N.J. Admin. Code § 13:18-6.2

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 24, December 18, 2024

Section 13:18-6.2 - Reports of personal private passenger automobile insurance policy information to the Chief Administrator of the Motor Vehicle Commission

(a) Personal automobile insurers shall provide the Chief Administrator, or his or her designee, information by vehicle identification number (VIN) concerning the cancellation and issuance of personal private passenger automobile insurance policies on and after February 1, 1991. Commercial automobile insurers shall provide the Chief Administrator, or his or her designee, information by vehicle identification number (VIN) concerning the cancellation and issuance of nonfleet private passenger automobile insurance policies on and after July 1, 1994. Commercial automobile insurers shall only provide information concerning policies covering nonfleet private passenger automobiles registered to individual owners. This information shall be provided on a monthly basis in the manner and form as set forth in Appendices A and B, which are incorporated herein by reference. This information shall be provided in accordance with a schedule of dates set by the Chief Administrator.

(b) Personal automobile insurers shall report by a secure data exchange to the Chief Administrator on a monthly basis beginning September 15, 1991, the following information concerning policies cancelled for nonpayment of premium and newly issued policies. Commercial automobile insurers shall report by a secure data exchange to the Chief Administrator on a monthly basis beginning September 7, 1994, the following information concerning nonfleet policies cancelled for nonpayment of premium and newly issued nonfleet policies. These reports shall be provided to the Chief Administrator in such format and at such times as he or she shall prescribe. The format for said reports is set forth in N.J.A.C. 13:18-6Appendices A and B, which are incorporated herein by reference.

1. Vehicle identification number;

2. Driver license number (of owner, if available; if not available, of the primary driver);

3. Automobile make, year and model;

4. Insurance company code;

5. Address of insured including street, city, state and zip code;

6. Transaction type (either cancellation or new policy);

7. Policy effective date;

8. Effective date of policy cancellation;

9. The date on which the tape or cartridge or personal computer diskette containing the information was prepared; and

10. Policy number.

(c) Insurers shall report the cancellation of private passenger automobile liability coverage for nonpayment of premium after the effective date of the cancellation of a policy.

(d) Insurers shall make reasonable provision to exclude from reports those policies cancelled for nonpayment of premium when the insurer knows that the reason for nonpayment of premium is the death of the insured, the permanent relocation of the insured outside of the State of New Jersey, the total loss of the motor vehicle, the unrecovered theft of the motor vehicle, or the repossession of the motor vehicle by a lienholder.

(e) Insurers shall also report by a secure data exchange to the Chief Administrator every six months, or at such other interval as may be specified by the Chief Administrator, the following information concerning all of their current personal private passenger automobile insurance policies. These reports shall be provided the Chief Administrator in such format and at such times as he or she shall prescribe.

1. Vehicle identification number;

2. Driver license number (of owner, if available; if not available, of the primary driver);

3. Automobile make, year and model;

4. Insurance company code;

5. Policy effective date; and

6. The date on which the tape or cartridge or personal computer diskette containing the information was prepared.

(f) Insurers shall report to the Chief Administrator the termination of policies of motor vehicle liability insurance for reasons other than nonpayment of premium, including any cancellation or nonrenewal, as may be required by the Chief Administrator.

(g) In order to ensure that reports submitted are compatible with the Motor Vehicle Commission's information system, insurers shall transmit reports of information required by the Chief Administrator pursuant to this section in accordance with all of the Motor Vehicle Commission's technical specifications.

N.J. Admin. Code § 13:18-6.2

Amended by 50 N.J.R. 2072(a), effective 10/1/2018