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DE SB132

Bill

Status

Passed

7/17/2019

Primary Sponsor

Charles Paradee

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Origin

Senate

150th General Assembly

AI Summary

  • Expands the Delaware Life and Health Insurance Guaranty Association to cover managed care organizations and health maintenance organizations in addition to traditional insurers.

  • Adds new exclusions from coverage including structured settlement annuity factoring transactions, employer-owned life insurance policies, and Medicare/Medicaid-related benefits.

  • Clarifies coverage limitations and benefit maximums for different policy types, including $300,000 for disability income insurance and $500,000 for health benefit plans.

  • Requires long-term care insurance assessments to be split equally (50/50) between accident and health insurers and life and annuity insurers.

  • Grants the Association authority to file for actuarially justified rate increases on policies it covers and to issue substitute coverage with alternative crediting methods for index-based products.

Legislative Description

An Act To Amend Title 18 Of The Delaware Code Relating To The Life And Health Insurance Guaranty Association Act.

Last Action

Signed by Governor

7/17/2019

Committee Referrals

Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce6/12/2019
Banking, Business & Insurance5/31/2019

Full Bill Text

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