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Motor Vehicle Insurance - Use of Credit History Rating Policy

Sponsor: Melissa Wells (District 40)Committee: Economic MattersSubject: Insurance - Other than HealthStatus: Hearing 3/29 at 1:00 p.m. (as of Nov 15, 2022)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Requiring, with respect to private passenger motor vehicle insurance, an insurer that uses credit information to provide, on request, certain exceptions to the insurer's rates, ratings classifications, company or tier placement, or underwriting rules or guidelines to certain applicants and insureds whose credit information has been influenced by certain events; requiring an insurer, within 30 days after receipt of documentation of a certain event, to inform the applicant of the outcome of a request for a reasonable exception; etc.

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Testimony (51)

MGA witness list
FAV 34FavorableFWA 4Favorable with amendmentsUNF 11UnfavorableINFO 2Information only
PositionWitnessOrganizationTestimony
FAVMcKinney, RobinlobbyistCASH CAMPAIGN OF MARYLANDWritten (PDF)
FAVSchneiderman, FranzlobbyistConsumer AutoOral + Written (PDF)
FAVDeLong, MichaelConsumer Federation of AmericaWritten (PDF)
FAVStraughn, KarenConsumer Protection Division of the Office of the Attorney GeneralWritten (PDF)
FAVDews, ChristopherlobbyistJOTFOral + Written (PDF)
FAVPlante, CeciliaMaryland Legislative CoalitionWritten (PDF)
FAVPlante, CeciliaMaryland Legislative CoalitionWritten (PDF)
FAVEdwards, DonnaMaryland State and DC AFL-CIOWritten (PDF)
FAVEdwards, DonnaMaryland State and DC AFL-CIOWritten (PDF)
FAVJefferson , StaceylobbyistMarylanders Against PovertyWritten (PDF)
FAVFreeman, ImanPeople's Commission to Decriminalize MDWritten (PDF)
FAVBrown, KerianneSURJWritten (PDF)
FAVBadeker, MelissaSURJ BaltimoreWritten (PDF)
FAVPalmisano, EricaSURJ BaltimoreWritten (PDF)
FAVSmeton, JonathanSURJ BaltimoreWritten (PDF)
FAVPowell, HollyShowing Up for Racial Justice (SURJ)Written (PDF)
FAVBecker, MadelineIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVChan, SamIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVDale, WandaIndividualOral
FAVDelegate Wells, Delegate WellslegislatorIndividualOral
FAVDelegate Wells, Delegate WellslegislatorIndividualOral
FAVGirdner, LinnieIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVHope, MaxwellIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVJohnson, SarahIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVJuberg, ArielleIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVKnighton, JamesIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVLaw, JonathanIndividualPosition only
FAVMcWilliams, ElainaIndividualOral
FAVSadil, PatrickIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVShillenn, RebeccaIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVStern, IsadoralobbyistIndividualOral + Written (PDF)
FAVTodd, TamaraIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVWilkins, KatherineIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVYoder, DarylIndividualWritten (PDF)
UNFPopham, BrysonlobbyistBryson F. Popham, P.A.Oral + Written (PDF)
UNFSchneiderman, FranzlobbyistConsumer AutoOral + Written (PDF)
UNFDeLong, MichaelConsumer Federation of AmericaWritten (PDF)
UNFDews, ChristopherlobbyistJOTFOral + Written (PDF)
UNFEnten, RobertMd Thoroughbred Horsemen’s AssocOral
UNFOverturf, MattlobbyistNAMICOral + Written (PDF)
UNFWall, SarahR Street InstituteWritten (PDF)
UNFHarting, MartalobbyistVenableWritten (PDF)
UNFEgan, NancylobbyistIndividualOral + Written (PDF)
UNFLininger, BrettlobbyistIndividualWritten (PDF)
UNFStern, IsadoralobbyistIndividualOral + Written (PDF)
FWAPopham, BrysonlobbyistBryson F. Popham, P.A.Oral
FWAEnten, RobertMd Thoroughbred Horsemen’s AssocOral
FWAOverturf, MattlobbyistNAMICOral + Written (PDF)
FWAEgan, NancylobbyistIndividualWritten (PDF)
INFOBirrane, KathleenMaryland Insurance AdministrationWritten (PDF)
INFOBirrane, KathleenMaryland Insurance AdministrationWritten (PDF)

Organizations on record

Registered lobbyists who testified

FAVMcKinney, RobinCASH CAMPAIGN OF MARYLANDRegistered for: CASH Campaign of Maryland
FAVSchneiderman, FranzConsumer AutoRegistered for: Auto Consumer Alliance; Consumer Auto
FAVDews, ChristopherJOTFRegistered for: Advance Maryland Education Fund; Beyond Impact; Center for Urban Families; Dews & Associates; Out for Justice, Inc.; REFORM Alliance
FAVJefferson , StaceyMarylanders Against PovertyRegistered for: Behavioral Health System Baltimore
FAVStern, IsadoraRegistered for: Maryland Consumer Rights Coalition
UNFPopham, BrysonBryson F. Popham, P.A.Registered for: Agency Insurance Company of Maryland; Agency Services, Inc.; Army Alliance; Bryson F. Popham P.A.; Building Owners and Managers Association of Greater Baltimore (BOMA); CVS Health
UNFSchneiderman, FranzConsumer AutoRegistered for: Auto Consumer Alliance; Consumer Auto
UNFDews, ChristopherJOTFRegistered for: Advance Maryland Education Fund; Beyond Impact; Center for Urban Families; Dews & Associates; Out for Justice, Inc.; REFORM Alliance
UNFOverturf, MattNAMICRegistered for: National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies (NAMIC)
UNFHarting, MartaVenableRegistered for: Abbott Laboratories; Annie E. Casey Foundation, Inc., The; Asurion Insurance Services, Inc.; Baltimore Community Foundation; Baltimore Gas and Electric Company; Baltimore Public Markets Corporation
UNFEgan, NancyRegistered for: American Property Casualty Insurance Association
UNFLininger, BrettRegistered for: Aflac (American Family Life Assurance Company); Amazon.com Services, LLC; American International Group; Boyd Gaming Corporation; Brookfield Power US Asset Management LLC; Centers for Better Insurance, LLC
UNFStern, IsadoraRegistered for: Maryland Consumer Rights Coalition
FWAPopham, BrysonBryson F. Popham, P.A.Registered for: Agency Insurance Company of Maryland; Agency Services, Inc.; Army Alliance; Bryson F. Popham P.A.; Building Owners and Managers Association of Greater Baltimore (BOMA); CVS Health
FWAOverturf, MattNAMICRegistered for: National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies (NAMIC)
FWAEgan, NancyRegistered for: American Property Casualty Insurance Association