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AK SB127

Bill

Status

Vetoed

8/31/2016

Primary Sponsor

Charlie Huggins

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Origin

Senate

29th Legislature

AI Summary

  • Insurers are prohibited from failing to renew personal insurance policies based on a consumer's credit history or insurance score

  • Insurers cannot cancel, deny, underwrite, or rate personal insurance based on specific credit-related factors including medical collection accounts, credit card type, total available credit lines, or inquiries not initiated by the consumer

  • Insurance scores cannot be calculated using income, age, sex, address, zip code, ethnicity, religion, marital status, or nationality as factors

  • Consumers experiencing extraordinary life circumstances (catastrophes, serious illness, death of family member, divorce, identity theft, involuntary job loss, or military deployment) may request reasonable exceptions to insurance rates and underwriting rules within 60 days of application or renewal

  • Insurers must notify consumers about available exceptions and provide written notification within 30 days of receiving sufficient documentation of qualifying circumstances

Legislative Description

Insurer's Use Of Credit History/scores

Death

Last Action

VETOED BY GOVERNOR 7/20/16

8/31/2016

Committee Referrals

Labor & Commerce3/14/2016
State Affairs1/19/2016

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