§ 33-2-1403 — Certificate Forms

33-2-1403 . Certificate forms. (1) Except as provided in subsection (3), a person may not prepare, issue, request, or require the issuance of a certificate of insurance on property, operations, or risks located in this state unless the certificate of insurance form has been filed with the commissioner by or on behalf of an insurer.
(2) The commissioner shall prohibit the use of a certificate of insurance form if the form is unfair, misleading, or deceptive or violates public policy or law, including rules adopted by the commissioner.
(3) Insurers are not required to file the current standard certificate of insurance forms promulgated and filed with the commissioner by the association for cooperative operations research and development, the American association of insurance services, or the insurance services office, inc., or certificate of insurance forms whose specific content and wording are established by federal law or regulation or by any law or rule of this state.
(4) A certificate of insurance is not a policy of insurance and does not affirmatively or negatively amend, extend, or alter the coverage afforded by the policy to which the certificate of insurance makes reference. A certificate of insurance may not confer to any person new or additional rights beyond what the referenced policy of insurance expressly provides.

Legislative History

En. Sec. 3, Ch. 303, L. 2013.