A bill requiring Homeowners' insurance policies in Connecticut to provide coverage for the peril of collapse and mitigation undertaken to prevent all or part of a covered dwelling from falling down or caving in recently failed in the Connecticut Legislature.
Following a narrow 10–9 joint favorable report from the Insurance and Real Estate Committee, the Connecticut Legislature did not act on House Bill No. 5522, "An Act Concerning Homeowners Insurance Policies and Coverage For The Peril Of Collapse" (HB 5522).
|Significant for insurers
The demise of HB 5522 is significant for insurers since homeowners policies are not intended to serve as a home warranty or cover nonfortuitous/nonaccidental losses, latent defects, improper workmanship/construction and defective materials.
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