Oklahoma § 36-305 - Commissioner may appoint assistants; legal counsel

§ 36-305. Commissioner may appoint assistants; legal counsel

A. The Insurance Commissioner may appoint such deputies,

assistants, examiners, actuaries, attorneys, clerks and employees,

at compensation to be fixed by the Insurance Commissioner, as may be

necessary properly to discharge the duties imposed upon the

Insurance Commissioner under this Code. The Insurance Commissioner

shall appoint all examiners for the office. The attorneys appointed

by the Insurance Commissioner shall be the legal advisors for the

office of Insurance Commissioner and are authorized to appear for

and represent the Insurance Commissioner in any and all litigation

that may arise in the discharge of his or her duties except as

otherwise provided elsewhere in this Code. Provided, the Insurance

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 36. Insurance

Commissioner, whenever the Insurance Commissioner deems it

necessary, may call upon the Attorney General of the State of

Oklahoma for legal counsel, and such assistance as may be required

to enforce provisions of this Code.

B. No deputy, assistant or employee of the Commissioner shall

be financially interested, directly or indirectly, in any insurer,

agency or insurance transaction except as a policyholder or claimant

under a policy; except, that as to such matters wherein a conflict

of interests does not exist on the part of any such individual, the

Commissioner may employ from time to time insurance actuaries or

other technicians who are independently practicing their professions

even though similarly employed by insurers and others. This section

shall not be deemed to prohibit employment by the Commissioner of

retired or pensioned personnel of insurers or insurance

organizations.

Added by Laws 1957, p. 218, § 305. Amended by Laws 2017, c. 287, §

1, eff. Nov. 1, 2017.