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Private Passenger Motor Vehicle Insurance - Premium Increases - Collisions With Wild Animals

Sponsor: Jack Bailey (District 29)Committee: FinanceSubject: Insurance - Other than HealthStatus: Hearing 1/31 at 1:00 p.m. (as of Nov 13, 2024)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Prohibiting an insurer, with respect to private passenger motor vehicle insurance, from increasing a premium based on the claims history of an insured where two or fewer of the claims within the immediately preceding 3-year period were for accidents or losses caused by a collision with a free-roaming wild animal and for which the insured was not at fault for the loss.

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Testimony (7)

MGA witness list
FAV 2FavorableUNF 4UnfavorableINFO 1Information only
PositionWitnessOrganizationTestimony
FAVBailey, JackIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVSenator Bailey, Senator BaileylegislatorIndividualOral
UNFPopham, BrysonlobbyistBryson F. Popham, P.A.Written (PDF)
UNFOverturf, MattlobbyistNAMICOral
UNFEgan, NancylobbyistIndividualWritten (PDF)
UNFWeintraub, JasonlobbyistIndividualOral
INFOBevan-Dangel, JenniferlobbyistHumane Society of the United StatesWritten (PDF)

Organizations on record

Registered lobbyists who testified

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
UNFOverturf, MattNAMICRegistered for: National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies (NAMIC)
UNFEgan, NancyRegistered for: American Property Casualty Insurance Association
UNFWeintraub, JasonRegistered for: AFSCME Council 3; Albertsons Companies, Inc.; American Property Casualty Insurance Association; COPT Defense Properties; CVS Health; CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield
INFOBevan-Dangel, JenniferHumane Society of the United StatesRegistered for: Maryland Consumer Rights Coalition DBA Economic Action Maryland; Humane Society of the United States; Chesapeake Bay Foundation; Humane World for Animals