Tuesday, May 28, 2019

Puerto Rico’s New Requirements for Property Insurers: Financial Reviews & Disaster Response Planning

In response to the extremely active 2017 Atlantic hurricane season, the governor of Puerto Rico enacted several bills that amend or introduce new provisions to the Insurance Code of Puerto Rico, 26 L.P.R.A. § 101 et seq., including provisions regarding additional civil remedies against insurers, as well as new requirements for insurers, surplus carriers, and micro-insurance providers.