Dodd v. Commercial Union Insurance

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• holding consumer protection statute and statute prohibiting deceptive practices by business of insurance have concurrent application to unfair or deceptive insurance acts or practices
• holding exemption does not apply since parties agreed that more than 20% of defendant’s gross revenues derived from interstate commerce and that the transactions involved occurred primarily and substantially in Massachusetts
• under the former version of § 9, only purchasers, not additional insureds, of defendant insurer’s policies, could assert cause of action under c. 93A
• sales of motor vehicle insurance policies constitute sales of services within the meaning of G. L. c. 93A, § 9
• G. L. c. 176D, which prohibits unfair or deceptive acts in the insurance industry, did not exclude application of G. L. c. 93A
• “The mere existence of one regulatory statute does not affect the applicability of a broader, nonconflicting statute, particularly when both statutes provide for concurrent coverage of their common subject matter.”

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