Bill Text - HB339 (2019)

Relative to commercial modernization.


Revision: Jan. 31, 2019, 10:45 a.m.

HB 339 - AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE

 

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2019 SESSION

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HOUSE BILL 339

 

AN ACT relative to commercial modernization.

 

SPONSORS: Rep. Bartlett, Merr. 19

 

COMMITTEE: Commerce and Consumer Affairs

 

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ANALYSIS

 

This bill makes changes to the laws governing property and casualty insurance, specifically commercial modernization.

 

This bill is a request of the insurance department.

 

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.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

 

AN ACT relative to commercial modernization.

 

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

 

1  Regulation of Forms and Rates for Property and Casualty Insurance; Approval of Form.  Amend RSA 412:5, I-a(a) to read as follows:

(a)  Forms for the following types of commercial insurance shall be exempt from the 30-day waiting period requirement of paragraph I and shall instead be filed for informational and auditing purposes only and shall be filed within 30 days of the effective date:

(1)  Fidelity.

(2)  [Boiler and machinery.

(3)]  Kidnap and ransom.

[(4)] (3) Political risk and expropriation.

[(5)] (4) Excess and umbrella liability.

[(6)] (5) Directors' and officers' liability.

[(7)] (6) Fiduciary liability.

[(8)] (7) Employment practices liability.

[(9)] (8) Errors and omissions and professional liability other than medical malpractice.

[(10)] (9) Media liability.

[(11)] (10) Product liability, product recall, and completed operations.

[(12)] (11) Highly protected commercial property.

[(13)] (12)  Commercial flood insurance other than the National Flood Insurance Program.

[(14)] (13)  Any other commercial lines of insurance coverage or risk that the commissioner shall, pursuant to regulation, exempt from policy form filing requirements in order to promote enhanced competition or to more effectively use the resources of the department.

2  Regulation of Forms and Rates for Property and Casualty Insurance; Approval of Form.  Amend RSA 412:5, VI to read as follows:

VI.  This section shall not apply to the following insurance products: mortgage guaranty [insurance], surety bonds, [and] commercial inland marine [insurance], financial guaranty, and boiler and machinery.

3  New Subparagraphs; Regulation of Forms and Rates for Property and Casualty Insurance; Rate Filings.  Amend RSA 412:16, I by inserting after subparagraph (g) the following new subparagraphs:

(h)  Mortgage guaranty.

(i)  Fiduciary liability.

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