Clarifies certain provisions relating to unclaimed life insurance benefits. / Sponsor: SEWARD Committee:

Relates to clarifying the provisions of certain supplementary insurance coverage. / Sponsor: SEWARD Committee:

Relates to pre-existing condition provisions for group and blanket disability policies which excludes coverage under the policy for a disability commencing during the twelve months following the effective date of coverage for the covered person. / Sponsor: SEWARD Committee: INSURANCE

Increases the permitted foreign investments by life insurance companies from sixteen to twenty percent of the insurer's assets. / Sponsor: SEWARD Committee:

Permits insurers to make available multiple rating programs for commercial insurance within the same company. / Sponsor: SEWARD Committee: INSURANCE

Provides that payment of interest payment and attorney fees to claimant when payment of a claim is overdue shall be exclusive remedy when insurer fails to make timely payment; such failure of insurer to make timely payment or issue denial within 30 days after proof of claim has been submitted to insurer shall not preclude such insurer from issuing a denial or asserting a defense after the 30 day period has elapsed. / Sponsor: SEWARD Committee: INSURANCE

Authorizes the issuance of certain annuity contracts involving alternative accounts. / Sponsor: SEWARD Committee: INSURANCE

Creates exceptions to the general prohibition on rebating. / Sponsor: SEWARD Committee: INSURANCE

Establishes the "Interstate insurance product regulation compact" to regulate certain insurance products among member states and to promote and protect the interest of consumers of individual and group annuity, life insurance, disability income and long-term care insurance products. / Sponsor: SEWARD Committee:

Allows a plaintiff to have a small claims court hearing in the municipality in which the claim arose. / Sponsor: SEWARD Committee: JUDICIARY

Provides that there shall be no duty to keep premises safe for entry or use by others for recreational aviation activities. / Sponsor: SEWARD Committee: JUDICIARY

Provides that restrictions regarding the carrying of concealed weapons and licenses therefor shall be by statute only. / Sponsor: SEWARD Committee: CODES

Authorizes a school district's website to be printed on school buses at the discretion of the owner or operator of such buses. / Sponsor: SEWARD Committee: TRANSPORTATION

Relates to the right to hunt, trap and fish; provides for regulation by the state. / Sponsor: SEWARD Committee: JUDICIARY

Provides school tax exemption relief (STAR) to small business with 20 or fewer employees. / Sponsor: SEWARD Committee: LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Designates the quartz variety Herkimer Diamond as the official state mineral. / Sponsor: SEWARD Committee: GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS

Increases by 1 degree the severity of rape in the second degree, criminal sexual act in the second degree, sexual abuse in the second degree and course of sexual conduct against a child in the second degree. / Sponsor: SEWARD Committee: CODES

Removes requirement for advertisements referring to an insurer to include the insurer's full name and principal office and makes technical corrections relating thereto. / Sponsor: SEWARD Committee: INSURANCE

Relates to replacement of individual life insurance policies or annuity contracts; amends provisions relating to misrepresentations and misleading statements; requires replacements regulations be consistent with policies of the national association of insurance commissioners. / Sponsor: SEWARD Committee: CORPORATIONS, AUTHORITIES AND COMMISSIONS

Relates to admitted assets for annuity risk where a single premium annuity contract has been purchased. / Sponsor: SEWARD Committee: INSURANCE