Section 1. Purpose

§ 1 (2019) (N/A)
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Sec. 1. PURPOSE. This article governs the regulation of insurance described by Section 2 of this article. The purposes of this article are to:

(1) promote the public welfare by regulating insurance rates to prohibit excessive, inadequate, or unfairly discriminatory rates;

(2) promote availability of insurance;

(3) promote price competition among insurers to provide rates and premiums that are responsive to competitive market conditions;

(4) prohibit price-fixing agreements and other anticompetitive behavior by insurers;

(5) regulate the insurance forms used for lines of insurance subject to this article to ensure that they are not unjust, unfair, inequitable, misleading, or deceptive; and

(6) provide regulatory procedures for the maintenance of appropriate information reporting systems.

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