North Carolina § 58-30-1 - Construction and purpose.

§ 58-30-1. Construction and purpose.

This Article does not limit powers granted to the Commissioner by any other provision of law. To the extent practicable, the Commissioner may supplement the provisions of this Article with those of Part 2 of Article 38 of Chapter 1 of the General Statutes. This Article shall be liberally construed to effect the purpose stated in subsection (c) of this section. The purpose of this Article is to protect the interests of policyholders, claimants, creditors, and the public generally with minimum interference with the normal prerogatives of the owners and managers of insurers, through: Early detection of any potentially dangerous condition in an insurer, and prompt application of appropriate corrective measures; Improved methods for rehabilitating insurers, involving the cooperation and management expertise of the insurance industry; Enhanced efficiency and economy of liquidation, through clarification of the law, to minimize legal uncertainty and litigation; Equitable apportionment of any unavoidable loss; 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; and Regulation of the insurance business by the impact of the law relating to delinquency procedures and substantive rules on the entire insurance business. History (1989, c. 452, s. 1.)