Sec. 21.36.210. Limits on cancellation.

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(a)An insurer may not exercise its right to cancel a policy of personal automobile insurance except for the following reasons:

(1)nonpayment of premium; or

(2)the driver's license or motor vehicle registration of either the named insured or of an operator who resides in the same household as the named insured or who customarily operates a motor vehicle insured under the policy has been under suspension or revocation during the policy period or, if the policy is a renewal, during its policy period or the 180 days immediately preceding its effective date.

(b)During the policy period, a modification of automobile physical damage coverage, except coverage for loss caused by collision, whereby provision is made for the application of a deductible amount not exceeding $100 is not a cancellation of the coverage or of the policy.

(c)[Repealed, § 47 ch 29 SLA 1987.]

(d)This section does not apply to

(1)the failure to renew a policy, except as to coverage in force for less than 12 months;

(2)a policy that has been in effect less than 60 days at the time notice of cancellation is mailed or delivered by the insurer, unless it is a renewal policy.

(e)[Repealed, § 47 ch 29 SLA 1987.]

(f)An insurer may not exercise its right to cancel a policy of personal insurance other than personal automobile insurance, except for the following reasons:

(1)nonpayment of premiums, including nonpayment of additional premiums, calculated in accordance with the current rating manual of the insurer, justified by a physical change in the insured property or a change in its occupancy or use;

(2)conviction of the insured of a crime having as one of its necessary elements an act increasing a hazard insured against;

(3)discovery of fraud or material misrepresentation made by the insured or a representative of the insured in obtaining the insurance or by the insured in pursuing a claim under the policy;

(4)discovery of a grossly negligent act or omission by the insured that substantially increases the hazards insured against;

(5)physical changes in the insured property that result in the property becoming uninsurable; or

(6)entire abandonment of the property that increases a hazard insured against; if a policy is cancelled under this paragraph, in addition to the notice required under AS 21.36.220 , the insurer shall give notice of cancellation of the policy to a lender on file with the insurer at the time of the cancellation; in this paragraph, “entire abandonment” means the property is no longer occupied by the insured as defined by the policy and does not have contents of substantial utility; however, property is not entirely abandoned if the insured or an agent for the insured demonstrates that the property is being reasonably maintained and monitored for a condition that might cause damage to the property.