No person shall engage in this state in any trade practice which is defined in this article as, or determined pursuant to section seven of this article to be, an unfair method of competition or an unfair or deceptive act or practice in the business of insurance.
W. Va. Code § 33-11-3
Unfair methods of competition and unfair or deceptive acts or practices prohibited
Applied in 4 court decisions — leading case 214 W. Va. 324 - Taylor v. Nationwide Mutual Insurance (2003)
Most recently applied in Wayne A. Lemasters and Mary Joan Lemasters v. Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company (October 2013)
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Official source: West Virginia Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain West Virginia statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.