CHAPTER 297
HB 1254 – FINAL VERSION
03Mar2010… 0743h
05/05/10 1762s
2010 SESSION
01/09
HOUSE BILL 1254
AN ACT relative to insurance coverage in tort cases.
SPONSORS: Rep. Nixon, Hills 17; Rep. McEachern, Rock 16; Rep. Rowe, Hills 6; Rep. Craig, Hills 9
This bill authorizes an insurance carrier to disclose the limits of a liability insurance policy to the claimant or his or her counsel in a tort case. Current law allows the superior court in its discretion to order such disclosure only to opposing counsel.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
03Mar2010… 0743h
05/05/10 1762s
10-2250
01/09
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Ten
AN ACT relative to insurance coverage in tort cases.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
297:1 Insurance Coverage in Tort Cases. RSA 498:2-a is repealed and reenacted to read as follows:
498:2-a Insurance Coverage Disclosure in Tort Cases. At any time after suit for negligence and an appearance on behalf of the defendant have been filed, the named defendant, or his or her insurance carrier if he or she is insured as to the claim, shall disclose only to the claimant or his or her counsel the policy limits of the policy or policies of all liability insurance applicable to the defendant as to such claim.
297:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2011.
Approved: July 13, 2010
Effective Date: January 1, 2011