The Property Casualty Insurers Association of America (PCI) has released detailed reports on the impact of 17 pieces of legislation promoted by the Auto Body Association of Rhode Island (ABARI) that have become law since 2003, and what it calls the “negative impacts” of new ABARI-supported “bad faith” legislation now before the Rhode Island General Assembly. PCI’s report finds that the collective impact of 17 auto body shop bills passed over the last decade, all of which it claims limit the ability of auto insurers to provide “checks and balances” in the claims process, is Rhode Island consumers paying among the highest auto insurance premiums and auto body repair costs in the nation. “Our report clearly shows that a decade of special interest auto body shop legislation is hurting Rhode Island consumers who pay the highest auto insurance premiums in New England and some of the highest auto insurance premiums in the nation,” said Frank O’Brien, vice president of state government relations for PCI.

“Unfortunately, premiums could go even higher for Rhode Island drivers if similar ABARI bills, now before the General Assembly, are adopted.” In addition to releasing its report on the impact of 10 years of ABARI-supported legislation, PCI also has issued a report on the estimated impact of House Bill 5471, now before the General Assembly, which would allow for first- and third-party bad faith lawsuits against insurers. If first- and third-party bad faith bills had passed in Rhode Island in 2011, PCI’s report estimates that annual personal auto insurance premiums could have potentially increased by $100.8 million for drivers in the state, translating into an increase of roughly $215 per insured car with liability and physical damage (i.e., collision and comprehensive) coverages. “House Bill 5471 will open up the floodgates to endless bad faith lawsuits, which will in turn result in skyrocketing premiums for Rhode Island drivers,” said O’Brien. “If this bill were to pass, Rhode Island drivers would likely pay the highest premiums in the nation. 

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