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Senate committees pass resolutions urging insurers to pursue subrogation against polluters, narrow language to deceptive practices
Summary
SCR 198 and SR 178 passed with amendments that replaced broad references to polluters "knowingly responsible" with language limited to polluters who "knowingly engage in misleading and deceptive practices" about their products' links to climate change; committees cited concerns from the Hawaii Cattlemen's Council and made technical edits.
The Hawaii State Senate joint hearing on April 1 passed Senate Concurrent Resolution 198 and Senate Resolution 178 with amendments that narrow who insurers should target for subrogation claims related to climate-driven insurance-cost increases.
The committees on Commerce and Consumer Protection and Agriculture and the Environment voted to adopt amended language replacing the phrase "polluters knowingly responsible" with "polluters who knowingly engage in misleading and deceptive practices regarding the connection between their products and climate change." Committee members said the amendment narrows the resolution to entities that made deceptive claims about their…
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