# Alaska Stat. § 21.36.070: Defamation

> Alaska · Statutes · In force

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_AK_T21_C21.36_S21.36.070

## Section

- **Citation:** Alaska Stat. § 21.36.070
- **Heading:** Defamation
- **Jurisdiction:** Alaska
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** AK Code / Title 21 / Chapter 21.36 / Section 21.36.070

## Text

(a) A person may not make, publish, disseminate, or circulate, directly or indirectly, or aid, abet, or encourage the making, publishing, disseminating, or circulating of an oral or written statement or a pamphlet, circular, article, or literature that is false, or maliciously critical of or derogatory to the financial condition of a person in the insurance business or proposing to enter the insurance business and that is calculated to injure a person engaged or proposing to engage in the business of insurance.

(b) A person providing the director with information concerning the financial condition or an act or a practice of a licensee of the division is immune from liability for defamation.

## Nearby sections

- [Alaska Stat. § 21.36.010 Purpose.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_AK_T21_C21.36_S21.36.010.md)
- [Alaska Stat. § 21.36.020 Unfair methods, deceptive acts prohibited.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_AK_T21_C21.36_S21.36.020.md)
- [Alaska Stat. § 21.36.025 Unfair marketing practices prohibited.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_AK_T21_C21.36_S21.36.025.md)
- [Alaska Stat. § 21.36.030 Misrepresentation and false advertising of insurance policies.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_AK_T21_C21.36_S21.36.030.md)
- [Alaska Stat. § 21.36.040 False information, advertising.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_AK_T21_C21.36_S21.36.040.md)
- [Alaska Stat. § 21.36.050 Twisting prohibited.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_AK_T21_C21.36_S21.36.050.md)
- [Alaska Stat. § 21.36.060 False or misleading financial statements.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_AK_T21_C21.36_S21.36.060.md)
- [Alaska Stat. § 21.36.070 Defamation.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_AK_T21_C21.36_S21.36.070.md)
- [Alaska Stat. § 21.36.080 Boycott, coercion, and intimidation.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_AK_T21_C21.36_S21.36.080.md)
- [Alaska Stat. § 21.36.090 Unfair discrimination.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_AK_T21_C21.36_S21.36.090.md)
- [Alaska Stat. § 21.36.096 Prohibited denial of claim for causation.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_AK_T21_C21.36_S21.36.096.md)
- [Alaska Stat. § 21.36.100 Rebates.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_AK_T21_C21.36_S21.36.100.md)
- [Alaska Stat. § 21.36.110 Exceptions to discrimination and rebates.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_AK_T21_C21.36_S21.36.110.md)
- [Alaska Stat. § 21.36.120 Unfair discrimination and rebates prohibited in property and casualty insurance.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_AK_T21_C21.36_S21.36.120.md)

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