§ 58-63-60 – Immunity from prosecution.
58-63-60. Immunity from prosecution. If any person shall ask to be excused from attending and testifying or from producing any books, papers, records, correspondence or other documents at any hearing on the ground that the testimony or evidence required of him may tend to incriminate him or subject him to a penalty or forfeiture, and […]
§ 58-63-65 – Rule-making authority.
58-63-65. Rule-making authority. The Commissioner may adopt rules to carry out the provisions of this Article, including rules that define unfair methods of competition or unfair or deceptive acts or practices in the business of insurance, in addition to those defined in G.S. 58-63-15 and determined under G.S. 58-63-40. (1993, c. 409, s. 15.)
§ 58-63-70 – Health care service discount practices by insurers and service corporations.
58-63-70. Health care service discount practices by insurers and service corporations. (a) It is an unfair trade practice for any insurer or service corporation subject to this Chapter to make an intentional misrepresentation to a health care provider to the effect that the insurer or service corporation is entitled to a certain preferred provider or […]
§ 58-63-75 – Senior-specific certifications and professional designations; rules.
58-63-75. Senior-specific certifications and professional designations; rules. The Commissioner may adopt rules to set forth standards to protect consumers from misleading and fraudulent marketing practices with respect to the use of senior-specific certifications and professional designations in the solicitation, sale, or purchase of, or advice made in connection with, a life insurance or annuity product. […]
§ 58-63-10 – Unfair methods of competition or unfair and deceptive acts or practices prohibited.
58-63-10. Unfair methods of competition or unfair and deceptive acts or practices prohibited. No person shall engage in this State in any trade practice which is defined in this Article as or determined pursuant to this Article to be an unfair method of competition or an unfair or deceptive act or practice in the business […]
§ 58-63-15 – Unfair methods of competition and unfair or deceptive acts or practices defined.
58-63-15. Unfair methods of competition and unfair or deceptive acts or practices defined. The following are hereby defined as unfair methods of competition and unfair and deceptive acts or practices in the business of insurance: (1) Misrepresentations and False Advertising of Policy Contracts. – Making, issuing, circulating, or causing to be made, issued or circulated, […]
§ 58-63-20 – Power of Commissioner.
58-63-20. Power of Commissioner. 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 […]
§ 58-63-25 – Hearings, witnesses, appearances, production of books and service of process.
58-63-25. Hearings, witnesses, appearances, production of books and service of process. (a) When the Commissioner has reason to believe that any person has been engaged or is engaging in this State in any unfair method of competition or any unfair or deceptive act or practice defined in G.S. 58-63-15 or under G.S. 58-63-65, and that […]
§ 58-63-32 – Cease and desist order.
58-63-32. Cease and desist order. (a) If, after a hearing under G.S. 58-63-25, the Commissioner determines that the method of competition or the act or practice in question is defined in G.S. 58-63-15 and that the person complained of has engaged in the method of competition, act, or practice in violation of this Article, the […]
§ 58-63-35 – Judicial review of cease and desist orders.
58-63-35. Judicial review of cease and desist orders. (a) Any person required by an order of the Commissioner under G.S. 58-63-32 to cease and desist from engaging in any unfair method of competition or any unfair or deceptive act or practice defined in G.S. 58-63-15 may obtain a review of the order by filing in […]