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Sub. S. B. No. 97 As Reported by the Senate Insurance, Commerce and Labor CommitteeAs Reported by the Senate Insurance, Commerce and Labor Committee
124th General Assembly | Regular Session | 2001-2002 |
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SENATORS Nein, Wachtmann, Mumper, White, DiDonato, Austria, Amstutz, Coughlin, Finan, Harris, Hottinger, Spada, Armbruster, Randy Gardner, Robert Gardner
A BILL
| To amend sections 3937.18, 3937.181, and 3937.182 of | 1 |
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the Revised Code to revise the Uninsured and | 2 |
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Underinsured Motorist Coverages Law. | 3 |
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:
Section 1. That sections 3937.18, 3937.181, and 3937.182 of | 4 |
the Revised Code be amended to read as follows: | 5 |
Sec. 3937.18. (A)
No automobile liability or motor
vehicle | 6 |
liability
Any policy of insurance
insuring
delivered or issued for | 7 |
delivery in this state with respect to any motor vehicle | 8 |
registered or principally garaged in this state that insures | 9 |
against loss
resulting from
liability imposed by law for bodily | 10 |
injury or
death suffered by
any person arising out of the | 11 |
ownership,
maintenance, or use of a
motor vehicle
shall be | 12 |
delivered or
issued for delivery in this
state with respect to any | 13 |
motor
vehicle registered or principally
garaged in this state | 14 |
unless
both of the following coverages are
offered to persons | 15 |
insured
under the policy due to bodily injury
or death suffered
by | 16 |
such insureds: | 17 |
(1) Uninsured motorist coverage, which shall be in an
amount | 18 |
of coverage equivalent to the automobile liability or
motor | 19 |
vehicle liability coverage and shall provide protection for
bodily | 20 |
injury, sickness, or disease, including
death under provisions | 21 |
approved by the
superintendent of insurance, for the protection of | 22 |
insureds thereunder
who are legally entitled to recover
from | 23 |
owners or operators of uninsured motor vehicles because of
bodily | 24 |
injury, sickness, or disease, including death, suffered by
any | 25 |
person insured under the policy. | 26 |
For purposes of division (A)(1) of this section, an
insured | 27 |
is legally entitled to recover if the insured is able
to prove the | 28 |
elements of the insured's claim that are necessary to
recover from | 29 |
the owner or operator of the uninsured motor vehicle. The fact | 30 |
that the owner or operator of the uninsured motor vehicle has an | 31 |
immunity under
Chapter 2744. of the Revised Code or a diplomatic | 32 |
immunity that could be
raised
as a defense in an action
brought | 33 |
against the
owner or operator by
the insured does not
affect the | 34 |
insured's right to recover under
uninsured
motorist coverage.
| 35 |
However, any other type of statutory or common law immunity that | 36 |
may be a
defense for the owner or operator of an uninsured motor | 37 |
vehicle shall also be
a
defense to an action brought by the | 38 |
insured to recover under, may, but is not required to, include | 39 |
uninsured
motorist
coverage, underinsured motorist coverage, or | 40 |
both uninsured and underinsured motorist coverages. | 41 |
Unless otherwise defined in the policy or any endorsement | 42 |
to the policy, "motor vehicle," for purposes of the uninsured | 43 |
motorist coverage, underinsured motorist coverage, or uninsured | 44 |
and
underinsured motorist coverages, means
a self-propelled | 45 |
vehicle
designed for use and principally used on public roads, | 46 |
including
an automobile, truck, semi-tractor, motorcycle, and bus. | 47 |
"Motor
vehicle" also includes a motor home, provided the motor | 48 |
home is
not stationary and is not being used as a temporary or | 49 |
permanent
residence or office. "Motor vehicle" does not include a | 50 |
trolley,
streetcar, trailer, railroad engine, railroad car, | 51 |
motorized
bicycle, golf cart, off-road recreational vehicle, | 52 |
snowmobile,
fork lift, aircraft, watercraft, construction | 53 |
equipment, farm
tractor or other vehicle designed and principally | 54 |
used for
agricultural purposes, mobile home, vehicle traveling on | 55 |
treads or
rails, or any similar vehicle. | 56 |
(B) For purposes of any uninsured motorist coverage | 57 |
included in a policy of insurance, an "uninsured motorist" is the | 58 |
owner or operator of
a motor vehicle if any of the following | 59 |
conditions applies: | 60 |
(1) There exists no bodily injury liability bond or | 61 |
insurance policy covering the owner's or operator's liability to | 62 |
the insured. | 63 |
(2) The liability insurer denies coverage to the owner or | 64 |
operator, or is or becomes the subject of insolvency proceedings | 65 |
in any state. | 66 |
(3) The identity of the owner or operator cannot be | 67 |
determined, but independent corroborative evidence exists to prove | 68 |
that the bodily injury, sickness, disease, or death of the insured | 69 |
was proximately caused by the negligence or intentional actions of | 70 |
the unidentified operator of the motor vehicle. For purposes of | 71 |
division (B)(3) of this section, the testimony of any insured | 72 |
seeking recovery from the insurer shall not constitute independent | 73 |
corroborative evidence, unless the testimony is supported by | 74 |
additional evidence. | 75 |
(4) The owner or operator has diplomatic immunity. | 76 |
(5) The owner or operator has immunity under Chapter 2744. | 77 |
of the Revised Code. | 78 |
An "uninsured motorist" does not include the owner or | 79 |
operator of a motor vehicle that is self-insured within the | 80 |
meaning of the financial responsibility law of the state in which | 81 |
the motor vehicle is registered. | 82 |
(2) Underinsured
(C) If underinsured motorist coverage, | 83 |
which shall be in an
amount of coverage equivalent
to
is
included | 84 |
in a policy of insurance, the
automobile liability or
motor | 85 |
vehicle liability
underinsured motorist coverage
and shall provide | 86 |
protection for
insureds thereunder for bodily injury,
sickness, or | 87 |
disease,
including death, suffered by any
person insured under the | 88 |
policy,
where the limits of coverage available for payment to the | 89 |
insured
under all bodily injury liability bonds and insurance | 90 |
policies
covering persons liable to the insured are less than the | 91 |
limits
for the
insured's uninsured
underinsured motorist coverage. | 92 |
Underinsured
motorist coverage
in this state is not and shall not | 93 |
be excess
insurance
coverage to
other applicable liability | 94 |
coverages, and shall
be provided only
to afford
provide the | 95 |
insured an amount of protection not greater than
that which would | 96 |
be available under the insured's uninsured
motorist coverage if | 97 |
the person or persons liable
to the insured were uninsured
at the | 98 |
time of the accident. The policy limits of the
underinsured | 99 |
motorist coverage shall be reduced by those amounts
available for | 100 |
payment under all applicable bodily injury
liability
bonds and | 101 |
insurance policies covering persons liable to
the
insured. | 102 |
(B) Coverages offered under division (A) of this section | 103 |
shall be written for the same limits of liability. No change | 104 |
shall be made in the limits of one of these coverages without an | 105 |
equivalent change in the limits of the other coverage. | 106 |
(C) A named insured or applicant may reject or
accept
both | 107 |
coverages as offered under division (A) of this section, or
may | 108 |
alternatively select both such coverages in accordance with a | 109 |
schedule of
limits approved by the superintendent.
The schedule | 110 |
of limits approved by the superintendent
may permit a named | 111 |
insured or applicant to select uninsured and
underinsured | 112 |
motorists coverages with limits on such coverages
that are less | 113 |
than the limit of liability coverage provided by
the automobile | 114 |
liability or motor vehicle liability policy of
insurance under | 115 |
which the coverages are provided, but the limits
shall be no less | 116 |
than the limits set forth in section 4509.20 of the Revised Code | 117 |
for bodily injury or death.
A named insured's or applicant's | 118 |
rejection of both coverages as
offered under division (A) of this | 119 |
section, or a named
insured's or applicant's selection of such | 120 |
coverages in
accordance with the schedule of limits approved by | 121 |
the
superintendent, shall be in writing and shall be signed by the | 122 |
named insured or applicant. A named insured's or applicant's | 123 |
written, signed rejection of both coverages as offered under | 124 |
division (A) of this section, or a named insured's or
applicant's | 125 |
written, signed selection of such coverages in accordance with the | 126 |
schedule of limits approved by the superintendent, shall be | 127 |
effective on the day signed, shall create a presumption of an | 128 |
offer of
coverages consistent with division (A) of this section, | 129 |
and shall be binding on all other named insureds, insureds, or | 130 |
applicants. | 131 |
Unless a named insured or applicant requests
such coverages | 132 |
in writing, such coverages need not be provided in
or made | 133 |
supplemental to a policy renewal or a new or replacement
policy | 134 |
that provides continuing coverage to the named insured or | 135 |
applicant where a named insured or applicant has
rejected such | 136 |
coverages in connection with a policy
previously
issued to the | 137 |
named insured or applicant by the same
insurer or affiliate of | 138 |
that insurer. If a named insured or applicant
has selected
such | 139 |
coverages in connection with a policy
previously issued to the | 140 |
named insured or applicant by the
same insurer or affiliate of | 141 |
that insurer, with limits in accordance
with the schedule of | 142 |
limits
approved by the superintendent, such coverages
need not be | 143 |
provided
with limits in excess of the limits of liability | 144 |
previously
issued
for
such coverages, unless a
named insured or | 145 |
applicant requests in
writing higher limits of liability for such | 146 |
coverages
For purposes of underinsured motorist coverage, an | 147 |
"underinsured motorist" does not include the owner or operator of | 148 |
a motor vehicle that has applicable liability coverage in the | 149 |
policy under which the underinsured motorist coverage is provided. | 150 |
(D)
For the purpose of this section, a motor vehicle
shall
be | 151 |
deemed uninsured in either of the following
circumstances: | 152 |
(1) The liability insurer denies coverage or is or
becomes | 153 |
the subject of insolvency proceedings in any
jurisdiction; | 154 |
(2) The identity of the owner and operator of the motor | 155 |
vehicle
cannot be determined, but independent corroborative | 156 |
evidence exists to prove
that the bodily injury, sickness, | 157 |
disease, or death of the insured was
proximately caused by the | 158 |
negligence or intentional actions of
the unidentified operator of | 159 |
the motor vehicle. For purposes of
this division, the testimony | 160 |
of any insured seeking recovery
from the insurer shall not | 161 |
constitute independent corroborative
evidence, unless the | 162 |
testimony is supported by additional
evidence
With respect to the | 163 |
uninsured motorist coverage, underinsured motorist coverage, or | 164 |
uninsured and underinsured motorist coverages included in a policy | 165 |
of insurance, an insured
shall be required to prove all elements | 166 |
of the insured's claim
that are necessary to recover from the | 167 |
owner or operator of the
uninsured or underinsured motor vehicle. | 168 |
(E)
In the event of payment to any person under the
coverages | 169 |
offered under this section and subject to
the
terms and
conditions | 170 |
of such coverages, the insurer making such payment to
the extent | 171 |
thereof is entitled to the proceeds of any settlement
or judgment | 172 |
resulting from the exercise of any rights of recovery
of such | 173 |
person against any person or organization legally
responsible for | 174 |
the bodily injury or death for which such payment
is made, | 175 |
including any amount recoverable from an insurer which
is
or | 176 |
becomes the subject of insolvency proceedings, through such | 177 |
proceedings or in any other lawful manner. No insurer shall | 178 |
attempt to recover any amount against the insured of an insurer | 179 |
which is or becomes the subject of insolvency proceedings, to the | 180 |
extent of those rights against such insurer which such insured | 181 |
assigns to the paying insurer. | 182 |
(F) The
uninsured motorist coverage, underinsured motorist | 183 |
coverage, or uninsured and underinsured motorist coverages
offered | 184 |
under this section
included in a policy of insurance shall
not be | 185 |
made subject to an
exclusion or reduction in
amount because of
any | 186 |
workers'
compensation benefits payable as a
result of the
same | 187 |
injury or
death. | 188 |
(G)(F) Any
automobile liability or motor vehicle liability | 189 |
policy of insurance
that includes
uninsured motorist coverage, | 190 |
underinsured motorist coverage, or both uninsured and underinsured | 191 |
motorist coverages
offered under
division
(A) of this section
or | 192 |
selected in accordance with division (C) of
this section
may, | 193 |
without regard to any premiums
involved, include
terms and | 194 |
conditions that preclude any and all
stacking of such
coverages, | 195 |
including but not limited to: | 196 |
(1) Interfamily stacking, which is the aggregating of the | 197 |
limits of such coverages by the same person or two or more | 198 |
persons, whether family members or not, who are not members of
the | 199 |
same household; | 200 |
(2) Intrafamily stacking, which is the aggregating of the | 201 |
limits of such coverages purchased by the same person or two or | 202 |
more family members of the same household. | 203 |
(H)(G) Any
automobile liability or motor vehicle liability | 204 |
policy of insurance
that includes
uninsured motorist coverage, | 205 |
underinsured motorist coverage, or both uninsured and underinsured | 206 |
motorist coverages
offered under
division
(A) of this section
or | 207 |
selected in
accordance with division (C) of
this section
and that | 208 |
provides a limit of
coverage for payment
for
of
damages for bodily | 209 |
injury, including
death, sustained by any one
person in any one | 210 |
automobile
accident,
may, notwithstanding
Chapter 2125. of the | 211 |
Revised Code,
include
terms and conditions to
the effect that all | 212 |
claims
resulting from
or arising out of any
one person's bodily | 213 |
injury,
including death,
shall collectively be
subject to the | 214 |
limit of
the policy
applicable to bodily injury,
including death, | 215 |
sustained by one
person, and, for the purpose of
such policy
limit | 216 |
shall constitute
a single claim. Any such
policy limit
shall be | 217 |
enforceable
regardless of the number of
insureds, claims
made, | 218 |
vehicles or
premiums shown in the
declarations or policy,
or | 219 |
vehicles involved
in the accident. | 220 |
(H) Any policy of insurance that includes uninsured motorist | 221 |
coverage, underinsured motorist coverage, or both uninsured and | 222 |
underinsured motorist
coverages may include terms and conditions | 223 |
requiring that, so long as the insured has not prejudiced the | 224 |
insurer's subrogation rights, each
claim or suit for uninsured | 225 |
motorist coverage, underinsured motorist coverage, or both | 226 |
uninsured and underinsured motorist coverages be
made or brought | 227 |
within three years after the date of the accident
causing the | 228 |
bodily injury, sickness, disease, or death, or within one year | 229 |
after the liability insurer for the owner or operator of the motor | 230 |
vehicle liable to the insured has become the subject of insolvency | 231 |
proceedings in any state, whichever is later. | 232 |
(I)
Nothing in this section
shall prohibit the inclusion
Any | 233 |
policy of
insurance that includes uninsured motorist coverage, | 234 |
underinsured motorist coverage
in
any, or both uninsured
and | 235 |
underinsured motorist
coverage
provided in
compliance with this | 236 |
section. | 237 |
(J) The coverages
offered under division (A) of this
section | 238 |
or selected in accordance with division (C) of this section
may | 239 |
include terms and conditions that preclude coverage for bodily | 240 |
injury or
death suffered by an insured under
specified | 241 |
circumstances, including but not limited to any of the following | 242 |
circumstances: | 243 |
(1) While the insured is operating or occupying a motor | 244 |
vehicle owned by,
furnished to, or available for the regular use | 245 |
of
a named insured, a
spouse, or a resident relative of a named | 246 |
insured, if the motor vehicle is not
specifically identified in | 247 |
the policy under which a claim is made, or is not a
newly acquired | 248 |
or
replacement motor vehicle covered under the terms of the policy | 249 |
under which
the
uninsured motorist coverage, underinsured motorist | 250 |
coverage, or uninsured and underinsured motorist coverages are | 251 |
provided; | 252 |
(2) While the insured is operating or occupying a motor | 253 |
vehicle without a
reasonable belief that the insured is entitled | 254 |
to do so, provided that under
no circumstances will an insured | 255 |
whose license has been suspended, revoked, or
never issued, be | 256 |
held to have a reasonable belief that the insured is entitled
to | 257 |
operate a motor vehicle; | 258 |
(3) When the bodily injury or death is caused by a motor | 259 |
vehicle operated by any person who is specifically excluded from | 260 |
coverage for bodily injury liability in the policy under which
the | 261 |
uninsured motorist coverage, underinsured motorist coverage, or | 262 |
uninsured and underinsured motorist coverages are provided; | 263 |
(4) While any employee, officer, director, partner, trustee, | 264 |
member, executor, administrator, or beneficiary of the named | 265 |
insured, or any relative of any such person, is operating or | 266 |
occupying a motor vehicle, unless the employee, officer, director, | 267 |
partner, trustee, member, executor, administrator, beneficiary, or | 268 |
relative is operating or occupying a motor vehicle for which | 269 |
uninsured motorist coverage, underinsured motorist coverage, or | 270 |
both
uninsured and underinsured motorist coverages are provided in | 271 |
the
policy; | 272 |
(5) When the person actually suffering the bodily injury, | 273 |
sickness, disease, or death is not an insured under the policy. | 274 |
(J) In the event of payment to any person under the | 275 |
uninsured motorist coverage, underinsured motorist coverage, or | 276 |
uninsured and underinsured motorist coverages, and subject to the | 277 |
terms and conditions of that coverage, the insurer making such | 278 |
payment is entitled, to the extent of the payment, to the proceeds | 279 |
of any settlement or judgment resulting from the exercise of any | 280 |
rights of recovery of that person against any person or | 281 |
organization legally responsible for the bodily injury or death | 282 |
for which the payment is made, including any amount recoverable | 283 |
from an insurer that is or becomes the subject of insolvency | 284 |
proceedings, through such proceedings or in any other lawful | 285 |
manner. No insurer shall attempt to recover any amount against | 286 |
the insured of an insurer that is or becomes the subject of | 287 |
insolvency proceedings, to the extent of those rights against the | 288 |
insurer that the insured assigns to the paying insurer. | 289 |
(K)
As used
Nothing in this section,
"uninsured motor | 290 |
vehicle" and
"underinsured motor vehicle" do not
include any of | 291 |
the following
motor vehicles: | 292 |
(1) A motor vehicle that has applicable
liability coverage | 293 |
in the
policy under which
shall prohibit the
uninsured and | 294 |
inclusion of underinsured motorist
coverages are
provided; | 295 |
(2) A motor vehicle owned by a political subdivision, unless | 296 |
the
operator of the motor vehicle has an immunity
under Chapter | 297 |
2744. of the Revised Code that could
be raised as a defense in an | 298 |
action brought against the operator
by the insured; | 299 |
(3) A motor vehicle self-insured within the meaning of the | 300 |
financial
responsibility law of the state in which the motor | 301 |
vehicle is registered
coverage in any uninsured motorist coverage | 302 |
included in a policy of insurance. | 303 |
(L)
As used in this section,
"automobile liability or motor | 304 |
vehicle liability policy of insurance" means either of the | 305 |
following: | 306 |
(1) Any policy of insurance that serves as proof of | 307 |
financial
responsibility, as proof of financial responsibility is | 308 |
defined by division
(K) of section 4509.01 of the Revised Code, | 309 |
for owners or operators of the
motor
vehicles specifically | 310 |
identified in the policy of insurance; | 311 |
(2) Any umbrella liability policy of insurance written as | 312 |
excess over one
or more policies described in division (L)(1) of | 313 |
this section
The superintendent of insurance shall study the | 314 |
market availability of, and competition for, uninsured and | 315 |
underinsured motorist coverages in this state and shall, from time | 316 |
to time, prepare status reports containing the superintendent's | 317 |
findings and any recommendations. The first status report shall | 318 |
be prepared not later than two years after the effective date of | 319 |
this amendment. To assist in preparing these status reports, the | 320 |
superintendent may require insurers and rating organizations | 321 |
operating in this state to collect pertinent data and to submit | 322 |
that data to the superintendent. | 323 |
The superintendent shall submit a copy of each status | 324 |
report to the governor, the speaker of the house of | 325 |
representatives, the president of the senate, and the chairpersons | 326 |
of the committees of the general assembly having primary | 327 |
jurisdiction over issues relating to automobile insurance. | 328 |
Sec. 3937.181. (A) No
automobile liability or motor
vehicle | 329 |
liability policy of insurance
offering uninsured and
underinsured | 330 |
motorist coverages under
described in division (A) of section | 331 |
3937.18 of the
Revised Code
that includes uninsured motorist | 332 |
coverage, underinsured motorist coverage, or both uninsured and | 333 |
underinsured motorist coverages shall be delivered or issued for | 334 |
delivery unless
coverage is also made available for damage to, or | 335 |
the destruction
of, any
automobile or motor vehicle specifically | 336 |
identified in the
policy, for the protection of those persons | 337 |
insured under the
policy who are legally entitled to recover for | 338 |
the damage to or
destruction of any
automobile or motor vehicle | 339 |
specifically
identified in the policy from the owner or operator | 340 |
of an
uninsured motor vehicle. | 341 |
(B) The coverage made available under this section need
not | 342 |
exceed the lesser of seventy-five hundred dollars or the
amount | 343 |
otherwise available from the policy for damages to, or the | 344 |
destruction of, the
automobile or motor vehicle. The coverage | 345 |
shall be subject to a maximum two-hundred-fifty-dollar
deductible. | 346 |
The losses recoverable under this section shall be
limited to | 347 |
recovery for that destruction of or damage to the
automobile or | 348 |
motor vehicle specifically identified in the policy
directly | 349 |
caused by an uninsured
automobile or motor vehicle whose
owner or | 350 |
operator has been identified. | 351 |
(C) If an insured has a policy containing collision
coverage | 352 |
covering damages caused by an uninsured
automobile or
motor | 353 |
vehicle, the insured's insurer need not make coverage
available | 354 |
under this section. | 355 |
(D) An insurer making payments to an insured under the | 356 |
coverage offered under division (A) of this section shall be | 357 |
entitled, to the extent of those payments and subject to the
terms | 358 |
and conditions of the coverage, to the proceeds of any
settlement | 359 |
or judgment resulting from the exercise of any rights
of recovery | 360 |
by the insured against the person or organization
legally | 361 |
responsible for the injury or destruction of the
property, | 362 |
including any amounts recoverable from an insurer that
is or | 363 |
becomes the subject of insolvency proceedings, through such | 364 |
proceedings or in any other lawful manner. No insurer shall | 365 |
attempt to recover any amount
against
from the insured of an | 366 |
insurer
that is or becomes the subject of insolvency proceedings, | 367 |
to the
extent of
his
those rights against
such
the insurer
which | 368 |
such
that the insured
assigns to the paying insurer. | 369 |
Sec. 3937.182. (A) As used in this section,
"policy" | 370 |
includes an endorsement. | 371 |
(B) No policy of automobile or motor vehicle insurance
that | 372 |
is covered by sections 3937.01 to 3937.17 of the Revised
Code, | 373 |
including, but not limited to, the
uninsured motorist coverage, | 374 |
underinsured motorist coverage, or uninsured and
underinsured | 375 |
motorists
motorist coverages
included in such a policy as
required | 376 |
authorized by
section
3937.18 of the Revised Code, and that is | 377 |
issued by an
insurance
company licensed to do business in this | 378 |
state, and no
other policy
of casualty or liability insurance that | 379 |
is covered
by sections
3937.01 to 3937.17 of the Revised Code and | 380 |
that is so
issued,
shall provide coverage for judgments or claims | 381 |
against an
insured
for punitive or exemplary damages. | 382 |
(C) This section applies only to policies of automobile, | 383 |
motor vehicle, or other casualty or liability insurance as | 384 |
described in division (B) of this section that are issued or | 385 |
renewed on or after the effective date of this section. | 386 |
Section 2. That existing sections 3937.18, 3937.181, and | 387 |
3937.182 of the Revised Code are hereby repealed. | 388 |
Section 3. In enacting this act, it is the intent of the | 389 |
General Assembly to do all of the following: | 390 |
(A) Protect and preserve stable markets and reasonable rates | 391 |
for automobile insurance for Ohio consumers; | 392 |
(B) Express the public policy of the state to: | 393 |
(1) Eliminate any requirement of the mandatory offer of | 394 |
uninsured motorist coverage, underinsured motorist coverage, or | 395 |
both
uninsured and underinsured motorist coverages; | 396 |
(2) Eliminate the possibility of uninsured motorist | 397 |
coverage, underinsured motorist coverage, or both uninsured and | 398 |
underinsured motorist coverages being implied as a matter of law | 399 |
in any insurance policy; | 400 |
(3) Provide statutory authority for the inclusion of | 401 |
exclusionary or limiting provisions in uninsured motorist | 402 |
coverage, underinsured motorist coverage, or both uninsured and | 403 |
underinsured
motorist coverages; | 404 |
(4) Eliminate any requirement of a written offer, selection, | 405 |
or rejection form for uninsured motorist coverage, underinsured | 406 |
motorist coverage, and uninsured and underinsured motorist | 407 |
coverages from any transaction for an insurance policy; | 408 |
(5) Ensure that a mandatory offer of uninsured motorist | 409 |
coverage, underinsured motorist coverage, or both uninsured and | 410 |
underinsured motorist coverages not be construed to be required by | 411 |
the provisions of section 3937.181 of the Revised Code, as amended | 412 |
by this act, that make uninsured motorist property damage coverage | 413 |
available under limited conditions. | 414 |
(C) Provide statutory authority for provisions limiting the | 415 |
time period within which an insured may make a claim under | 416 |
uninsured motorist coverage, underinsured motorist coverage, or | 417 |
both uninsured and underinsured motorist coverages to three years | 418 |
after the
date of the accident causing the injury; | 419 |
(D) To supersede the holdings of the Ohio Supreme Court in | 420 |
those cases previously superseded by Am. Sub. S.B. 20 of the 120th | 421 |
General Assembly, Am. Sub. H.B. 261 of the 122nd General Assembly, | 422 |
S.B. 57 of the 123rd General Assembly, and Sub. S.B. 267 of the | 423 |
123rd General Assembly; | 424 |
(E) To supersede the holdings of the Ohio Supreme Court in | 425 |
Linko v. Indemnity Ins. Co. of N. America (2000), 90 Ohio St. 3d | 426 |
445,
Scott-Pontzer v. Liberty Mut. Fire Ins. Co. (1999), 85 Ohio | 427 |
St. 3d 660,
Schumacher v. Kreiner (2000), 88 Ohio St. 3d 358, | 428 |
Sexton v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co. (1982), 69 Ohio St. 2d | 429 |
431,
Gyori v. Johnston Coca-Cola Bottling Group, Inc. (1996), 76 | 430 |
Ohio St. 3d 565, and their progeny. | 431 |
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