DELAWARE STATE SENATE

152nd GENERAL ASSEMBLY

SENATE AMENDMENT NO. 1

TO

SENATE BILL NO. 200

AMEND Senate Bill No. 200 by deleting line 11 in its entirety and substituting in lieu thereof the following:

“(d) Except for notices for nonpayment of premium, the notices required under subsection (b) and subsection (c)(2) of this section shall be delivered to the named ”

FURTHER AMEND Senate Bill No. 200 on line 13 by deleting “ such notices ” and substituting in lieu thereof “ notices under subsections (b) and (c) of this section ”.

FURTHER AMEND Senate Bill No. 200 on line 25 by deleting “ 36 ” and substituting in lieu thereof “ 60 ”.

SYNOPSIS

This amendment revises Senate Bill No. 200 to remove the requirement that notices related to nonpayment of premium and offers to renew a homeowners policy be delivered by certified mail or USPS Intelligent Mail barcode. As amended, Senate Bill No. 200 will now require that only cancellation notices unrelated to nonpayment of premiums and notices of an insurer’s intent not to renew be delivered by certified mail or USPS Intelligent Mail barcode. The amendment further clarifies that insurers are required to retain proof of mailing of all notices under Section 4122(b) and (c), regardless of the manner of delivery, for a period of not less than one year. Finally, this amendment extends the lookback period during which an insurer can consider nonweather related claims in determining whether to non-renew a policy to 60 months.

Author: Senator Sokola