§ 27-4.1-2. Legal services insurance as a form of accident and health insurance — Effect of other laws.
Legal services insurance provides for the mental and emotional welfare of human beings by defraying the costs of legal services; it shall be deemed to be accident and health insurance and shall be classified this way for the purposes of chapters 34.1 and 34.3 of this title. Legal services insurance may only be written pursuant to the provision of this chapter. Except to the extent expressly provided in this chapter, nothing in any other chapter of this title regulating the form, content, or provisions of accident and health insurance policies or the filing and approval of these policies including premium rates shall apply to legal services insurance policies written under and subject to the provisions of this chapter.
History of Section.P.L. 1986, ch. 431, § 1; P.L. 1999, ch. 147, § 3.
Structure Rhode Island General Laws
Chapter 27-4.1 - Legal Services Insurance
Section 27-4.1-1. - Prepaid legal services plans unaffected.
Section 27-4.1-3. - Authority to transact business.
Section 27-4.1-4. - “Legal services insurance” defined.
Section 27-4.1-5. - Individual and group legal services insurance.
Section 27-4.1-6. - Filing of forms and classification of risks and premiums.
Section 27-4.1-7. - Disapproval of forms.
Section 27-4.1-8. - Hearing and use of disapproved forms.
Section 27-4.1-9. - Judicial review of actions of commissioner.