Senate Bill No. 585
(By Senator Minard)
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[Introduced March 26, 2001; referred to the Committee on Banking
and Insurance.]
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A BILL to amend article six, chapter thirty-three of the code of
West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as
amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated section
thirty-one-f, relating to exempting insurers providing excess
or umbrella insurance policies from having to offer uninsured
and underinsured motorist coverage.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That article six, chapter thirty-three of the code of West
Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, be
amended by adding thereto a new section, designated section
thirty-one-f, to read as follows:
ARTICLE 6. THE INSURANCE POLICY.
§33-6-31f. Uninsured and underinsured motorists' coverage not required to be offered on umbrella or excess policies
or on policies not written to cover a specifically
insured motor vehicle.
Insurers issuing or providing liability policies that are of
an excess or umbrella type, or that include excess or umbrella
coverages, or which are not written to cover a specifically insured
motor vehicle, shall not be required to offer, make available or
provide uninsured or underinsured motor vehicle coverage on such
policies, notwithstanding any other provisions of this article.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to exempt umbrella and
excess insurance policies and policies not written to cover a
specifically insured motor vehicle, from having to offer, provide
or make available uninsured and underinsured motorist coverage.
This section is new; therefore, strike-throughs and
underscoring have been omitted.