The purpose of this article is to regulate trade practices in the business of insurance in accordance with the intent of Congress as expressed in the act of Congress of March 9, 1945 (Public Law fifteen, seventy-ninth Congress), by defining, or providing for the determination of, all such practices in this state which constitute unfair methods of competition or unfair or deceptive acts or practices and by prohibiting the trade practices so defined or determined.
Structure West Virginia Code
Article 11. Unfair Trade Practices
§33-11-1. Declaration of Purpose
§33-11-3. Unfair Methods of Competition and Unfair or Deceptive Acts or Practices Prohibited
§33-11-4. Unfair Methods of Competition and Unfair or Deceptive Acts or Practices Defined
§33-11-4a. Complaints by Third-Party Claimants; Elimination of Private Cause of Action
§33-11-4b. Unfair Claims Settlement Practice Trust Fund
§33-11-5. Favored Agent or Insurer; Coercion of Debtors
§33-11-5a. Replacement of Life Insurance
§33-11-6. Violations, Cease and Desist and Penalty Orders and Modifications Thereof
§33-11-7. Undefined Acts or Practices
§33-11-8. Penalty for Violation of Cease and Desist Orders