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Wis. Stat. § 601.01 (2026)

Purposes

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601.01601.01 Purposes. The purposes of chs. 600 to 655 are:

601.01(1)(1) To ensure the solidity of all insurers doing business in this state;

601.01(2)(2) To ensure that policyholders, claimants and insurers are treated fairly and equitably;

601.01(3)(3) To ensure that the state has an adequate and healthy insurance market, characterized by competitive conditions and the exercise of initiative;

601.01(4)(4) To provide for an office that is expert in the field of insurance, and able to enforce chs. 600 to 655;

601.01(5)(5) To encourage full cooperation of the office with other regulatory bodies, both of this and other states and of the federal government;

601.01(6)(6) To improve and thereby preserve state regulation of insurance;

601.01(7)(7) To maintain freedom of contract and freedom of enterprise so far as consistent with the other purposes of the law;

601.01(8)(8) To encourage self-regulation of the insurance enterprise;

601.01(9)(9) To encourage loss prevention as an aspect of the operation of the insurance enterprise;

601.01(10)(10) To keep the public informed on insurance matters; and

601.01(11)(11) To achieve the other purposes stated in chs. 600 to 655.

601.01 HistoryHistory: 1971 c. 260; 1977 c. 339 ss. 27, 28, 43; 1979 c. 89, 102, 177; 1989 a. 187 s. 29.

601.01 Cross-referenceCross-reference: See also Ins, Wis. adm. code.

601.01 AnnotationWhy process consumer complaints? A case study of the office of the commissioner of insurance of Wisconsin. Whitford, Kimball, 1974 WLR 639.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 6 cases, 1981–2006 · leading case: Kranzush v. Badger State Mut. Cas. Co., 307 N.W.2d 256 (Wis. 1981).

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Kranzush v. Badger State Mut. Cas. Co., 307 N.W.2d 256 (Wis. 1981). · cites it 4× “[2] Sec. 601.01, Stats., provides: "601.01 Purposes.”

Kontowicz v. Am. Stand. Ins., 2005 WI App 22 (Wis. Ct. App. 2005). · cites it 4× “Our supreme court has addressed this statutory language, holding as follows: *675 It is readily apparent that [ Wis. Stat. § 601.01 (2)] does not by express language confer upon any group a right of action.”

Nat'l Motorists Ass'n v. Off. of the Comm'r of Ins., 2002 WI App 308 (Wis. Ct. App. 2002). · cites it 2× “600 to 655 is to ensure that policy holders, claimants, and insurers are treated fairly and equitably, Wis. Stat. § 601.01 (2), it is reasonable for OCI to conclude that individuals who purchase insurance through a small program are just as entitled to protection as individuals…”

Homeward Bound Servs., Inc. v. Off. of the Ins. Comm'r, 2006 WI App 208 (Wis. Ct. App. 2006). “§ 601.01(2) (2001-02) provides that one of the purposes of Wis.”

Alleghany Corp. v. Haase, 708 F. Supp. 1507 (W.D. Wis. 1989). · cites it 2× “§§ 601.01, .41, .415, .61-.64. 39 Of particular significance in the Burford context is the formal, federal policy of noninterference with the state regulation of insurance as expressed in the McCarranFerguson Act.”

Aetna Life Ins. v. Mitchell, 303 N.W.2d 639 (Wis. 1981). “Standard of Review According to the Commissioner, the trial court’s review of the rule must be limited to a determination of whether the rule is a reasonable means of effecting the purposes of the Insurance Code found in sec. 601.01(3), Stats. (1977). She bases her argument on…”

— Wis. Stat. § 601.01(2) — 3 cases

Kranzush v. Badger State Mut. Cas. Co., 307 N.W.2d 256 (Wis. 1981). “[2] Sec. 601.01, Stats., provides: "601.01 Purposes.”

Kontowicz v. Am. Stand. Ins., 2005 WI App 22 (Wis. Ct. App. 2005). “Our supreme court has addressed this statutory language, holding as follows: *675 It is readily apparent that [ Wis. Stat. § 601.01 (2)] does not by express language confer upon any group a right of action.”

Homeward Bound Servs., Inc. v. Off. of the Ins. Comm'r, 2006 WI App 208 (Wis. Ct. App. 2006). “§ 601.01(2) (2001-02) provides that one of the purposes of Wis.”

— Wis. Stat. § 601.01(3) — 2 cases

Alleghany Corp. v. Haase, 708 F. Supp. 1507 (W.D. Wis. 1989). “§§ 601.01, .41, .415, .61-.64. 39 Of particular significance in the Burford context is the formal, federal policy of noninterference with the state regulation of insurance as expressed in the McCarranFerguson Act.”

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