RS 22:1268 Interest on refund; exception - Louisiana Statutes

§1268.  Interest on refund; exception

A.  Any refund due an insured by an insurer writing or delivering insurance policies excluding health and life insurance, in the state because of either cancellation, elimination, or reduction of coverage by the insurer or the insured, shall be accompanied with interest at the rate of one and one-half percent per month of the amount of the refund due the customer, without the benefit of daily proration of this monthly interest, after thirty days of either of the following:

(1)  The delivery to the insured of the written notice of such cancellation, elimination, or reduction;

(2)  Delivery to the insurer's state, regional, or home office, from which such refund would issue, of the written request for such cancellation, elimination, or reduction.  An insurer shall be deemed in compliance with this Section and not subject to the further accruement of interest by furnishing timely evidence of the mailing of such refund to the last known address of the insured.

B.  The provisions of this Section shall not apply to those policies issued by an insurance company which require an audit.

Added by Acts 1977, No. 338, §1; Acts 1996, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 71, §1, eff. May 10, 1996; Redesignated from R.S. 22:637.1 by Acts 2008, No. 415, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2009.

NOTE:  Former R.S. 22:1268 redesignated as R.S. 22:442 by Acts 2008, No. 415, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2009.