District of Columbia Code
Title 31 - Insurance and Securities
Chapter 22A - Unfair Insurance Trade Practices

§ 31–2231.01. Definitions - For the purposes of this chapter, the term: (1) “Agent”...

§ 31–2231.02. General prohibition - (a) This chapter shall be construed to permit an administrative...

§ 31–2231.03. Misrepresentations and false advertising of insurance policies - No person shall make, issue, circulate, or cause to be...

§ 31–2231.04. False information and advertising generally - No person shall make, publish, disseminate, circulate, or place before...

§ 31–2231.05. Defamation - No person shall make, publish, disseminate, or circulate, directly or...

§ 31–2231.06. Boycott, coercion, and intimidation - No person shall enter into an agreement to commit, or...

§ 31–2231.07. Illegal dealing in premiums; excess charges for insurance - (a) Subject to the acceptance of the risk by the...

§ 31–2231.08. False statements and entries - (a) No person shall knowingly file with an insurance regulatory...

§ 31–2231.09. Stock operations and advisory board contracts - No person, as an inducement to purchase insurance, shall issue...

§ 31–2231.10. Failure to maintain marketing and performance records - No person shall fail to maintain its books, records, documents,...

§ 31–2231.11. Unfair discrimination - (a) No person shall commit or permit any unfair discrimination...

§ 31–2231.12. Rebates: life, health, and annuities - (a) No person shall knowingly: (1) Permit, or offer to...

§ 31–2231.13. Unfair discrimination and rebates prohibited; property, casualty, and surety insurance - (a) No person offering property, casualty, or surety insurance, or...

§ 31–2231.14. Interlocking ownerships, management - (a) An insurer may retain, invest in, or acquire the...

§ 31–2231.15. Unfair financial planning practices; an insurance agent or broker - (a) No person shall hold himself or herself out, directly...

§ 31–2231.16. Failure to provide claims history - (a) A property and casualty insurer shall provide the following...

§ 31–2231.17. Unfair claim settlement practices - (a) No person shall commit or perform with such frequency...

§ 31–2231.18. Failure to maintain complaint handling procedures - An insurer shall maintain a complete record of all complaints...

§ 31–2231.19. Misrepresentation in insurance application - (a) No person shall make false or fraudulent statements or...

§ 31–2231.20. Favored agent or insurer; coercion of debtors - (a) No person shall require, as a condition to the...

§ 31–2231.20a. Prohibition on offsetting short-term disability benefits - *NOTE: This section includes amendments by emergency legislation that will...

§ 31–2231.21. “Twisting” prohibited - No person shall make or issue, or cause to be...

§ 31–2231.22. Powers of the Commissioner; cease and desist orders - (a) The Commissioner may examine and investigate the affairs of...

§ 31–2231.23. Hearings - (a) Before the Commissioner takes an action under § 31-2231.22,...

§ 31–2231.24. Judicial review - If, after any hearing under § 31-2231.23, the Commissioner does...

§ 31–2231.25. Regulations - The Commissioner may, in accordance with § 2-505, promulgate reasonable...