HRS §432:2-610
Insurance rules for societies and their membership choices
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗This section says that every society doing business in Hawaii must follow the insurance code's rules about unfair practices. However, those rules do not limit a society's right to set its own membership requirements or to offer benefits only to members through a related company.
businesses
The statute, as written — Unfair methods of competition and unfair and deceptive acts and practices
A copy, taken August 20, 2026. The version published by the Legislature is the one that governs, and it may have changed since. Check it before relying on anything here.
Every society authorized to do business in this State shall be subject to the provisions of article 13 of the insurance code relating to unfair practices; provided, however, that nothing in such provisions shall be construed as applying to or affecting the right of any society to determine its eligibility requirements for membership, or be construed as applying to or affecting the offering of benefits exclusively to members [or] persons eligible for membership in the society by a subsidiary corporation or affiliated organization of the society.
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