2019 -- S 0536

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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2019

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A N   A C T

RELATING TO INSURANCE

     

     Introduced By: Senator Roger Picard

     Date Introduced: March 14, 2019

     Referred To: Senate Commerce

     It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:

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     SECTION 1. Chapter 27-3 of the General Laws entitled "Surplus Lines Insurance" is

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hereby amended by adding thereto the following section:

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     27-3-38.3. Exception to life and health and accident exemption.

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     The provisions of this chapter do not apply to life and health and accident, as noted in ยง

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27-3-38(a), and surplus lines brokers may not place insurance in those lines in the surplus market.

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An exception is hereby made to this prohibition for the procurement of disability insurance with a

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benefit limit in excess of a benefit limit available from an admitted insurer. For that class of

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business only, a broker may obtain insurance from the surplus market.

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     SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.

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EXPLANATION

BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

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RELATING TO INSURANCE

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     This act would allow disability insurance with a benefit limit in excess of a benefit limit

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available from an admitted insurer to be written in the surplus lines market.

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     This act would take effect upon passage.

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