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AK SB127
Bill
AI Summary
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Insurers are prohibited from failing to renew personal insurance policies based on a consumer's credit history or insurance score
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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
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Insurance scores cannot be calculated using income, age, sex, address, zip code, ethnicity, religion, marital status, or nationality as factors
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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
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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