The purpose of this chapter is to maintain public confidence in the promises of insurers by providing a mechanism for protecting policyowners, insureds, beneficiaries, annuitants, payees, and assignees of life insurance policies, health insurance policies, annuity contracts, and supplemental contracts, against failure in the performance of fair and equitable contractual obligations due to the impairment of the insurer issuing such policies or contracts. To provide this protection:
RSA 404-D:2
1971, 509:1. 1979, 440:1, eff. June 25, 1979.