Title 26.1, Insurance

As used in sections 26.1-40-02 through 26.1-40-12: 1. "Declination" means the refusal of an insurer to issue a policy upon receipt of a written nonbinding application or written request for coverage from its insurance producer or an applicant. The offering of insurance coverage w…

1. No insurer may cancel a policy except for the following reasons: a. Nonpayment of premium. b. Because the motor vehicle operator's license or motor vehicle registration of either the named insured or any other operator who resides in the same household as the named insured or …

An insurer may not use or rely on the cancellation of a minor's driving privileges under section 39-06-01.1 as the sole reason to cancel, deny, or not renew the automobile insurance policy of the minor or a parent of the minor unless the points or offenses on the minor's public d…

No insurer may exercise its right to cancel a policy unless a written notice of cancellation is mailed or delivered to the named insured, at the address shown in the policy, at least twenty days prior to the effective date of cancellation. When cancellation is for nonpayment of p…

A notice of cancellation for nonpayment of premium must include or be accompanied by a statement of the reason for cancellation. Any other notice of cancellation must state or be accompanied by either a statement of the reason for cancellation, or a statement that upon written re…

1. No insurer may fail to renew a policy unless a written notice of nonrenewal is mailed or delivered to the named insured, at the address shown in the policy, at least thirty days prior to the expiration date of the policy or anniversary date of a policy written for a term longe…

When a policy is canceled, other than for nonpayment of premium, or in the event of failure to renew a policy to which subsection 1 of section 26.1-40-05 applies, the insurer shall notify the named insured of the insured's possible eligibility for automobile insurance through the…

1. Proof of mailing a notice of cancellation or a notice of an intention not to renew, or business records of the notice of the insured's willingness to renew, must be retained for a period of one year by the insurer or insurance producer giving the notice. 2. Sufficient proof of…

The specific reason for cancellation or nonrenewal which is furnished to the insured does not constitute grounds for any claim for relief against the insurer or the insured's authorized representative, or its agents or employees, or any person who in good faith furnishes to the i…

Notwithstanding the failure of an insurer to comply with sections 26.1-40-01 through 26.1-40-12, if an insured obtains a replacement policy providing equal or more extensive coverage for a motor vehicle covered in both policies, the first insurer's coverage of that motor vehicle …

1. Upon declining an application or written request for a policy, the insurer making the declination shall either provide the insurance applicant with the specific reasons in writing for the declination at the time of the declination or advise the applicant in writing that specif…

The declination of an application for, or the termination of, a policy by an insurer or insurance producer is prohibited if the declination or termination is: 1. Based upon the race, religion, nationality, or ethnic group of the applicant or named insured. 2. Based solely upon th…

Insurers are prohibited from using or relying on a nontraffic delinquent juvenile's suspension of driving privileges under section 27-20.4-16 as a reason for canceling, denying, or nonrenewing the automobile insurance policy of the nontraffic delinquent juvenile offender or the p…

If the commissioner after hearing determines that an insurer has violated section 26.1-40-02, 26.1-40-10, or 26.1-40-11, the commissioner may require the insurer to accept the application or written request for insurance coverage at a rate and on the same terms and conditions as …

As used in sections 26.1-40-15.1 through 26.1-40-15.7 and unless the context otherwise requires: 1. "Motor vehicle" means a vehicle, excluding motor vehicles weighing more than twenty thousand pounds, having two or more load-bearing wheels, of a kind required to be registered und…

1. No motor vehicle liability insurance policy may be delivered, issued for delivery, or renewed in this state with respect to any specifically insured or identified motor vehicle registered, licensed, and principally garaged in this state unless uninsured motorist coverage is pr…

1. The insurer shall also provide underinsured motorist coverage at limits equal to the limits of uninsured motorist coverage. Underinsured motorist coverage must pay compensatory damages which an insured is legally entitled to collect for bodily injury, sickness, disease, includ…

1. Any damages payable to or for any insured for uninsured or underinsured motorist coverage must be reduced by: a. The amount paid, or payable under any workforce safety and insurance or other similar law, exclusive of nonoccupational disability benefits; and b. Amounts paid or …

1. In the event of payment under uninsured or underinsured motorist coverage, the insurer making payment to the extent of the payment is entitled to the proceeds of any agreement, settlement, or judgment resulting from the exercise of any rights of recovery of such insured for co…

The uninsured and underinsured coverages provided for in sections 26.1-40-15.1 through 26.1-40-15.7 do not apply to bodily injury, sickness, disease, or death resulting therefrom of an insured: 1. While occupying a motor vehicle owned by, furnished or available for the regular us…

1. After selection of limits by a named insured or applicant for insurance, the insurer or any of its affiliates is not required to notify any insured in any renewal, reinstatement, substitute, amended, or replacement policy as to the availability of optional limits. Such selecti…

By written agreement with the named insured, a private passenger automobile insurance policy covering an automobile or other motor vehicle registered or principally garaged in this state may exclude a named individual, individuals, or class of individuals from coverage. The polic…

An automobile insurance policy that provides coverage for bodily injury may not contain any provision limiting payment of benefits or reducing the amount of benefits payable to a person because the person to whom benefits are being paid under that policy is related to the policyh…

When an automobile insurance policy which includes only automobile liability coverage, uninsured motorist coverage, underinsured motorist coverage, automobile medical payments coverage, and basic or optional excess no-fault benefits is in force for anyone engaged in the business …

1. Every motor vehicle liability insurance policy, as required by section 39-08-20, covering noncommercial private passenger motor vehicles must provide that all of the obligation for damage and loss of use to a rented private passenger vehicle will be covered by the property dam…

1. A person who issues a written automobile warranty contract, automobile mechanical breakdown contract, or automobile service contract shall maintain a policy of insurance which provides coverage for the person's contractual obligation. 2. The policy must be issued by an insurer…

Any person violating section 26.1-40-18 is guilty of a class A misdemeanor.

The insurer transferring a policy to an insurer within the same insurance holding company system shall give notice to the policyholder of the transfer.

If an insurer determines an automobile with physical damage coverage has incurred a total loss or constructive total loss and that insurer continues to write comprehensive or collision coverage on that automobile, the insurer shall provide notice to the insured that: 1. The insur…

An insurer who issues a policy shall provide proof of insurance to the insured in the form of written or electronic evidence of the policy's terms as to type, duration, and the vehicle covered by the policy.