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House Business Committee narrows rewrite of title insurance rules after lawmakers press on 'will' vs. 'may' wording
Summary
Lawmakers approved updates to Idaho's title insurance rules (IDAPA 18.05.01) but removed multiple permissive wording changes after members raised consumer-protection concerns about replacing declarative 'will' language with the softer 'may.'
Members of the Idaho House Business Committee on Monday approved an updated set of title insurance rules but carved out multiple sections after extended debate over whether the rule language was being made too permissive.
The committee approved IDAPA 18.05.01, the Department of Insurance’s proposed rewrite of title insurance regulation, after Representative Neil Ehlers moved to retain the stronger prohibitory language in several subsections that the department had changed from "will" to "may."
The rewrite, presented by Shannon Hull, Market Oversight Bureau chief for the Idaho Department of Insurance, was described as primarily editorial: “The changes were primarily to simplify, clarify and reduce duplicative language with statute,” Hull said,…
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