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Advocates, sponsors push bill to stop insurers from requiring removal of healthy trees
Summary
Advocates and lawmakers urged H.1316 to prevent insurers from requiring homeowners to remove healthy trees if a certified arborist deems them sound; insurers warned they use data-driven risk assessments and noted Massachusetts does not license arborists.
Representatives and nonprofit groups told the committee that some homeowners have been told by insurers they must remove otherwise healthy, certified-arborist-approved trees to maintain coverage. "Healthy trees are not hazards," Melissa Brown of the Trees as a Public Good Network said. She urged the committee to pass H.1316 to prevent insurers from requiring removal of trees that a certified arborist has assessed as sound.
Representative Amy San Giolo and other municipal…
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