Montana § 33-18-223 Prohibited Activities -- Glass Broker Defined

Montana Statutes

§ 33-18-223 — Prohibited Activities -- Glass Broker Defined

Montana § 33-18-223

Title 33INSURANCE AND INSURANCE COMPANIES

Ch. 18UNFAIR TRADE PRACTICES

Part 2Insurer's Relations With Insured and Claimant

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Bluebook

Mont. Code Ann. § 33-18-223 (2026).

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33-18-223 . Prohibited activities -- glass broker defined.

(1)It is unlawful for an insurance company, individually or with others, to directly or indirectly:

(a)establish an agreement with any person to act as a glass broker for the insurance company under which the glass broker sets a price that must be met by a glass repair shop as a condition for doing glass replacement or glass repair work for the insurance company;

(b)establish an agreement with a glass broker that requires a glass repair shop to bill through that glass broker as a condition of doing glass replacement or glass repair work; or

(c)establish a price that must be met by a glass repair shop as a condition for doing glass replacement or glass repair work that is below the market price as provided in 33-18-222 .

(2)As

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33-18-223 . Prohibited activities -- glass broker defined. (1) It is unlawful for an insurance company, individually or with others, to directly or indirectly:
(a) establish an agreement with any person to act as a glass broker for the insurance company under which the glass broker sets a price that must be met by a glass repair shop as a condition for doing glass replacement or glass repair work for the insurance company;
(b) establish an agreement with a glass broker that requires a glass repair shop to bill through that glass broker as a condition of doing glass replacement or glass repair work; or
(c) establish a price that must be met by a glass repair shop as a condition for doing glass replacement or glass repair work that is below the market price as provided in 33-18-222 .
(2) As used in this section, "glass broker" means an automobile glass company that acts as a third-party agent for the insurer whenever the glass broker enters into agreements with other automobile glass dealers to perform glass replacement or glass repair work.

Legislative History

En. Sec. 3, Ch. 554, L. 1993; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 207, L. 1997; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 526, L. 1999; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 345, L. 2001; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 192, L. 2009.