P.R. Gov. Rossello Announces Initiatives to Improve Insurers Response in an Emergency
Gov. Ricardo Rosselló Nevares announced that he will implement various administrative initiatives and submit
other proposals for the consideration of the legislature in order to improve the response of insurers to their
policyholders.
The governor said that, after the experience of Hurricane Maria, it was evident that changes were needed to strengthen the rights of the policyholders and achieve more expedited processes.
“By collecting the input of various sectors—including policyholders, insurers, businesses, the private sector, municipalities, and individuals—we have developed a series of initiatives to adjust the Insurance Code to the needs of a tropical island subject to the recurring threat of atmospheric events,” the governor said.
Rosselló further noted that these initiatives—which emerged after the summit he convened a few weeks ago—join and complement others that the Puerto Rico Insurance Commissioner Office has already begun at an administrative level.
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