507B.3  Unfair competition or unfair and deceptive acts or practices prohibited.

A person shall not engage in this state in any trade practice which is defined in this chapter as, or determined pursuant to section 507B.6 to be, an unfair method of competition, or an unfair or deceptive act or practice in the business of insurance. The issuance of a qualified charitable gift annuity as provided in chapter 508F does not constitute a trade practice in violation of this chapter.

The commissioner shall have power to examine and investigate into the affairs of every person engaged in the business of insurance in this state in order to determine whether such person has been or is engaged in any unfair method of competition or in any unfair or deceptive act or practice prohibited by this section.

Section History: Early form

  [C58, 62, 66, 71, § 507B.3, 507B.5; C73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 507B.3]

Section History: Recent form

  2001 Acts, ch 28, §1


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