Date: 02/14/2012

Final
BILL SUMMARY for HB12-1289

HOUSE COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC AND BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT

Votes: View--> Action Taken:
Moved to refer House Bill 12-1289 to the CommitteePASS



03:26 PM -- House Bill 12-1289

Representative Nikkel, prime sponsor, presented House Bill 12-1289. Under current law, to dispute an adverse action of an auto insurance company, a policyholder must file a formal protest following specific deadlines, with the Commissioner of Insurance. If the commissioner finds the protest to have merit, he must hold a hearing within 45 days of receipt of the protest. This bill changes the formal protest process to a complaint process that is completed without a hearing. Adverse actions subject to this complaint process include nonrenewal or cancellation of a policy.

03:30 PM -- Bobbie Baca, representing the Property and Casualty Section in the Division of Insurance, testified in support of the bill and distributed a handout (Attachment H).

120214AttachH.pdf

03:32 PM -- Mary Kuhn, representing Nationwide Insurance, testified in support of the bill.

03:35 PM -- Julie Hoerner Mowry, representing State Farm, testified in support of the bill.

BILL:HB12-1289
TIME: 03:35:45 PM
MOVED:Szabo
MOTION:Moved to refer House Bill 12-1289 to the Committee of the Whole. The motion passed on a vote of 9-0.
SECONDED:Holbert
VOTE
Balmer
Excused
Holbert
Yes
Miklosi
Excused
Priola
Yes
Singer
Yes
Soper
Yes
Swerdfeger
Yes
Szabo
Yes
Tyler
Yes
Williams A.
Yes
Wilson
Excused
Swalm
Yes
Liston
Excused
YES: 9 NO: 0 EXC: 4 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS