{"data":{"id":"us-wi/wis.-stat.-601.01","jurisdiction":"us-wi","citation":"Wis. Stat. § 601.01","heading":"Purposes.","body":"The purposes of chs. 600 to 655 are:\n(1) To ensure the solidity of all insurers doing business in this state;\n(2) To ensure that policyholders, claimants and insurers are treated fairly and equitably;\n(3) To ensure that the state has an adequate and healthy insurance market, characterized by competitive conditions and the exercise of initiative;\n(4) To provide for an office that is expert in the field of insurance, and able to enforce chs. 600 to 655;\n(5) To encourage full cooperation of the office with other regulatory bodies, both of this and other states and of the federal government;\n(6) To improve and thereby preserve state regulation of insurance;\n(7) To maintain freedom of contract and freedom of enterprise so far as consistent with the other purposes of the law;\n(8) To encourage self-regulation of the insurance enterprise;\n(9) To encourage loss prevention as an aspect of the operation of the insurance enterprise;\n(10) To keep the public informed on insurance matters; and\n(11) To achieve the other purposes stated in chs. 600 to 655.","path":["Chs. 600-655, Insurance","Chapter 601 Insurance — Administration","SUBCHAPTER I GENERAL PROVISIONS"],"source_url":"https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/statutes/601.01","current_through":"2023-24 Wisconsin Statutes updated through 2025 Wis. Act 247 (published 9-4-26)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T12:01:29Z","sha256":"e281e60312db922c49643c0ac02b119cd2bec11afbc6f567883f077b753d80d4","source_id":"us-wi","stale":false,"prev":"us-wi/wis.-stat.-600.13","next":"us-wi/wis.-stat.-601.02"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}