- (1) An insurer may provide a benefit to a policyholder for participating in a telematics agreement.
(2) Except as provided in subsection (4), an insurer may not cancel, refuse to issue, or refuse to renew a motor vehicle insurance policy solely because a policyholder refuses to:
- (a) enter into or consent to a telematics agreement; or
- (b) provide access to recorded data from a recording device.
(3) An insurer:
- (a) may not reduce coverage, increase a premium, place in a less favorable rate tier, or deny a claim to a policyholder if the policyholder refuses to enter into or consent to a telematics agreement, except as provided in subsection (4) or (7); and
- (b) may not, based upon analysis of recorded data collected in connection with the telematics agreement, reduce coverage, increase a premium, place in a less favorable rate tier, deny a claim, or reduce or refuse to provide a benefit to a policyholder, except as provided in subsections (4), (5), and (7).
(4) Subsections (2) and (3) do not apply to a motor vehicle insurance policy:
- (a) based upon the policyholder driving a minimum or maximum number of miles or driving within a certain range of miles; and
- (b) that requires a policyholder to use a recording device for purposes of determining mileage.
- (5) An insurer may adjust the benefit provided under subsection (1) to the extent that an analysis of the recorded data collected through the telematics agreement accurately represents the policyholder's driving habits.
- (6) An insurer offering a telematics agreement shall offer all its policyholders under that policy type an equal opportunity to enter into a telematics agreement except to the extent the recording device used under the telematics agreement is not compatible with the motor vehicle of the policyholder.
(7)
- (a) An insurer may terminate a telematics agreement and any associated benefit if a policyholder materially fails to comply with a term of the telematics agreement.
- (b) Termination of a telematics agreement and any associated benefit under this subsection (7) does not constitute a midterm premium increase as provided in 33-15-1108.
- (8) An insurer shall terminate a telematics agreement and any associated benefit upon the request of the policyholder.
History: En. Sec. 3, Ch. 304, L. 2015.