Montana Code Annotated 2023

TITLE 33. INSURANCE AND INSURANCE COMPANIES

CHAPTER 16. RATES -- RATING AND ADVISORY ORGANIZATIONS

Part 10. Workers' Compensation Rates and Advisory Organizations

Dividends -- Regulation Or Prohibition

33-16-1022. Dividends -- regulation or prohibition. (1) An advisory organization may not adopt a rule that would regulate or prohibit the payment of dividends, savings, or unabsorbed premium deposits allowed or returned by insurers to their policyholders, members, or subscribers.

(2) A plan for the payment of dividends, savings, or unabsorbed premium deposits allowed or returned by insurers to their policyholders, members, or subscribers is not a rating plan or system. A plan for the payment of dividends, savings, or unabsorbed premium deposits does not relieve an insurer from complying with any requirement of this chapter regarding rating plans or systems.

(3) It is an unfair trade practice under 33-18-1003 to make the payment of a dividend or any portion of it conditioned upon renewal of the policy or contract.

History: En. Sec. 4, Ch. 186, L. 1995; amd. Sec. 30, Ch. 472, L. 1999.