TITLE 33. INSURANCE AND INSURANCE COMPANIES

CHAPTER 18. UNFAIR TRADE PRACTICES

Part 3. Insurers -- Noninsurance-Related Prohibitions

Defaming Insurer Prohibited

33-18-302. Defaming insurer prohibited. No person shall make, publish, disseminate, or circulate, directly or indirectly, or aid, abet, or encourage the making, publishing, disseminating, or circulating of any oral or written statement or any pamphlet, circular, article, or literature which is false or maliciously critical of or derogatory to the financial condition of an insurer or of an organization proposing to become an insurer and which is calculated to injure any person engaged or proposing to engage in the business of insurance.

History: En. Sec. 209, Ch. 286, L. 1959; R.C.M. 1947, 40-3507.