# RI Insurance Bulletin 2004-9: Insurers' Obligations under Contractors' Registration Law Notice of Cancellation or Failure to Renew Policies

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URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/RI_INS_B_2004_9

## Section

- **Citation:** RI Insurance Bulletin 2004-9
- **Heading:** Insurers' Obligations under Contractors' Registration Law Notice of Cancellation or Failure to Renew Policies
- **Jurisdiction:** Rhode Island
- **Kind:** Agency guidance
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** Rhode Island DBR Insurance Bulletins and Guidance / Insurers' Obligations under Contractors' Registration Law Notice of Cancellation or Failure to Renew Policies

## Text

Department of Business Regulation
1511 Pontiac Avenue
Cranston, RI 02920

Insurance Bulletin Number 2004-9

Insurers’ Obligations under Contractors’ Registration Law
Notice of Cancellation or Failure to Renew Policies

The Department hereby issues this Bulletin to highlight insurers’ obligations under
the Rhode Island Contractors’ Registration Law.

R.I. Gen. Laws § 5-65-7.1 provides:

Notice of cancellation or failure to renew policies. – Upon the
cancellation or failure to renew, the insurance company having written a
liability policy, as described in § 5-65-7, shall notify the director of the
contractors' registration board of the cancellation or failure to renew. The
policy continues in effect until ten (10) days after written notice of the
cancellation is given to the director of the contractors' registration board of
the cancellation or termination of the liability policy by the issuing
insurance company or companies in addition to any other notices which
may be required by law. Any insurance company that fails to notify the
director as required in this section is subject to prosecution for a
misdemeanor and upon conviction of that offense may be punished by a
fine of not more than two hundred fifty dollars ($250) for each offense.
All criminal actions for any violation of this section shall be prosecuted by
the attorney general. The attorney general shall prosecute actions to
enforce the payment penalties and fines at the request of the director.

Based upon the above requirements, it is the duty of the insurer to report coverage
information pursuant to R.I. Gen. Laws § 5-65-7.1 to the Executive Director of the
Contractor’s Registration Board. For further information on the reporting requirements,
please contact the Contractors’ Registration Board at 401-222-1268 or visit the
Contractor’s Registration Board at http://www.crb.ri.gov/

Marilyn Shannon McConaghy
Director, Department of Business Regulation
August 23 2004

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