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                                                      PRINTER'S NO. 1747

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA


HOUSE BILL

No. 1449 Session of 2005


        INTRODUCED BY DeLUCA, BARRAR, BEBKO-JONES, BELARDI, CALTAGIRONE,
           COHEN, CREIGHTON, CURRY, DeWEESE, FABRIZIO, FAIRCHILD,
           FREEMAN, GEORGE, GOODMAN, GRUCELA, HARPER, HENNESSEY,
           HERSHEY, JAMES, JOSEPHS, KENNEY, KOTIK, LaGROTTA, LEDERER,
           McGEEHAN, McILHATTAN, MUNDY, O'NEILL, PALLONE, PISTELLA,
           PRESTON, READSHAW, REICHLEY, ROONEY, SATHER, SCHRODER,
           SOLOBAY, TANGRETTI, J. TAYLOR, THOMAS, TIGUE, WALKO, WATERS,
           WHEATLEY, YOUNGBLOOD AND STABACK, APRIL 28, 2005

        REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON INSURANCE, APRIL 28, 2005

                                     AN ACT

     1  Amending the act of May 17, 1921 (P.L.682, No.284), entitled "An
     2     act relating to insurance; amending, revising, and
     3     consolidating the law providing for the incorporation of
     4     insurance companies, and the regulation, supervision, and
     5     protection of home and foreign insurance companies, Lloyds
     6     associations, reciprocal and inter-insurance exchanges, and
     7     fire insurance rating bureaus, and the regulation and
     8     supervision of insurance carried by such companies,
     9     associations, and exchanges, including insurance carried by
    10     the State Workmen's Insurance Fund; providing penalties; and
    11     repealing existing laws," providing for certain disclosure to
    12     property or casualty insurance policyholders.

    13     The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
    14  hereby enacts as follows:
    15     Section 1.  The act of May 17, 1921 (P.L.682, No.284), known
    16  as The Insurance Company Law of 1921, is amended by adding a
    17  section to read:
    18     Section 626.1.  CLUE Report Information.--(a)  A property or
    19  casualty insurer shall disclose to each policyholder information
    20  about CLUE reports, how the policyholder may obtain a copy of

     1  the policyholder's individual CLUE report and dispute inaccurate
     2  or incomplete information in the report. An insurance producer
     3  or insurer may not report policyholder information to CLUE
     4  unless the information is in relation to a filed claim.
     5     (b)  The term "CLUE," as used in this section, means the
     6  Comprehensive Loss Underwriting Exchange. The term "CLUE
     7  report," as used in this section, means a report issued by the
     8  Comprehensive Loss Underwriting Exchange that provides a claims
     9  history of an insured or a property and includes personal
    10  information about the insured. The term "CLUE report" includes a
    11  report issued by any other entity for similar purposes.
    12     Section 2.  This act shall take effect in 60 days.












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