I. The purpose of this chapter is to promote the public welfare by creating a comprehensive legal framework within which pet insurance may be sold in this state.
II. The requirements of this chapter shall apply to pet insurance policies that are issued to any resident of this state, and are sold, solicited, negotiated, or offered in this state, and policies or certificates that are delivered or issued for delivery in this state.

Terms Used In New Hampshire Revised Statutes 402-P:2

  • person: may extend and be applied to bodies corporate and politic as well as to individuals. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:9
  • state: when applied to different parts of the United States, may extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories, so called; and the words "United States" shall include said district and territories. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:4

III. All other applicable provisions of this state’s insurance laws shall continue to apply to pet insurance, except that the specific provisions of this chapter shall supersede any general provisions of law that would otherwise be applicable to pet insurance.
IV. Nothing in this chapter shall in any way prohibit or limit the types of exclusions pet insurers may use in their policies or require pet insurers to have any of the limitations or exclusions defined below.
V. Any person licensed in a major line of authority as an insurance producer is authorized to sell, solicit, and negotiate pet insurance.