# NJ Sets Fee Amnesty For Uninsured 

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New Jersey‘s top insurance regulator announced an amnesty program yesterday designed to encourage an estimated 600,000 motorists in the state who are driving illegally without insurance to get coverage. 

The "Last Chance" program, which was unveiled by Banking and Insurance Commissioner Holly C. Bakke, will waive some of the fees an uninsured driver normally pays to get coverage until the end of the year. 

It has been favorably received by a group representing NJ insurers, but they urged the commissioner to focus as well on regulatory conditions that insurers say have driven major carriers from the state.

"Immediate attention must be paid to even more urgent auto insurance market conditions," said the Insurance Council of New Jersey.

Sources:
- National Underwriter (http://www.nationalunderwriter.com/pandc/hotnews/viewPC.asp?article=9_20_02_11_6604.xml)