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Section 59A-16-11 - Unfair discrimination prohibited; life and health insurance.

NM Stat § 59A-16-11 (2019) (N/A)
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No insurer or person shall make or permit any unfair discrimination:

A. between individuals of the same class and equal expectation of life in rates charged for any contract of life insurance or of life annuity, or in dividends or other benefits payable thereon, or in any other of the terms and conditions of such contract; or

B. between individuals and risks of the same class and of essentially the same hazard, in amount of premium, fees or rates charged for any policy or contract of health insurance or in the benefits payable thereunder, or in any of the terms or conditions of such policy or contract, or in any other manner whatever.

History: Laws 1984, ch. 127, § 279.

Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — State regulation of insurer's right to classify insureds for premium or other underwriting purposes by occupation, 57 A.L.R.4th 625.

The Propriety, under ERISA (29 USCS § 1001 et seq.) and the Americans With Disabilities Act (42 USCS § 12101 et seq.), of Capping Health Insurance Coverage for HIV-Related Claims, 131 A.L.R. Fed. 191.

44 C.J.S. Insurance § 362.

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