Current through 2024, ch. 69
Section 59A-17-11.1 - Consumer informationA. The superintendent shall use, develop or cause to be developed a consumer information system that will provide and disseminate price and other relevant information on a readily available basis to purchasers of homeowners, private passenger non-fleet automobile or property insurance for personal, family or household needs as well as for title insurance, including escrow, closing and settlement charges for one to four family residential property transactions, and for any other types of personal or commercial insurance designated by the superintendent. To the extent deemed necessary and appropriate by the superintendent, insurers, advisory organizations and other persons or organizations involved in conducting the business of insurance in New Mexico, to which this section applies, shall cooperate in the development and utilization of a consumer information system. B. An insurer writing homeowners insurance or private passenger non-fleet automobile insurance in New Mexico shall, upon renewal or upon the transfer of a policy to another insurer under the same ownership or management as the transferring insurer, provide its policyholders with written notification of their right to obtain from the insurer a detailed written explanation of the reasons why their policy premium has changed or is about to change. Laws 2007, ch. 367, § 6; 2009, ch. 80, § 2.