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Home » US Law » 2020 Mississippi Code » Title 83 - Insurance » Chapter 11 - Automobile Insurance » Article 1 - Cancellation or Nonrenewal of Policy

§ 83-11-1. Definitions

As used in this article: “Policy” means an automobile liability, automobile physical damage, or automobile collision policy, or any combination thereof, delivered or issued for delivery in this state, insuring a single individual, or husband and wife resident of the same household, as named insured and under which the insured vehicles therein designated are of […]

§ 83-11-11. Notice of insured’s eligibility for assigned risk plan

When a policy of automobile liability insurance is cancelled other than for nonpayment of premium, or in the event of failure to renew a policy of automobile liability insurance to which Section 83-11-7 applies, the insurer shall notify the named insured of his possible eligibility for automobile liability insurance through the automobile liability assigned risk […]

§ 83-11-15. Liability for statement of reasons for cancellation

There shall be no liability on the part of and no cause of action of any nature shall arise against the commissioner of insurance or against any insurer, its authorized representative, its agents, its employees, or any firm, person, or corporation furnishing to the insurer or its agents information as to reasons for cancellation, for […]

§ 83-11-17. Appeal from cancellation or nonrenewal

A named insured who wishes to contest the reason or reasons for a cancellation of a policy which has been in effect for sixty (60) days or more or failure by insurer to give proper notice of nonrenewal as provided hereunder shall, not less than seven (7) working days from the date of receipt of […]

§ 83-11-19. Hearing and order of commissioner

Within two (2) working days after receipt of a timely request for a hearing, the commissioner or his officially appointed designee shall call a hearing upon at least seven (7) days’ notice to the parties. Each insurer licensed to do in this state the kind of business which is subject to this article shall maintain […]

§ 83-11-21. Judicial appeals from commissioner’s decisions

The following procedure shall govern in taking and perfecting appeals from the decision of the commissioner: Any person who is a party to any hearing before the commissioner, and who is aggrieved by any decision of the commissioner with respect to any hearing before him, shall have the right of appeal to the chancery court […]

§ 83-11-3. Grounds for cancellation and exceptions

A notice of cancellation of a policy shall be effective only if it is based on one or more of the following reasons: nonpayment of premium; the driver’s license or motor vehicle registration of the named insured, or of any other operator who either resides in the same household or customarily operates an automobile insured […]

§ 83-11-5. Notice of cancellation

No notice of cancellation of a policy to which Section 83-11-3 applies shall be effective unless mailed or delivered by the insurer to the named insured and to any named creditor loss payee at least thirty (30) days prior to the effective date of cancellation; provided, however, that where cancellation is for nonpayment of premium […]

§ 83-11-7. Non-renewal

No insurer shall fail to renew a policy unless it shall mail or deliver to the named insured, at the address shown in the policy and to the named creditor loss payee, at least thirty (30) days’ advance notice of its intention not to renew. This section shall not apply if there is no named […]

§ 83-11-9. Proof of notice

Proof of mailing of notice of cancellation, or of intention not to renew, or of reasons for cancellation to the named insured by a certificate of mailing, at the address shown in the policy, shall be sufficient proof of notice.