Louisiana § RS 22:1989 - Scope of examination
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§ RS 22:1989. Scope of examination
In conducting such an examination, the commissioner of insurance shall examine the affairs, transactions, accounts, records, documents, and assets of each authorized insurer. Except in the case of a life insurer issuing only registered policies under R.S. 22:809 for the purpose of ascertaining its condition or compliance with this Code, the commissioner of insurance may as often as he deems advisable, examine the accounts, records, documents, and transactions of the following:
(1) Any insurance producer, but only insofar as such accounts, records, documents, and transactions relate to insurance.
(2) Any person having a contract under which he enjoys in fact the exclusive or dominant right to manage or control a stock or mutual insurer.
(3) Any person holding the shares of capital stock or policyholders' proxies of a domestic insurer for the purpose of control of its management either as voting trustee or otherwise.
(4) Any person engaged in or proposing to be engaged in or assisting in the proposed formation of a domestic insurer or an insurance holding corporation or a stock corporation to finance a domestic mutual insurer for the production of its business or the attorney-in-fact of a domestic reciprocal insurer.
Acts 1958, No. 125; Redesignated from R.S. 22:1308 by Acts 2008, No. 415, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2009; Acts 2012, No. 271, §1.
Source: official Louisiana text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section RS 22:1989 ("Scope of examination") is part of the Louisiana Civil Code, the codified statutory law of Louisiana. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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