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Committee hears bill requiring insurers to share aerial images and scoring before nonrenewing homeowner policies
Summary
Representative Lehman told the House Insurance Committee on Wednesday that House Bill 1109 would require insurers to provide homeowners with dated aerial images, the conditions the insurer identified, steps the homeowner could take to cure the condition and the scoring method used when aerial imagery is the sole basis for a nonrenewal decision.
Representative Lehman told the House Insurance Committee on Wednesday that House Bill 1109 would require insurers to provide homeowners with dated aerial images, the conditions the insurer identified, steps the homeowner could take to cure the condition and the scoring method used, when aerial imagery is the sole basis for a nonrenewal decision.
The measure, Lehman said, responds to a growing use of aerial photography and other remote technologies in underwriting and renewal decisions. “If you're going to nonrenew my policy, you're strictly using aerial photography, we need to have this conversation,” he said. Under the bill, images must be date-stamped within the last 12 months (with parties open to regional adjustments), insurers…
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