and Purpose

and Purpose This Regulation is promulgated by the Commissioner of Insurance of the State of Mississippi to implement Section 83-5-5, 83-5-29, 83-5-31, 83-5-33, 83-5-35(g), and 83- 5-45 of the Mississippi Code of 1972, Annotated and Amended, and is promulgated with an effective date of thirty (30) days after promulgation and filing with the Office of the Secretary of State upon compliance with the applicable statutes. The purpose of this regulation is to state that individuals who are blind or partially blind, do not, for that reason, constitute a class. Therefore, individuals who are blind orpartially blind will not, solely on that basis, be unfairly discriminated against in the amount of premium, policy fees or rates charged for any contract of life, accident or health insurance or in benefits payable thereunder, or in any of the terms or conditions of such contract, or of life annuity or in the dividends or other benefits payable thereon or in any other of the terms and conditions of such contracts or in any manner whatsoever.