HLS 15RS-467 ORIGINAL
2015 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 160
BY REPRESENTATIVE HUVAL
Prefiled pursuant to Article III, Section 2(A)(4)(b)(i) of the Constitution of Louisiana.
INSURERS/AGENTS: Provides relative to insurance producers and certificates of
insurance
1 AN ACT
2To enact R.S. 22:890(Q), relative to the issuance of certificates of insurance by an insurance
3 producer; to provide for no cause of action against an insurance producer under
4 certain circumstances; and to provide for related matters.
5Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
6 Section 1. R.S. 22:890(Q) is hereby enacted to read as follows:
7 ยง890. Certificates of insurance
8 * * *
9 Q. There shall be no cause of action against an insurance producer for the
10 completion or issuance of a certificate of insurance, unless the insurance producer
11 willfully completes the certificate of insurance in a manner which misrepresents the
12 underlying insurance policy or otherwise violates this Section.
DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
HB 160 Original 2015 Regular Session Huval
Abstract: Provides that there shall be no cause of action against an insurance producer for
his issuing a certificate of insurance unless the producer willfully misrepresents the
underlying insurance policy in the certificate.
Present law provides for the issuance of certificates of insurance by insurers or insurance
producers.
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CODING: Words in struck through type are deletions from existing law; words underscored
are additions. HLS 15RS-467 ORIGINAL
HB NO. 160
Proposed law retains present law and provides that there shall be no cause of action against
an insurance producer who issues a certificate of insurance unless the producer willfully
misrepresents the underlying insurance policy in the certificate.
(Adds R.S. 22:890(Q))
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CODING: Words in struck through type are deletions from existing law; words underscored
are additions.