1. MCA Contents
  2. TITLE 33
  3. CHAPTER 18
  4. Part 2
  5. 33-18-223 Prohibited activities -- glass broker defined

Montana Code Annotated 2023

TITLE 33. INSURANCE AND INSURANCE COMPANIES

CHAPTER 18. UNFAIR TRADE PRACTICES

Part 2. Insurer's Relations With Insured and Claimant

Prohibited Activities -- Glass Broker Defined

33-18-223. Prohibited activities -- glass broker defined. (1) It is unlawful for an insurance company, individually or with others, to directly or indirectly:

(a) establish an agreement with any person to act as a glass broker for the insurance company under which the glass broker sets a price that must be met by a glass repair shop as a condition for doing glass replacement or glass repair work for the insurance company;

(b) establish an agreement with a glass broker that requires a glass repair shop to bill through that glass broker as a condition of doing glass replacement or glass repair work; or

(c) establish a price that must be met by a glass repair shop as a condition for doing glass replacement or glass repair work that is below the market price as provided in 33-18-222.

(2) As used in this section, "glass broker" means an automobile glass company that acts as a third-party agent for the insurer whenever the glass broker enters into agreements with other automobile glass dealers to perform glass replacement or glass repair work.

History: En. Sec. 3, Ch. 554, L. 1993; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 207, L. 1997; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 526, L. 1999; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 345, L. 2001; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 192, L. 2009.