An unfair claims practice is what happens when an insurer tries to delay, avoid, or reduce the size of a claim that is due to be paid out to an insured party. Section 2. Definitions.Your first step in an unfair competition lawsuit is contacting an experienced attorney who can defend your company. The public interest (5 M.R.S.A. § 209). Before reaching out to the Consumer Services Division about your dispute, contact your insurance company and ask them to resolve the issue. Consumers and businesses can report business practices and behaviours that concern them. Insureds also may have claims pursuant to New Mexico's Unfair Trade Practices Act NMSA 1978 § 57-12-10. Acts or practices that may be unfair discrimination in the business of insurance in this state. Insurance fraud in the U.S. residential and commercial real estate construction industries. President Biden is driving a small business boom with American entrepreneurs filing a record nearly 20 million new business applications since he took office.