Indiana Senate Bill 164 (SB 164) that seeks to place anti-steering restriction on both collision repair facilities and insurers is on the agenda for the Senate Insurance and Financial Institutions Committee meeting this Thursday, January 11.
As our January 3 article explained, the legislation seeks to define and prohibit several practices by both collision repair facilities and insurance companies that affect their relationships with customers. For example, it would make it illegal for repair facilities to coerce or intimidate the insured or claimant to boycott an insurer’s drive-in claim center or similar facility. Insurers would also be restricted from requiring