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40-2403. Unfair methods of competition or unfair and deceptive acts or practices; prohibited. No person shall engage in this state in any trade practice which is defined in this act as, or determined pursuant to K.S.A. 40-2406 to be, an unfair method of competition or an unfair or deceptive act or practice in the business of insurance.

History: L. 1955, ch. 247, § 3; L. 1972, ch. 189, § 2; July 1.

Attorney General's Opinions:

Definitions; prepaid legal and dental prepaid service plans act. 89-112.

Insurance coverage for services rendered in treatment of alcoholism, drug abuse or nervous or mental conditions. 90-130.

CASE ANNOTATIONS

1. Tort of bad faith not recognized in Kansas. Spencer v. Aetna Life & Casualty Ins. Co., 227 Kan. 914, 923, 924, 611 P.2d 149.

2. Insurer did not engage in unfair claim settlement practices under the facts of the case. Golden Rule Ins. Co. v. Tomlinson, 47 Kan. App. 2d 408, 277 P.3d 421 (2012).


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