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1 1 Section 1. The commissioner of insurance is directed to
1 2 seek information from the archives of insurance companies
1 3 licensed to do business in this state, including subsidiaries
1 4 of international insurance corporations, regarding records of
1 5 any insurance policies issued by an insurance company or a
1 6 predecessor company during the slavery era providing coverage
1 7 to a slaveholder for damage to or death of a slave, including
1 8 the names of any such slaves and slaveholders contained in
1 9 those records.
1 10 Sec. 2. It is the intent of the general assembly to rely
1 11 on the voluntary cooperation and good example of insurers
1 12 licensed to do business in this state; therefore, the
1 13 commissioner of insurance shall seek the slaveholder insurance
1 14 policy information from such insurers by request. The
1 15 commissioner of insurance shall report the commissioner's
1 16 findings to the general assembly by December 1, 2004.
1 17 EXPLANATION
1 18 This joint resolution directs the commissioner of insurance
1 19 to seek information from insurance companies licensed to do
1 20 business in this state regarding slaveholder insurance
1 21 policies issued by an insurance company or a predecessor
1 22 company during the slavery era. Records of slaveholder
1 23 insurance policies, which may contain names of slaveholders
1 24 and slaves as well as details of insurance premiums, terms,
1 25 and conditions, are of interest to historians and descendants
1 26 of former slaves. The commissioner is to request that
1 27 insurance companies perform the records search voluntarily.
1 28 The commissioner is required to report the findings of this
1 29 search to the general assembly by December 1, 2004.
1 30 LSB 2410HH 80
1 31 dea/cf/24
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