South Carolina Statutes
§ 38-57-90 — Defamation prohibited.
No person may make, publish, circulate, or disseminate, directly or indirectly, or aid, abet, or encourage the making, publishing, circulating, or disseminating of any oral or written statement or any pamphlet, circular, article, or literature which is false or maliciously critical of or derogatory to the financial condition of an insurer or of an organization proposing to become an insurer and which is calculated to injure any person engaged or proposing to engage in the business of insurance.
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Legislative History
HISTORY: Former 1976 Code SECTION 38-57-90 [1962 Code SECTION 37-1158.1; 1964 (53) 2057; 1978 Act No. 585 SECTION 8] recodified as SECTION 23-9-390 by 1987 Act No. 155, SECTION 1; Former 1976 Code SECTION 38-55-90 [1947 (45) 322; 1952 Code SECTION 37-1202; 1962 Code SECTION 37-1209; 1964 (53) 2293] recodified as SECTION 38-57-90 by 1987 Act No. 155, SECTION 1.
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§ 38-57-10
Declaration of purpose.§ 38-57-140
Discrimination and rebating permitted in life insurance, annuities, and disability insurance.§ 38-57-150
Inducements prohibited; exception.§ 38-57-160
Advertising gifts permitted.§ 38-57-20
"Person" defined.§ 38-57-200
Findings and order.§ 38-57-220
Immunity from prosecution.§ 38-57-230
Violation of cease and desist order.