PRINTER'S NO. 393
No. 380 Session of 1999
INTRODUCED BY REINARD AND MICOZZIE, FEBRUARY 8, 1999
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON INSURANCE, FEBRUARY 8, 1999
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of June 5, 1968 (P.L.140, No.78), entitled "An
2 act regulating the writing, cancellation of or refusal to
3 renew policies of automobile insurance; and imposing powers
4 and duties on the Insurance Commissioner therefor," further
5 providing for noncancellation of insurance.
6 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
7 hereby enacts as follows:
8 Section 1. Section 6(3) of the act of June 5, 1968 (P.L.140,
9 No.78), entitled "An act regulating the writing, cancellation of
10 or refusal to renew policies of automobile insurance; and
11 imposing powers and duties on the Insurance Commissioner
12 therefor," amended October 5, 1978 (P.L.1060, No.248), is
13 amended to read:
14 Section 6. Nothing in this act shall apply:
15 * * *
16 (3) To any policy or bound application of automobile
17 insurance which has been in effect less than sixty days, unless
18 it is a renewal policy, except that no insurer shall decline to
19 continue in force such a policy or bound application of
1 automobile insurance on the basis of the grounds set forth in
2 subsection (a) of section 3 hereof and except that if an insurer
3 cancels a policy or bound application of automobile insurance in
4 the first sixty days, the insurer shall supply the insured with
5 a written statement of the [reason for cancellation] reasons for
6 cancellation, which must be complete as to why the insured fails
7 to qualify or no longer qualifies for the policy of insurance.
8 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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