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| THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA |
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| SENATE RESOLUTION |
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| INTRODUCED BY RAFFERTY, FEBRUARY 26, 2010 |
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| REFERRED TO BANKING AND INSURANCE, FEBRUARY 26, 2010 |
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| A RESOLUTION |
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1 | Urging the Insurance Commissioner to investigate the prevalence |
2 | of the practice by which motor vehicle insurers coerce or |
3 | otherwise attempt to aggressively direct their insureds who |
4 | have filed claims for damaged motor vehicles to use motor |
5 | vehicle repair shops that have been preapproved by the |
6 | insurer or that are affiliated with the insurer, thereby |
7 | restricting or adversely affecting the choice of the insureds |
8 | to select repair shops of their own choice. |
9 | WHEREAS, It appears that motor vehicle insurers coerce or |
10 | otherwise attempt to aggressively direct their insureds who have |
11 | filed claims for damaged motor vehicles to use motor vehicle |
12 | repair shops that have been preapproved by the insurer or that |
13 | are affiliated with the insurer; and |
14 | WHEREAS, Such activity by an insured restricts or adversely |
15 | affects the choice of its insureds to select repair shops of |
16 | their own choice; and |
17 | WHEREAS, There is concern that this activity may be a |
18 | widespread insurance practice in this Commonwealth; and |
19 | WHEREAS, The Insurance Commissioner is the State official |
20 | best suited to investigate the prevalence of this activity |
21 | throughout this Commonwealth; therefore be it |
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1 | RESOLVED, That the Senate urge the Insurance Commissioner to |
2 | investigate the prevalence of the practice by which motor |
3 | vehicle insurers coerce or otherwise attempt to aggressively |
4 | direct their insureds who have filed claims for damaged motor |
5 | vehicles to use motor vehicle repair shops that have been pre- |
6 | approved by the insurer or that are affiliated with the insurer, |
7 | thereby restricting or adversely affecting the choice of the |
8 | insureds to select repair shops of their own choice; and be it |
9 | further |
10 | RESOLVED, That the Senate urge the Insurance Commissioner to |
11 | report the findings of its investigation to the General Assembly |
12 | within six months of the adoption of this resolution. |
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