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2012 South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 38 - Insurance
Chapter 81 - LEGAL MALPRACTICE INSURANCE
Section 38-81-270 - Gathering of data.
SC Code § 38-81-270 (2012) What's This?
The director or his designee shall obtain complete statistical data in respect to legal professional liability losses and reparation costs as well as all other costs or expenses which underlie or are related to legal professional liability insurance. The department shall promulgate any statistical plan he considers necessary for the purpose of gathering data referable to loss and loss adjustment expense experience and other expense experience. When the statistical plan is promulgated all members of the association shall adopt and use it. The director or his designee also shall obtain statistical data in respect to the costs of compensating victims of legal professional liability. The director or his designee may require from any person obtaining insurance through the association loss, claim, or expense data. This information or data is confidential and the attorney-client privilege must be preserved.
HISTORY: 1988 Act No. 360, Section 7; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 832.
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