Erie Insurance Co. v. Department of Insurance

DOYLE, Judge.

Erie Insurance Company (Erie) petitions for review of a November 29, 1993 order of the Insurance Commissioner which affirmed the Insurance Department’s (Department) decision holding that Erie’s non-renewal of James S. Reagan’s automobile insurance policy violated the Act of June 5, 1968 (Act 78), P.L. 140, as amended, 40 P.S. §§ 1008.1-1008.11. We reverse.

Erie was assigned to provide automobile insurance for Reagan under the Pennsylvania Assigned Risk Plan.1 Erie asserts that during its assigned risk coverage of Reagan, it sent him underwriting questionnaires on June 27, 1991,…