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RSA 417:17 · Prohibitions

Title: XXXVII: INSURANCE
Chapter: 417 · UNFAIR INSURANCE TRADE PRACTICES
Status: current
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417:17 Prohibitions. – Any domestic insurance company may have as a director a person who is also a director of another insurance company, which may be a foreign or domestic company; provided, however, that if the effect is to substantially lessen competition generally in the insurance business or to tend to create a monopoly therein, it shall be deemed a violation of this chapter. In the administration and enforcement of this section the commissioner shall have the powers and duties conferred and imposed upon the commissioner by other applicable sections of this chapter with respect to violations of it. Source. 1949, 47:1. 1996, 238:18, eff. Jan. 1, 1997. Consumer Interests and Insurance Unfair Trade Practices

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Source. 1949, 47:1. 1996, 238:18, eff. Jan. 1, 1997. Consumer Interests and Insurance Unfair Trade Practices

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1949, 47:1
1996, 238:18, eff. Jan. 1, 1997. Consumer Interests and Insurance Unfair Trade Practices

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IV. Any insurer in violation of this section shall be subject to the penalties set forth in RSA 400-A:15, or such other section of Title XXXVII as may be applicable, including, but not limited to RSA 420-J and RSA 417. 137-M:13 Death Certificate. I. Unless otherwise prohibited by law, the attending health care provider may sign the death certificate of a qualified individual who obtained and self-administered a prescription