STAND. COM. REP. NO.  441

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2017

RE:   H.B. No. 1421

      H.D. 1

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2017

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Intrastate Commerce, to which was referred H.B. No. 1421 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to improve consumer protection by clarifying who may be considered an adjuster or public adjuster for claims involving property and casualty insurance.  This measure also adds definitions of "insurance appraiser" and "insurance umpire" to apply to appraisals for property and casualty insurance claims.

Roofing Contractors Association of Hawaii supported this measure.  Hawaii Insurers Council opposed this measure.  The Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs, State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company, and Property Casualty Insurers Association of America offered comments on this measure.   

     Your Committee has amended this measure by changing its effective date to July 1, 2099, to promote further discussion.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Intrastate Commerce that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1421, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1421, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Intrastate Commerce,

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TAKASHI OHNO, Chair