Title 33, Chapter 3, Section 25
( 33-3-25)
(a) All homeowner's insurance policies, including tenant homeowner's
insurance policies, personal automobile insurance policies,
individual life or accident and sickness insurance policies, all
certificates of group life or accident and sickness insurance
coverage, and all coverage booklets provided by insurers to group
life or accident and sickness insurance certificate holders which
are issued, delivered, or issued for delivery in this state on or
after July 1, 1988, shall be written in a simplified form, shall be
divided into logically arranged, captioned sections, and shall
contain readable language which complies with the standards
prescribed in such rules and regulations as may be promulgated by
the Commissioner of Insurance after due notice and hearing. (b) In establishing the policy language simplification and reading
ease standards for such policies, certificates, and coverage
booklets, the Commissioner of Insurance may utilize a minimum score
of 40 on the "Flesch reading ease test" as the basic standard or
such other nationally recognized reading ease standards or tests as
would produce comparable policy language simplification and
readability results and he may also provide for exceptions thereto
by appropriate rules and regulations. (c) This Code section shall apply to all insurers issuing the kinds
of insurance policies described in subsection (a) of this Code
section in this state, including all insurers, nonprofit
corporations, or other organizations issuing policies or contracts
of life or accident and sickness coverage under Chapter 15, 18, 19,
20, 21, 29, or 30 of this title. |