exempt from certain property and casualty insurance policy form requirements.
|
Utah
|
H 48
|
Wildland Urban Interface Modifications
|
Enacted
|
Addresses efforts to oversee wildfire risks associated with wildland urban interface property; requires counties to take certain actions related to wildland urban interface property, including assessing a fee; directs the fee to be retained by a county and deposited into the Wildland-urban Interface Prevention, Preparedness, and Mitigation Fund; addresses insuring wildland-urban interface property; imposes notice requirements related to insuring wildland urban interface property.
|
Vermont
|
H 397
|
Emergency Management and Flood Response
|
Pending
|
Relates to miscellaneous amendments to the statutes governing emergency management and flood response.
|
Vermont
|
H 466
|
Voluntary Buy Out Program
|
Pending
|
Relates to flood response and the creation of a voluntary buy-out program.
|
Virginia
|
H 1628
|
Fire Insurance
|
Enacted
|
Provides that no person insured under a fire insurance policy or a fire insurance policy in combination with other coverages shall assign or otherwise transfer, in whole or in part, to any other person the duties, rights, or benefits of the insured under the policy arising from a claim or covered loss without written consent of the insurer; provides for mutual assessment property and casualty insurers and mutual insurers and associations organized under the laws of the commonwealth.
|
Virginia
|
H 1704
|
Resale Disclosure Act
|
Enacted
|
Provides that a property owners association, condominium association, or a council of co-owners shall include a completed resale certificate form for a contract for resale, developed by the common interest community board, with supporting documentation, including a statement describing any insurance coverage provided by the association and indicating that the governing documents may make an owner responsible for payment of all or part of the deductible when making a claim against such insurance.
|
Virginia
|
S 808
|
Resale Disclosure Act
|
Enacted
|
Relates to Resale Disclosure Act; relates to resale certificate; relates to responsibility for payment of insurance deductible; requires the resale certificate form, developed by the common interest community board, to include a statement indicating that the governing documents of an association may make an owner responsible for payment of all or part of the deductible when making a claim against any insurance provided by the association for the benefit of the owners or insurance coverage recommended.
|
Virginia
|
S 1154
|
Fire Insurance
|
Enacted
|
Relates to fire insurance; relates to assignment of claims prohibition; provides that no person insured under a fire insurance policy or a fire insurance policy in combination with other coverages shall assign or otherwise transfer, in whole or in part, to any other person the duties, rights, or benefits of the insured under the policy arising from a claim or covered loss without written consent of the insurer.
|
U.S. Virgin Islands
|
None
|
|
|
|
Washington
|
H 1539
|
Wildfire Protection and Mitigation
|
Pending
|
Addresses wildfire protection and mitigation.
|
Washington
|
H 1563
|
Prescribed Fire Claims Fund Pilot Program
|
Pending
|
Establishes a prescribed fire claims fund pilot program.
|
West Virginia
|
H 2858
|
National Flood Insurance Program
|
Pending
|
Relates to a counties ability to regulate floodplains under National Flood Insurance Program guidelines.
|
West Virginia
|
H 3088
|
Homeowners Insurance Policies
|
Pending
|
Increases to minimum of specified amount as the amount recoverable by fire companies from homeowners’ insurance policies for response to fire call.
|
West Virginia
|
H 3496
|
Property and Casualty Insurance Policies
|
Pending
|
Relates to property and casualty insurance policies.
|
West Virginia
|
S 497
|
Home Insurers from Canceling Policy for Isolated Event
|
Pending
|
Prevents home insurers from canceling policy for isolated event.
|
Wisconsin
|
None
|
|
|
|
Wyoming
|
None
|
|
|
|