Minnesota Legislature
Background Information
The categories below are topics identified in the enabling legislation for review by the Task Force. The links below are resources identified by group members and presenters.
1. Risk Mitigation and Property Resilience to Natural Hazards, and the Effect on Insurance
2. Effect of Liability Laws on Insurance Costs and Whether Tort Reform Could Reduce Costs
3. Minimum Notice for Coverage Changes, Including Enforcement and Oversight
4. Public Reporting of Aggregated Data Relating to Insurance Plan Costs and Coverage
5. Reinsurance Market for Homeowners and Commercial Property Insurance
6. Current State-Supported Insurance Program and the Potential to Expand the Program to Include a Catastrophic Reinsurance Fund and a Self-Insured Pool
7. Factors that Increase Claim Costs, Including but not Limited to Post-loss Contractors, Fraudulent Claims, Climate, Inflation, and Discontinued Building Materials
8. Regulatory Factors that Increase Insurance Costs or Decrease Access to Insurance Products
9. Other Areas that Would Strengthen and Stabilize the Homeonwers and Commerical Property Insurance Industry
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