Connecticut 2013 Regular Session

Connecticut House Bill HB05628 Compare Versions

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11 General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5628
22 January Session, 2013 LCO No. 2484
33 Referred to Committee on INSURANCE AND REAL ESTATE
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55 REP. BOUKUS, 22nd Dist.
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1111 January Session, 2013
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1313 LCO No. 2484
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1515 Referred to Committee on INSURANCE AND REAL ESTATE
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1919 REP. BOUKUS, 22nd Dist.
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2121 AN ACT CONCERNING THE CANCELLATION OR NONRENEWAL OF A HOMEOWNERS INSURANCE POLICY AND THE PREMIUMS FOR SUCH POLICY.
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2323 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
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2525 That title 38a of the general statutes be amended to prohibit an insurance company from cancelling or nonrenewing a homeowners insurance policy or increasing the premiums for such policy based solely on inquiries made on or a claim filed under such policy that resulted in (1) no loss coverage payment by such company for such claims, or (2) a loss coverage payment by such company for such claims of less than five hundred dollars, except that such prohibition shall not apply if the insured filed more than one claim resulting from a noncatastrophic event in a three-year period that resulted in any loss coverage payment by such company.
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2929 To prohibit an insurance company from cancelling or nonrenewing a homeowners insurance policy or increasing the premiums for such policy under certain circumstances.