This chapter shall be interpreted liberally in order to:

(1) Encourage the development of effective and economically sound methods for making legal services more readily available;

Terms Used In Tennessee Code 56-43-102

  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
(2) Protect the interests of the users of legal services and of the public of this state with a minimum of restrictions on experimentation with new forms of organization, administration, or benefits;
(3) Seek to have the risk inherent in experimentation borne by the promoters of new plans rather than by the consumers;
(4) Permit and encourage the providing of legal services through persons other than professional insurers subject to practical and reasonable financial and regulatory requirements;
(5) Permit and encourage fair and effective competition among the various systems of financing legal services; and
(6) Maintain a high level of quality and conformity to professional insurers subject to practical and reasonable financial and regulatory requirements.
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