LD 1853
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a right to appeal those grievances to the superintendent after
an initial decision by the governing committee;

 
H.__Establish procedures for the inspection of properties by
or on behalf of member insurers;

 
I.__Establish a uniform process to inform owners of property
in underserved areas or of underserved risk types of the
specific circumstances and property characteristics that
affect the insurability of the property including
recommendations for improving the insurability of the
property;

 
J.__Require that in order for an applicant to purchase basic
property and casualty insurance through the program, the
applicant must produce proof of 2 declinations from
authorized insurers other than eligible surplus lines
insurers, to write insurance on the property.__The plan of
operation must allow one of the declinations to be in the
form of a cancellation or nonrenewal notice unless coverage
has been ordered to stay in effect pending the outcome of a
hearing before the superintendent, in which case the
cancellation or nonrenewal notice may only be used as a
declination in the person's application to the program if
the decision in the hearing is in favor of the insurer;

 
K.__Establish a finite list of reasons a policy issued
through the program may be cancelled, which may include
nonpayment of premium, fraud or material misrepresentation;

 
L.__Stipulate that cancellation of policies issued through
the program may not be effective less than 20 days after
receipt by the insured of the notice of cancellation or, if
the cancellation is for nonpayment of premium, may not be
effective less than 10 days after receipt by the insured of
the notice of cancellation and that a postal certificate of
mailing to the named insured at the insured's last known
address is conclusive proof of receipt on the 5th calendar
day after mailing;

 
M.__Establish eligibility criteria for policies issued
through the program, except that any eligibility criteria
may not be inconsistent with the purposes for establishing
the program;

 
N.__Establish the limits of liability a member insurer is
required to assume, except that for any policy issued through the
program, the maximum amount of coverage for a dwelling on a
residence premises does not exceed $300,000, the maximum limit
for any liability coverage does not exceed


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