Bill Text: MA S460 | 2009-2010 | 186th General Court | Introduced
Bill Title: Further define unfair and deceptive acts and practices in the business of insurance
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-02-16 - Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the Senate Committee On Ways and Means [S460 Detail]
Download: Massachusetts-2009-S460-Introduced.html
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Stephen J. Buoniconti
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To the
Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts in General
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��������������� The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the passage of the accompanying bill:
An Act TO FURTHER DEFINE UNFAIR AND DECEPTIVE ACTS AND PRACTICES IN THE BUSINESS OF INSURANCE.
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PETITION OF:
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Name: |
District/Address: |
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Stephen J. Buoniconti |
Hampden |
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Michael R. Knapik |
Second Hampden and Hampshire |
The Commonwealth of
Massachusetts
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In the Year Two Thousand and Nine
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An Act TO FURTHER DEFINE UNFAIR AND DECEPTIVE ACTS AND PRACTICES IN
THE BUSINESS OF INSURANCE.
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it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court
assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
����������� SECTION1.� Section 3 of Chapter 176D, as appearing in the 2006 Official Edition, is hereby amended by adding after subsection (12), the following subsection :-
(13) Inaccurate premium quotations: Providing premium quotations, in any manner, including, but not limited to, in writing, verbally or electronically, which do not provide an accurate premium for the risk being quoted.� When quoting private passenger automobile insurance, the quote must reflect surcharges for convictions of moving violations and at-fault accidents as maintained by the Massachusetts Merit Rating Board and/or other state�s Divisions of Motor Vehicles.
