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Timestamp: 2017-03-29 13:11:20
Document Index: 750824598

Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 638', '§ 107', '§ 107', '§ 107', '§ 107', '§ 107', '§ 638', '§ 107', '§ 107']

Township of East Whiteland, PA Insurance
Certificate and compliance required.
Fire loss certificate.
Establishment of municipal escrow; disbursement.
Procedure for disposition of escrow fund.
of the Township of East Whiteland as indicated in article histories.
Chapter 107: Insurance
[Adopted 9-10-2008 by Ord. No. 210-2008]
No insurance company, association or exchange doing business in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania shall pay a claim of a named insured for fire damage to a structure located within East Whiteland Township under the terms of Section 508(a) of the Insurance Company Law of 1921, as amended, 40 P.S. § 638(a), unless the insurance company, association or exchange is furnished with a certificate pursuant to § 107-2 of this article and unless there is compliance with the procedures set forth in §§ 107-3 and 107-4 of this article.
A. The Township Treasurer shall, upon written request
of the named insured specifying the tax description of the property,
the name and address of the insurance company, association or exchange
and the date agreed upon by the insurance company, association or
exchange and the named insured as the date of the receipt of a loss
report of the claim, and the payment of a certification fee in the
amount as set from time to time by resolution of the Board of Supervisors
to cover the administrative expense of processing the request and
copying, furnish the insurance company, association or exchange either
of the following within 14 working days of the request:
(1) A certificate or, at the discretion of the Township,
a verbal notification which shall be confirmed in writing by the insurer
to the effect that, as of the date specified in the request, there
are no delinquent taxes, assessments, penalties or user charges against
the property and that, as of the date of the Treasurer's certificate
or verbal notification, the Township has not certified any amount
as total costs incurred by the Township for the removal, repair or
securing of a building or other structure on the property; or
(2) A certificate and bill showing the amount of delinquent
taxes, assessments, penalties or user charges against the property
as of the date specified in the request that have not been paid as
of the date of the certificate and also showing as of the date of
the Treasurer's certificate the amount of the total costs, if any,
certified to the Treasurer or his/her designee that have been incurred
by the Township for the removal, repair or securing of a building
or other structure on the property. For the purposes of this subsection,
the Township shall certify to the Treasurer the total amount, if any,
of such costs. For the purposes of this article, a tax, assessment,
penalty or user charge becomes delinquent at the time and on the date
a lien could otherwise have been filed against the property by the
Township under applicable law or ordinance.
B. Upon receipt of a certificate pursuant to Subsection A(1) of this section, the insurance company, association or exchange shall pay the claim of the named insured in accordance with the policy terms, unless the loss agreed to between the named insured and the company, association or exchange equals or exceeds 60% of the aggregate limits of liability on all fire policies covering the building or other structure. In the case of such a loss, the insurance company, association or exchange, the insured property owner and the Township shall follow the procedures as set forth in §§ 107-3 and 107-4 of this article.
C. Upon receipt of a certificate and bill pursuant to Subsection A(2) of this section, the insurance company, association or exchange shall return the bill to the Treasurer and transfer to the Treasurer an amount from the insurance proceeds necessary to pay the taxes, assessments, penalties, charges and costs shown on the bill. In the case of a loss subject to §§ 107-3 and 107-4 of this article, the insurance company, association or exchange shall transfer to the Treasurer the amount from the insurance proceeds shown on the bill separately from the amounts transferred under § 107-3 of this article. The Township shall receive the amount and apply or credit it to payment of the items shown in the bill,
A. When the loss agreed to between the named insured
and the insurance company, association or exchange equals or exceeds
or exchange shall transfer from the insurance proceeds to the Township
Manager or his/her designee the amounts required by and in accordance
with the procedures set forth in 40 P.S. § 638(e).
B. Policy proceeds remaining after the transfer to the
Township shall be disbursed in accordance with the policy terms. The
named insured may submit a contractor's signed estimate of the costs
of removing, repairing or securing the building or other structure
after the transfer, and the Township Manager or his/her designee shall
return the amount of the fund in excess of the estimate to the named
insured if the Township has not commenced to remove, repair or secure
C. The Township Manager or his/her designee shall carry
out the duties of this section.
A. Upon receipt of the proceeds by the Township as authorized by § 107-3, the Township Manager or his/her designee shall place the proceeds in a separate fund to be used solely as security against the total cost of removing, repairing or securing incurred by the Township.
B. When transferring the funds as required in § 107-3 an insurance company, association or exchange shall provide the Township with the name and address of the named insured, whereupon the Township shall contact the named insured, certify that the proceeds have been received by the Township and notify the named insured that the procedures under this section shall be followed.
C. The fund shall be returned to the named insured when
repair, removal or securing of the building or other structure has
been completed and the required proof received by the Township Manager
or his/her designee if the Township has not incurred any costs for
the repair, removal or securing. If the Township has incurred costs
for repairs, removal or securing of the building or other structure,
the costs shall be paid from the fund, and if excess funds remain,
the Township shall transfer the remaining funds to the named insured.
D. Nothing in this article shall be construed to limit
the ability of the Township to recover any deficiency.
E. Further, nothing in this section shall be construed
to prohibit the Township and the named insured from entering into
an agreement that permits the transfer of funds to the named insured
if some other reasonable disposition of the damaged property has been
The total costs incurred by the Township for
the removal, repair or securing of a building or other structure under
this article shall include, but not be limited to, all administrative,
personnel and overhead costs incurred by the Township in accordance
with generally accepting accounting procedures.
Upon the enactment of this article, the Township
Secretary shall file an exact copy of the article with the Department
of Community and Economic Development, together with the name, position
and phone number of the municipal official responsible for compliance
with Section 508 of the Insurance Company Law of 1921, as amended.[1]