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Bill Would Keep Insurance Abstracts in Local Papers; Insurance Department Offers Statewide Consumer‑notice Alternative
Summary
House Bill 1398 would require insurance company abstracts to be distributed for publication across local newspapers rather than concentrating publication in the largest outlets; publishers said the notices are longstanding, promote transparency and provide important revenue for small papers.
Representative Jim Greenach introduced House Bill 1398 to require the insurance commissioner to distribute required insurance company abstracts so they are published across local newspapers, a practice advocates said has been followed for decades.
Why it matters: Publishers and small‑town newspaper owners told the committee that publishing insurance abstracts supports local transparency and provides meaningful revenue. Cecile Wurman, executive director of the North Dakota Newspaper Association, said the abstracts date to territorial law and that the association and publishers have long distributed abstracts across papers in a judicial district so each…
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