Piermount Iron Works, Inc. v. Evanston Insurance

New Jersey’s insurance regulations require licensed writers of commercial insurance policies to provide written notice of nonre-newal to policy holders. See N.J.A.C. ll:l-20.1(a) and 20.2(a). Failure results in automatic policy renewal and continued coverage until such time as the insurer provides appropriate notice of termination or renewal. See N.J.A.C. 11:1 — 20.2(j). Among the few exceptions to that requirement is one that is significant to the dispute that spawned this appeal. Subsection (a) of N.J.A.C. 11:1— 20.1 expressly exempts surplus lines carriers from the regulation’s…