March 31, 2004, Introduced by Senators SCOTT, BRATER, SCHAUER, JACOBS, LELAND, THOMAS, BASHAM, CLARK-COLEMAN, SWITALSKI, PRUSI, BARCIA and CLARKE and referred to the Committee on Banking and Financial Institutions.
A bill to amend 1956 PA 218, entitled
"The insurance code of 1956,"
(MCL 500.100 to 500.8302) by adding section 3149.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
1 Sec. 3149. An insurer obligated to pay benefits or claims
2 under an automobile insurance policy has a duty to deal fairly
3 and in good faith with an insured claiming the benefits. An
4 insurer that breaches this duty to deal fairly and in good faith
5 is liable for compensatory, consequential, and exemplary damages
6 proximately caused by the breach.