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§ 19-509.1. Enhanced underinsured motorist coverage
West's Annotated Code of MarylandInsuranceEffective: October 1, 2017
Insurance (Refs & Annos)
Title 19. Property and Casualty Insurance
Subtitle 5. Motor Vehicle Insurance--Primary Coverage (Refs & Annos)
MD Code, Insurance, § 19-509.1
“Underinsured motor vehicle” defined
(a) In this section, “underinsured motor vehicle” means a motor vehicle that has liability coverage in an amount less than, more than, or equal to the uninsured motorist coverage provided under the insured party's motor vehicle liability insurance policy.
(b) The enhanced underinsured motorist coverage required by this section does not apply to a motor vehicle liability insurance policy:
(1) that insures a motor vehicle that:
(i) is not subject to registration under § 13-402 of the Transportation Article because it is not driven on a highway; or
(ii) is exempt from registration under § 13-402(c)(10) of the Transportation Article; or
(2) when a first named insured under a policy or binder of private passenger motor vehicle liability insurance has not elected to obtain enhanced underinsured motorist coverage under this section instead of the uninsured motorist coverage required under § 19-509 of this subtitle.
Offer and election of coverage
(c)(1) An insurer shall offer enhanced underinsured motorist coverage at the time of purchase of a private passenger motor vehicle liability insurance policy.
(2) The first named insured under a policy or binder of private passenger motor vehicle liability insurance may elect to obtain enhanced underinsured motorist coverage instead of the uninsured motorist coverage required under § 19-509 of this subtitle.
(3) Unless the first named insured affirmatively makes a change in writing, the election to obtain enhanced underinsured motorist coverage applies to all subsequent renewals of coverage and to all other policies or endorsements that extend, change, supersede, or replace an existing private passenger motor vehicle insurance policy issued to the first named insured.
Coverage for damage due to bodily injuries or death
(d) In addition to any other coverage required by this subtitle, each private passenger motor vehicle liability insurance policy issued, sold, or delivered in the State on or after July 1, 2018, to an insured that elects to obtain enhanced underinsured motorist coverage instead of the uninsured motorist coverage required under § 19-509 of this subtitle, shall contain coverage for damages, subject to the policy limits, that:
(1) the insured is entitled to recover from the owner or operator of an underinsured motor vehicle because of bodily injuries sustained in a motor vehicle accident arising out of the ownership, maintenance, or use of the underinsured motor vehicle; and
(2) a surviving relative of the insured, who is described in § 3-904 of the Courts Article, is entitled to recover from the owner or operator of an underinsured motor vehicle because the insured died as the result of a motor vehicle accident arising out of the ownership, maintenance, or use of the underinsured motor vehicle.
Form of offer of coverage
(e) The offer of enhanced underinsured motorist coverage required by this section shall be on the form that the Commissioner requires.
Minimum amount of enhanced underinsured motorist coverage
(f)(1) The enhanced underinsured motorist coverage contained in a private passenger motor vehicle liability insurance policy:
(2) The amount of enhanced underinsured motorist coverage provided under a private passenger motor vehicle liability insurance policy shall equal the amount of liability coverage provided under the policy.
(g) An insurer may exclude from the enhanced underinsured motorist coverage required by this section benefits for:
(1) the named insured or a family member of the named insured who resides in the named insured's household for an injury that occurs when the named insured or family member is occupying or is struck as a pedestrian by an underinsured motor vehicle that is owned by the named insured or an immediate family member of the named insured who resides in the named insured's household; and
Limit of liability for insurer
(h) The limit of liability for an insurer that provides enhanced underinsured motorist coverage under this section:
(1) is subject to § 19-511.1 of this subtitle; and
(2) is the amount of that coverage without any reduction for the amount paid to the insured, that exhausts any applicable liability insurance policies, bonds, and securities, on behalf of any person that may be held liable for the bodily injuries or death of the insured.
Coverage in excess of other valid and collectible insurance or self-insurance
(i)(1) A policy that, as its primary purpose, provides coverage in excess of other valid and collectible insurance or qualified self-insurance may include the enhanced underinsured motorist coverage provided for in this section.
(2) The enhanced underinsured motorist coverage required by this section is primary to any right to recovery from the Maryland Automobile Insurance Fund under Title 20, Subtitle 6 of this article.
Liability insurers that are insolvent or otherwise unable to pay claims
(j) An endorsement or a provision that protects the insured against damages caused by an underinsured motor vehicle that is contained in a policy issued and delivered in the State is deemed to cover damages caused by a motor vehicle insured by a liability insurer that is insolvent or otherwise unable to pay claims to the same extent and in the same manner as if the damages were caused by an underinsured motor vehicle.
Provisions requiring dispute be submitted to binding arbitration prohibited
(k) A provision in a private passenger motor vehicle liability insurance policy issued on or after July 1, 2018, about coverage for damages sustained by the insured as a result of the operation of an underinsured motor vehicle that requires a dispute between the insured and the insurer to be submitted to binding arbitration is prohibited and is of no legal effect.
Added by Acts 2017, c. 20, § 2, eff. Oct. 1, 2017; Acts 2017, c. 815, § 2, eff. Oct. 1, 2017.
Acts 2017, c. 20, § 3, and Acts 2017, c. 815 , § 3, provide:
“SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act applies to each policy of private passenger motor vehicle insurance issued, sold, or delivered in the State on or after July 1, 2018.”
Former Insurance § 19-509.1, added by Acts 1999, c. 669, § 1, related to uninsured motorist coverage--subsequent actions for uninsured or underinsured motorist coverage, renumbered as Insurance § 19-509.2 by Acts 2017, c. 20, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2017; Acts 2017, c. 815, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2017.
MD Code, Insurance, § 19-509.1, MD INSURANCE § 19-509.1