Policy cancellation; notice

Sec. 37. (a) A farm mutual insurance company may cancel, in whole or in part, a policyholder's insurance policy after giving the policyholder written notice of the cancellation as follows: (1) The written notice must be delivered or mailed to the policyholder at the last known address of the policyholder. (2) The written notice must specify the effective date of the cancellation. (3) Upon request of the policyholder, the written notice must be accompanied by a written explanation of the specific reasons for the cancellation. (b) A farm mutual insurance company shall provide the written notice specified in subsection (a) at least: (1) ten (10) days before canceling the insurance policy, if the cancellation is for nonpayment of premium; (2) twenty (20) days before canceling the insurance policy, if the cancellation occurs more than sixty (60) days after the date of issuance of the policy; and (3) ten (10) days before canceling the insurance policy, if the cancellation occurs less than sixty-one (61) days after the date of issuance of the policy. (c) If the insurance policy was procured by an independent insurance producer licensed in Indiana, the farm mutual insurance company shall deliver or mail notice of cancellation to the insurance producer not less than ten (10) days before the farm mutual insurance company delivers or mails the notice to the policyholder, unless the obligation to notify the insurance producer is waived in writing by the insurance producer.