HB 1398 - AS INTRODUCED
2000 SESSION
HOUSE BILL 1398
AN ACT requiring disclosure of policy limits by insurers.
SPONSORS: Rep. DiFruscia, Rock 27; Rep. Belanger, Rock 26; Rep. Bruno, Hills 4
This bill requires insurers to disclose policy limits to an injured party making a claim against an insured upon receiving a written request from the injured party or his or her attorney.
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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.
Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
00-2130
01/09
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand
AN ACT requiring disclosure of policy limits by insurers.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Paragraph; Failure to Disclose Policy Limits; Unfair Practice. Amend RSA 417:4 by inserting after paragraph XX the following new paragraph:
XXI. FAILURE TO DISCLOSE POLICY LIMITS. Failing to disclose to an injured party making a claim against an insured, the amount of the limits of the insured's liability coverage, upon receiving a request in writing for such information from the injured party or his or her attorney.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2001.