33-18-207. Preferred rates to fictitious groups prohibited -- approval of preferred group rates and forms. (1) No insurer, whether an authorized insurer or an unauthorized insurer, shall make available through any rating plan or form, property, casualty, or surety insurance to any firm, corporation, or association of individuals, any preferred rate or premium based upon any fictitious group of such firm, corporation, or association of individuals.
(2) No form or plan of insurance covering any group or combination of persons or risks shall be written or delivered within or outside this state to cover persons or risks in this state at any preferred rate or on any form other than as offered to persons not in such group or combination and to the public generally unless such form, plan of insurance, and the rates or premiums to be charged therefor have been submitted to and approved by the commissioner as being not unfairly discriminatory and as not otherwise being in conflict with subsection (1) above or with any provision of parts 1 through 4 of chapter 16 to the extent that parts 1 through 4 are, by their terms, applicable thereto.
(3) This section does not apply to life insurance, disability insurance, workers' compensation insurance written for industry or business associations, or annuity contracts. However, workers' compensation group insurance rates are subject to all applicable provisions of chapter 16, part 10.
History: En. Sec. 222, Ch. 286, L. 1959; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 292, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 40-3520.
Structure Montana Code Annotated
Title 33. Insurance and Insurance Companies
Chapter 18. Unfair Trade Practices
Part 2. Insurer's Relations With Insured and Claimant
33-18-201. Unfair claim settlement practices prohibited
33-18-202. Misrepresentation and false advertising of policies prohibited
33-18-203. False or deceptive advertising prohibited
33-18-204. Twisting prohibited
33-18-205. Filing or publishing false financial statements or making false entries prohibited
33-18-206. Unfair discrimination prohibited -- life insurance, annuities, and disability insurance
33-18-209. Exceptions to discrimination and rebates provision
33-18-211. Stock operations and advisory board contracts
33-18-212. Illegal dealing in premiums -- improper charges for insurance
33-18-213. Extension of credit to policyholder
33-18-215. Postclaim underwriting prohibited -- condition
33-18-216. Unfair discrimination against victims of abuse prohibited
33-18-218. through 33-18-220 reserved
33-18-221. Designation of specific repair shops prohibited -- lists allowed
33-18-223. Prohibited activities -- glass broker defined
33-18-224. Designation of specific automobile body repair businesses prohibited
33-18-225. Designation of specific car rental business prohibited
33-18-226. through 33-18-230 reserved
33-18-231. State administrative process to provide timely payment of medical benefits -- definitions
33-18-232. Time for payment of claims
33-18-233. Administrative penalty for failure to pay promptly
33-18-234. Right of privacy guaranteed
33-18-235. Rulemaking authority
33-18-236. through 33-18-240 reserved
33-18-242. Independent cause of action -- burden of proof
33-18-243. and 33-18-244 reserved