PRINTER'S NO. 4039
No. 2983 Session of 1994
INTRODUCED BY GAMBLE, HALUSKA, SAURMAN, TIGUE, VAN HORNE,
FAIRCHILD, KASUNIC, COLAIZZO, HENNESSEY, MIHALICH,
CALTAGIRONE AND HASAY, JUNE 28, 1994
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON INSURANCE, JUNE 28, 1994
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 prohibiting policy cancellation.
6 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
7 hereby enacts as follows:
8 Section 1. Section 3(b) 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 3. * * *
15 (b) No insurer shall cancel or refuse to renew a policy of
16 automobile insurance on the basis of one accident within the
17 thirty-six month period prior to the upcoming anniversary date
18 of the policy. No insurer shall cancel or refuse to renew a
19 policy of automobile insurance on the basis of two accidents
1 within the thirty-six month period prior to the upcoming
2 anniversary date of the policy as long as the total amount paid
3 by the insurer for both such accidents does not exceed two
4 thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500).
5 * * *
6 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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