ARTICLE II - Purposes

Section 1. General Purpose
The purpose of this Corporation is to engage in any lawful act or activity in order to promote the common business interest of those involved in the health insurance industry.

Section 2. Specific Purposes
Within the context of the general purpose listed above, this Corporation adopts the following specific purposes:

1. To promote the adoption and applications of high standards of ethical conduct in the health insurance industry.

2. To provide for the creation of, and the coordination between, the various local associations of Health Underwriters within the jurisdiction of the Corporation.

3. To advance public knowledge for the need and benefit of disability and/or health insurance and the role of the health insurance industry in meeting those needs.

4. To promote education, legislation, regulations, and practices that are in the best interests of the health insurance industry and the insured public.

5. To provide and promote a program of continuing education and self-improvement for the Corporation’s Members.

6. To affiliate with and promptly discharge all lawful obligations imposed upon the Corporation by the National Association. The Corporation hereby agrees to be bound by the Bylaws of the National Association so long as those provisions do not conflict with federal, state, or local law.