The provisions of Chapter 59A, Article 16 NMSA 1978 as applicable shall apply as to insurers, fraternal benefit societies, nonprofit health care plans, health maintenance organizations, prepaid dental services organizations, motor clubs, agents, brokers, solicitors, adjusters, providers of services contracts pursuant to the Service Contract Regulation Act [Chapter 59A, Article 58 NMSA 1978] and all other persons engaged in any business which is now or hereafter subject to the superintendent's supervision under the Insurance Code [Chapter 59A NMSA 1978], as well as all alien and foreign insurers delivering or issuing for delivery in New Mexico any certificate or other evidence of coverage. For the purposes of that article, the societies, organizations, clubs and persons shall be included within the meaning of "insurer", and contracts issued by them are included within the meaning of "policy".
§ 59A-16-1 NMSA 1978
Scope of article
Applied in 10 court decisions — leading case Davidson v. American Freightways, Inc. (2000)
Most recently applied in Sec. USA Servs., Inc. v. United Parcel Serv., Inc. (March 2019)
Laws 1984, ch. 127, § 269; 1985, ch. 164, § 1; 1987, ch. 259, § 16; 2001, ch. 206, § 19.
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
Official source: NMOneSource (New Mexico Compilation Commission). Reproduced from public-domain New Mexico statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.