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PUBLIC LAW 90-448-AUG. 1, 1968

[82 STAT.

"ALL-INDUSTRY PLACEMENT FACILITY

"SEC. 1212. Any plan under this part shall include an all-industry placement facility doing business with every insurer participating in the plan in the State, and shall provide that this facility shall perform certain functions including, but not limited to, the following: "(1) seeking, upon request by or on behalf of any property owner requesting an inspection under the plan, to distribute the risks involved equitably among the insurers with which it is doing business; and "(2) seeking to place insurance up to the full insurable value of the risk to be insured with one or more insurers with which it is doing business, except to the extent that deductibles, percentage participation clauses, and other underwriting devices are employed to meet special problems of insurability. "INDUSTRY COOPERATION

"SEC. 1213. (a) Each insurer seeking reinsurance under this title shall file a statement with the State insurance authority in each State in which it is participating in a plan under this part, pledging its full participation and cooperation in carrying out the plan, and shall file a copy of such statement with the Secretary. "(b) No insurer acquiring reinsurance under this title shall direct any agent or broker or other producer not to solicit business through such a plan, nor shall any agent, broker, or other producer be penalized by such insurer in any way for submitting applications for insurance to an insurer under the plan. "PLAN EVALUATION

"SEC. 1214. (a) I n accordance with such rules and regulations as the Secretary may prescribe, each State insurance authority shall— "(1) transmit to the Secretary any proposed or adopted plan, or amendments thereto; and "(2) advise the Secretary, from time to time, concerning the operation of the plan, its effectiveness in providing essential property insurance, and the need to form a pool of insurers or adopt other programs to make essential property insurance more readily available in urban areas of the State. "(b) The Secretary may, after full consultation with the Board, by rules and regulations, modify the plan criteria set forth under this part, if he finds, on the basis of experience, that such action is necessary or desirable to carry out the purposes of this title. The Secretary may also, with respect to any State, waive compliance with one or more of the plan criteria, upon certification by the State insurance authority that compliance is unnecessary or inadvisable under local conditions or State law. " P A R T B—REINSURANCE COVERAGE "REINSURANCE OF LOSSES FROM RIOTS OR CIVIL DISORDERS

"SEC. 1221. (a)(1) The Secretary is authorized to offer to any insurer or pool, subject to the conditions set forth in section 1228, reinsurance against property losses resulting from riots or civil disorders in any one or more States. "(2) Reinsurance shall be offered to any such insurer or pool only on all standard lines of property insurance enumerated under subparagraphs (A) through (E) of section 1203(a) (10) together, and any insurer or pool purchasing such reinsurance shall also be eligible,

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