Bill Text - HB430 (2014)

(New Title) requiring insurance companies sending out solicitations for insurance to include a disclosure on such solicitations.


Revision: March 27, 2014, midnight

HB 430 – AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE

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2013 SESSION

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HOUSE BILL 430

AN ACT requiring insurance companies sending out solicitations for insurance to include a disclosure on such solicitations.

SPONSORS: Rep. Chirichiello, Rock 6; Rep. D. Thompson, Rock 6; Rep. J. Webb, Rock 6

COMMITTEE: Commerce and Consumer Affairs

AMENDED ANALYSIS

This bill requires insurance companies sending out solicitations for insurance to include a disclosure on such solicitations.

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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

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STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Thirteen

AN ACT requiring insurance companies sending out solicitations for insurance to include a disclosure on such solicitations.

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

1 New Section; Life Insurance; Solicitations for Insurance. Amend RSA 408 by inserting after section 11 the following new section:

408:11-a Advertisements. Any solicitation for insurance authorized to be sold in New Hampshire under authority of RSA 401:1, III which is sent through the United States Postal Service, targeted primarily, but not solely to New Hampshire consumers over age 60, and which invites the consumer to send his or her contact information to the insurer or any person acting on behalf of the insurer using a pre-paid response card, shall include the following disclosure or a substantially similar disclosure, conspicuously on the mailing: “This is a solicitation for insurance. You do not have to respond. If you have questions and are a New Hampshire resident, contact the New Hampshire Insurance Department at__________________.” The solicitation shall include the address and toll-free number for the New Hampshire insurance department.

2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.