PRINTER'S NO. 1656
No. 1413 Session of 1987
INTRODUCED BY MAIALE AND HOWLETT, JUNE 1, 1987
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON INSURANCE, JUNE 1, 1987
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
2 Statutes, further regulating the rights of insurers with
3 respect to underinsured motorist benefits.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Title 75 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
7 Statutes is amended by adding a section to read:
8 § 1737. Rights of insurers.
9 (a) Subrogation.--In claims arising out of the maintenance
10 or use of an underinsured motor vehicle, there shall be no right
11 of subrogation by an insurer with respect to the payment of
12 underinsured motorist benefits.
13 (b) Condition to payment.--No policy of insurance shall
14 require, as a condition to the payment of underinsured motorist
15 benefits, the prior consent of the insurer to the settlement of
16 a bodily injury claim with any person.
17 Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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