No person shall engage in this state in any trade practice which is defined in Sections 83-5-29 through 83-5-51 as, or determined pursuant to said sections to be, an unfair method of competition or an unfair or deceptive act or practice in the business of insurance.
Miss. Code Ann. § 83-5-33
Unfair methods of competition and deceptive practices prohibited
Applied in 7 court decisions — leading case 60rican Bankers' Insurance Co. of Florida v. Wells (2001)
Most recently applied in Allstate Life Insurance v. Parnell (July 2008)
Codes, 1942, 5649-03; Laws, 1956, ch. 329, § 3.
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