Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 431:12-103

  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Employees: includes compensated officers, managers, and employees of a firm, corporation, partnership, sole proprietor, trust, estate, or members of an unincorporated association or nonprofit organization. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 431:12-101
  • Employer: includes any firm, corporation, partnership, sole proprietorship, trust, estate, and unincorporated association or nonprofit organization; it also includes the State, any county, any municipal corporation, and any governmental unit, agency, or department thereof. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 431:12-101
  • Insurer: means an insurer authorized to transact the business of motor vehicle, property, and casualty insurance in the State. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 431:12-101
  • Mass merchandise: means to sell and "mass merchandising" means a sale of insurance wherein:

    (1) The insurance is offered to employees of particular employers, and

    (2) The employer has agreed to, or otherwise affiliated itself with, the sale of such insurance to its employees. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 431:12-101

  • Motor vehicle: means a vehicle of a type required to be registered under chapter 286, including a vehicle with less than four wheels or a trailer. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 431:12-101
  • plan: means a program, design, or scheme of the insurance to be mass merchandised, including terms, coverages, and premiums. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 431:12-101

An insurer may mass merchandise motor vehicle, property and casualty insurance to the employees of any employer under a mass merchandising plan audited by the commissioner; provided that such mass merchandising is agreed to by the employer. An employer may contract with one or more insurers for mass merchandising of motor vehicle, property and casualty insurance to its employees.