Arizona 2023 2023 Regular Session

Arizona House Bill HB2007 Comm Sub / Analysis

Filed 01/16/2023

                      	HB 2007 
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ARIZONA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
Fifty-sixth Legislature 
First Regular Session 
 
 
HB 2007: group excess liability insurance 
Sponsor: Representative Livingston, LD 28 
Committee on Commerce 
Overview 
Authorizes insurance companies to issue or deliver a group excess liability insurance policy 
(Policy). 
Provisions 
Group Excess Liability Insurance (Sec. 1) 
1. Permits an insurer to issue or deliver a Policy which provides excess coverage after the 
insured's primary liability insurance limits have been exhausted. 
2. Specifies a group policy may provide ancillary and additional coverages to certificate holders 
provided the terms and conditions comply with statute. 
3. Permits authorized insurers or unauthorized insurers to offer group excess liability insurance 
coverage in this state.  
4. Stipulates that an authorized insurer who issues a Policy must file the policy and the certificate 
of insurance forms with the Department of Insurance and Financial Institutions. 
5. Permits an insurer to issue a Policy to any eligible group to which a group disability insurance 
policy may be issued. 
6. Limits the eligible group to only those natural persons identified as qualifying group members 
pursuant to statute and includes a certificate holder's immediate family or household. 
7. Directs an insurer to treat all eligible groups of the same class in a like manner. 
8. Specifies the Policy premiums can be wholly paid by the group policy holder, the certificate 
holders or both. 
9. Requires the Policy to provide separate limits of coverage for each certificate holder 
10. Requires that the group policyholder receives a copy of the group policy, and the certificate 
holder receives a copy of the certificate of insurance along with any endorsement or 
amendment. 
11. Allows specified persons to send the certificate of insurance to the certificate holders on behalf 
of the insurer. 
12. Requires the Policy to be provided to a certificate holder within a reasonable amount of time 
after the certificate of insurance is delivered and outlines the contents of the certificate of 
insurance. 
13. Delineates Policy cancellation, nonrenewal or conditional renewal coverage requirements. 
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14. Permits a group policyholder to cancel the group policy for any reason provided the insurer 
and each affected certificate holder receives a 30-days written notice. 
15. Specifies a circumstance in which a group policyholder is not required to give the notice to the 
affected certificate holders. 
16. Requires a covered loss that occurs before the effective date of the cancellation or nonrenewal 
of the group policy to be covered as provided under the group policy. 
17. Defines pertinent terms.