Source: http://www.wvlegislature.gov/bill_status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB599%20SUB1.htm&yr=2012&sesstype=RS&i=599
Timestamp: 2018-04-20 05:18:02
Document Index: 193891141

Matched Legal Cases: ['§33', '§33', '§33', '§33', '§33', '§33', '§33']

SB599 SUB1 Senate Bill 599 History
A BILL to amend and reenact §33-6D-1, §33-6D-2 and §33-6D-3 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, all relating to use of particular companies or locations providing automobile glass replacement or repair services; adding third-party administrator to those who may not require particular companies or locations when a claim is made under an insurance policy; adding third-party administrators to the list of insurers, agents and adjusters; providing that an insurer or third-party administrator that has a financial interest in an automobile glass company on a recommendation list must disclose such fact on the list; and providing that any list must contain at least two different automobile glass companies.
That §33-6D-1, §33-6D-2 and §33-6D-3 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be amended and reenacted, all to read as follows:
No insurer issuing or renewing in this state any a motor vehicle insurance policy, nor any agent, or adjuster or third-party administrator thereof, may require the insured or any a person making a claim under such policy to use a particular company or location to obtain automobile glass replacement or repair services or products insured, in whole or in part, by that policy.
§33-6D-2. Intimidation, coercion and other acts prohibited; permissive agreements.
No such insurer, agent, or adjuster or third-party administrator may engage in any act or practice of intimidation, coercion or threat for or against any such insured or claimant to use a particular company or location to obtain automobile glass replacement or repair services or products covered, in whole or in part, by the insurance policy: Provided, That nothing contained in this article shall prohibit an insurer, agent, or adjuster or third-party administrator from entering into an agreement or arrangement with any company regarding automobile glass prices or services for the repair or replacement of automobile glass.
(a) Nothing contained in this article prohibits any insurer, agent, or adjuster or third-party administrator from providing to an insured or claimant a list that includes the names of automobile glass companies or locations that are reasonably close and convenient to the insured or claimant, and with which the insurer may have made special arrangements with respect to automobile glass prices or services. An insurer or third-party administrator that has a financial interest in an automobile glass company on such list must disclose such fact on the list. A list must contain at least two different automobile glass companies.
(b) If an insurer, agent, or adjuster or third-party administrator provides an insured or claimant with a list of automobile glass companies or locations, such insurer, agent, or adjuster or third-party administrator shall advise the insured or claimant that he or she may use any other automobile glass company or location of his or her choice.
(NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to add third-party administrator to those who may not require particular companies or locations to replace glass or perform repairs on automobiles when a claim is made under an insurance policy; add that an insurer or third-party administrator that has a financial interest in an automobile glass company on a recommendation list must disclose such fact on the list; and add that any recommendation list must contain at least two different automobile glass companies.