Bill Text: AZ HB2098 | 2018 | Fifty-third Legislature 2nd Regular | Chaptered
Bill Title: Insurance; inducements
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2018-03-16 - Chapter 10 [HB2098 Detail]
Download: Arizona-2018-HB2098-Chaptered.html
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State of Arizona House of Representatives Fifty-third Legislature Second Regular Session 2018
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CHAPTER 10
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HOUSE BILL 2098 |
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AN ACT
Amending section 20‑452, Arizona Revised Statutes; relating to transaction of insurance business.
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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:
Section 1. Section 20-452, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
20-452. Prohibited inducements
Except as permitted in sections 20‑453 and 20‑454, any insurer, insurance producer or other person, as an inducement to insurance or in connection with any insurance transaction, shall not provide in any policy for or offer, sell, buy or offer or promise to buy, sell, give, promise or allow to the insured or prospective insured or to any other person on behalf of the insured or prospective insured in any manner:
1. Any employment.
2. Any shares of stock or other securities issued or at any time to be issued or any interest therein or rights thereto.
3. Any advisory board contract, or any similar contract, agreement or understanding, offering, providing for or promising any special profits.
4. Any prizes, goods, wares, merchandise or tangible property of an aggregate value of more than twenty‑five one hundred dollars. This paragraph does not prohibit an insurer from retaining an independent third party to conduct a customer feedback effort intended to help the insurer improve the quality of its products or services and to offer an insured business or individual a reasonable incentive to participate in the feedback effort. An incentive is presumed reasonable if it does not exceed two hundred dollars. An insurer may not offer, reference or promote an incentive or feedback effort under this paragraph in connection with an application for or renewal of insurance coverage. For the purposes of this paragraph, "feedback effort" means activities that are designed to elicit customer perceptions on a predetermined set of topics that are related to the insurer's products or services, including in‑person, telephonic or online surveys, polls, focus groups, interviews, questionnaires and other recognized opinion‑gathering mechanisms.
APPROVED BY THE GOVERNOR MARCH 16, 2018.
FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE MARCH 16, 2018.
