The purpose of this chapter is the protection of the interests of insureds, claimants, creditors, and the public generally, with minimum interference with the normal prerogatives of the owners and managers of insurers, through: (1) Early detection of any potentially dangerous condition in an insurer and prompt application of appropriate corrective measures. (2) Improved methods for rehabilitating insurers, involving the cooperation and management expertise of the insurance industry. (3) Enhanced efficiency and economy of liquidation, through clarification of the law, to minimize legal uncertainty and litigation. (4) Equitable apportionment of any unavoidable loss. (5) Lessening the problems of interstate rehabilitation and liquidation by facilitating cooperation between states in the liquidation process and by extending the scope of personal jurisdiction over debtors of the insurer outside this State. (6) Regulation of the insurance business by the impact of the law relating to delinquency procedures and substantive rules on the entire insurance business. HISTORY: Former 1976 Code Section 38-27-30 [1962 Code Section 37-1303; 1967 (55) 273; 1971 (57) 709; 1985 Act No. ing to delinquency procedures and substantive rules on the entire insurance business. HISTORY: Former 1976 Code Section 38-27-30 [1962 Code Section 37-1303; 1967 (55) 273; 1971 (57) 709; 1985 Act No. 4, Section 1] recodified as Section 38-39-20 by 1987 Act No. 155, Section 1; Former 1976 Code Section 38-5-1810 [1982 Act No. 384, Section 1] recodified as Section 38-27-30 by 1987 Act No. 155, Section 1; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 609.
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