Title 27
Insurance

Chapter 78
Certificates of Insurance Model Act

R.I. Gen. Laws § 27-78-3

§ 27-78-3. Certificate forms.

(a) The commissioner of insurance shall prohibit the use of a certificate of insurance form if the form:

(1) Is unfair, misleading, or deceptive, or violates public policy; or

(2) Violates any law, including any regulation promulgated by the commissioner of insurance.

(b) A certificate of insurance is not a policy of insurance and does not affirmatively or negatively amend, extend, or alter the coverage afforded by the policy to which the certificate of insurance makes reference. A certificate of insurance shall not confer to any person new or additional rights beyond what the referenced policy of insurance expressly provides.

History of Section.
P.L. 2013, ch. 299, § 1; P.L. 2013, ch. 408, § 1.