a. Provisions suspended.-- (1) The provisions of this article shall supersede conflicting provisions found elsewhere in this act. b. Provisions not suspended.-- (2) Nothing in this act shall supersede any provision of theact of December 21, 1995 (P.L. 714, No. 79) , entitled "An act amending the act of May 17, 1921 (P.L. 682, No. 284), entitled 'An act relating to insurance; amending, revising, and consolidating the law providing for the incorporation of insurance companies, and the regulation, supervision, and protection of home and foreign insurance companies, Lloyds associations, reciprocal and inter-insurance exchanges, and fire insurance rating bureaus, and the regulation and supervision of insurance carried by such companies, associations, and exchanges, including insurance carried by the State Workmen's Insurance Fund; providing penalties; and repealing existing laws,' further providing for financial requirements, for agents, for prohibition of commissions and other considerations, for rate filing, for making of rates and for penalties; further providing for the operation of the Pennsylvania Property and Casualty Insurance Guaranty Association, for covered claims and for loans to companies; providing for conditions with respect to escrow, closing and settlement services and title indemnification accounts and for division of fees; providing for mutual to stock conversion and for contributions to surplus; further providing for investment; providing for additional investment authority for subsidiaries; and making repeals."1921, May 17, P.L. 789, art. VI-A, § 699.1-A, added 2002, Dec. 6, P.L. 1183, No. 147, § 2, effective in 180 days.