2020 Hawaii Revised Statutes
Title 24. Insurance
431. Insurance Code
431:10C-401 Participation.
§431:10C-401 Participation. (a) A joint underwriting plan is established consisting of all insurers authorized to write and engage in writing motor vehicle insurance in this State, except those insurers writing motor vehicle insurance exclusively under section 431:10C-106.
(b) Each insurer shall be a member of the plan and shall maintain membership as a condition of its licensure to transact such insurance in this State. [L 1987, c 347, pt of §2; am L 1989, c 195, §36]
Case Notes
Petitioner, who was assigned by the state insurance joint underwriting program bureau to respondent under the assigned claim procedure, was owed a duty of good faith by respondent given that: (1) under the assigned claims procedure, respondent owed the same rights and obligations to petitioner as respondent would owe to an insured to whom respondent had issued a motor vehicle mandatory public liability and property insurance policy; and (2) respondent's good faith covenant implied in motor vehicle policies applied to claimants under the assigned claim procedure irrespective of the absence of a written insurance policy. 129 H. 478, 304 P.3d 619 (2013).
