A bill to establish a Federal program to provide reinsurance to improve the availability of homeowners' insurance.
Homeowners' Insurance Availability Act of 2003 - Instructs the Secretary of the Treasury to implement a reinsurance coverage program available only through contracts for reinsurance coverage purchased at regional auctions.
States that the purpose of the program is to improve: (1) the availability of homeowners' insurance for the purpose of facilitating the pooling, and spreading the risk, of catastrophic financial losses from disasters; and (2) the solvency of the homeowners' insurance markets.
Prescribes implementation guidelines that include establishment: (1) in the Treasury of the Disaster Reinsurance Fund; and (2) of a National Commission on Catastrophe Risks and Insurance Loss Costs.
Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
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