Legislation raises threshold before a vehicle is declared a total loss and expands definition on documented procedures sources.
A Rhode Island House Bill that raises the state’s total loss threshold and clarifies insurers’ obligations regarding OEM repair procedures became law July 5 without Rhode Island Governor Dan McKee’s signature. House Bill 6053 (HB 6053), that CollisionWeek previously reported was introduced on March 12, makes amendments to Rhode Island’s Unfair Claims Settlement Practices Act that impact how total losses are calculated and interactions between collision repair businesses and insurers on repair procedures.
The most significant change proposed in HB 6053
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