Revision: Dec. 10, 2009, midnight
HB 1254 – AS INTRODUCED
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 requires an insurance carrier to disclose the limits of the liability insurance policy to a person or the person’s legal representative upon request 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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
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:
1 Insurance Coverage in Tort Cases. RSA 498:2-a is repealed and reenacted to read as follows:
498:2-a Insurance Coverage in Tort Cases. On or before 60 days from the date any request by a person or the person’s legal representative claiming against an insurance carrier responsible, or alleged to be responsible, for the defense of any claim by the terms of the carrier’s policy, the carrier shall disclose to the requestor for purpose of encouraging settlement negotiations, the policy limits of the liability insurance policy which is the subject of such request.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2011.