PRINTER'S NO. 2035
No. 1600 Session of 1985
INTRODUCED BY B. SMITH, PISTELLA, TRELLO, J. L. WRIGHT, PETRONE,
HASAY, REBER, TIGUE, MORRIS, JOHNSON, STUBAN, STABACK,
WAMBACH, FISCHER, BUNT, CIVERA, MACKOWSKI, COSLETT, DISTLER,
PERZEL, BELFANTI, LINTON, SAURMAN, RICHARDSON, CARN,
GREENWOOD AND MICOZZIE, JUNE 28, 1985
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON INSURANCE, JUNE 28, 1985
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of May 17, 1921 (P.L.682, No.284), entitled "An
2 act relating to insurance; amending, revising, and
3 consolidating the law providing for the incorporation of
4 insurance companies, and the regulation, supervision, and
5 protection of home and foreign insurance companies, Lloyds
6 associations, reciprocal and inter-insurance exchanges, and
7 fire insurance rating bureaus, and the regulation and
8 supervision of insurance carried by such companies,
9 associations, and exchanges, including insurance carried by
10 the State Workmen's Insurance Fund; providing penalties; and
11 repealing existing laws," requiring all insurers offering
12 casualty insurance to provide coverage for certain nuclear
13 accidents.
14 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
15 hereby enacts as follows:
16 Section 1. The act of May 17, 1921 (P.L.682, No.284), known
17 as The Insurance Company Law of 1921, is amended by adding a
18 section to read:
19 Section 611. Mandatory Coverage for Nuclear Accidents.--All
20 insurers who write or sell casualty insurance covering property
21 in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania shall, as part of the basic
22 casualty insurance contract, insure against damages which are
1 caused by or arise from any nuclear accident which is not caused
2 by an act of war.
3 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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