Washington Code — 48
Browse 2,576 sections in division 48 of the Washington code. Each section page includes the full statutory text, official source links, and citation guidance.
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- § 48.01.010. Short title.
- § 48.01.020. Scope of code.
- § 48.01.030. Public interest.
- § 48.01.035. "Developmental disability" defined.
- § 48.01.040. "Insurance" defined.
- § 48.01.050. "Insurer" defined.
- § 48.01.053. "Issuer" defined.
- § 48.01.060. "Insurance transaction" defined.
- § 48.01.070. "Person" defined.
- § 48.01.080. Penalties.
- § 48.01.100. Existing officers.
- § 48.01.110. Existing licenses.
- § 48.01.120. Existing insurance forms.
- § 48.01.130. Existing actions, violations.
- § 48.01.140. Headings.
- § 48.01.150. Particular provisions prevail.
- § 48.01.160. Repealed acts not revived.
- § 48.01.170. Effective date — 1947 c 79.
- § 48.01.180. Adopted children — Insurance coverage.
- § 48.01.190. Immunity from civil liability.
- § 48.01.220. Behavioral health administrative services organizations — Exemption.
- § 48.01.230. Eligibility for coverage or making payments may not be contingent on eligibility for medical assistance.
- § 48.01.235. Enrollment of a child under the health plan of the child's parent — Requirements — Restrictions.
- § 48.01.250. Assistance or services in exchange for dues, assessments, or periodic or lump sum payments — Certificate of authority required — Certain travel or automobile services excepted — Violations.
- § 48.01.260. Health benefit plans — Carriers — Clarification.
- § 48.01.270. PACE programs — Exemption.
- § 48.01.280. Private air ambulance service — Subscription service — Exempt when conditions are met.
- § 48.01.290. Legal service plans — Practice of law — Application.
- § 48.02.010. Insurance commissioner.
- § 48.02.020. Term of office.
- § 48.02.030. Bond.
- § 48.02.050. Seal.
- § 48.02.060. General powers and duties — State of emergency.
- § 48.02.062. Mental health services — Rules.
- § 48.02.065. Confidentiality of documents, materials, or other information — Public disclosure. (Effective until July 1, 2027.)
- § 48.02.068. Confidentiality of personal health information — Public disclosure.
- § 48.02.080. Enforcement.
- § 48.02.090. Deputies — Employees.
- § 48.02.093. Health care authority ombuds — Retirees — Volunteer position.
- § 48.02.100. Commissioner may delegate authority.
- § 48.02.110. Office.
- § 48.02.120. Records — Public inspection.
- § 48.02.122. Filings or actions affecting corporate or company name — Notice to secretary of state.
- § 48.02.130. Certificates — Copies — Evidentiary effect.
- § 48.02.140. Interstate cooperation.
- § 48.02.150. Supplies.
- § 48.02.160. Special duties.
- § 48.02.170. Annual report.
- § 48.02.180. Publication of insurance code and related statutes, manuals, etc. — Distribution — Sale.
- § 48.02.190. Operating costs of office — Insurance commissioner's regulatory account — Insurance commissioner's fraud account — Regulatory and insurance fraud surcharges.
- § 48.02.200. When legal process against a person is served on the commission.
- § 48.02.220. Health care benefit managers — Registration — Enforcement authority — Rules.
- § 48.02.250. Living organ donors — Discrimination prohibited.
- § 48.02.260. Petitions for removal related to email-based violations.
- § 48.02.270. Ambulance service billing — Violations.
- § 48.02.280. Continuing care retirement communities — Actuarial analysis. (Effective July 1, 2027.)
- § 51.44.070. Transfer from accident fund and/or appropriate accounts to reserve fund — Annuity values.
- § 19.16.500. Public bodies may retain collection agencies to collect public debts — Fees.
- § 43.03.010. Salaries of elective state officers.
- § 48.03.005. Application.
- § 48.03.010. Examination of insurers, bureaus.
- § 48.03.020. Examination of producers, surplus line brokers, adjusters, title insurance agents, managers, or promoters.
- § 48.03.025. Examiners — Scope of examination — Examiners' handbook.
- § 48.03.030. Access to records on examination — Correction of accounts.
- § 48.03.040. Examination reports — Consideration by commissioner — Orders — Confidentiality.
- § 48.03.050. Reports withheld.
- § 48.03.060. Examination expense.
- § 48.03.065. Appointments by commissioner — Examiners — Exceptions.
- § 48.03.070. Witnesses — Subpoenas — Depositions — Oaths.
- § 48.03.075. Legal protection for commissioner, authorized representatives, and examiners — Good faith — Attorneys' fees — Payment by commissioner.
- § 48.04.010. Hearings — Waiver — Administrative law judge.
- § 48.04.020. Stay of action.
- § 48.04.030. Place of hearing.
- § 48.04.050. Show cause notice.
- § 48.04.060. Adjourned hearings.
- § 48.04.070. Nonattendance, effect of.
- § 48.04.140. Stay of action on appeal.
- § 48.05.010. "Domestic," "foreign," "alien" insurers defined.
- § 48.05.030. Certificate of authority required.
- § 48.05.040. Certificate of authority — Qualifications.
- § 48.05.045. Certificate of authority not to be issued to governmentally owned insurer.
- § 48.05.050. "Charter" defined.
- § 48.05.060. "Capital funds" defined.
- § 48.05.070. Application for certificate of authority.
- § 48.05.073. Filing of financial statements.
- § 48.05.080. Foreign insurers — Deposit.
- § 48.05.090. Alien insurers — Assets required — Trust deposit.
- § 48.05.100. Alien insurers — Deposit resolution.
- § 48.05.105. Foreign or alien insurers — Three years active transacting required — Exception.
- § 48.05.110. Issuance of certificate of authority.
- § 48.05.120. Certificate of authority — Duration, renewal, amendment.
- § 48.05.130. Certificate of authority — Mandatory refusal, revocation, suspension.
- § 48.05.140. Certificate of authority — Discretionary refusal, revocation, suspension.
- § 48.05.150. Notice of intention to refuse, revoke, or suspend.
- § 48.05.160. Period of suspension.
- § 48.05.170. Reauthorization, limitation upon.
- § 48.05.180. Notice of refusal, revocation, suspension — Effect upon insurance producers' or title insurance agents' authority.
- § 48.05.185. Fine in addition or in lieu of suspension, revocation, or refusal.
- § 48.05.190. Name of insurer.
- § 48.05.200. Commissioner as attorney for service of process — Exception.
- § 48.05.215. Unauthorized foreign or alien insurers — Jurisdiction of state courts — Service of process — Procedure.
- § 48.05.220. Venue of actions against insurer.
- § 48.05.250. Annual statement.
- § 48.05.270. Alien insurer — Capital funds, determination.
- § 48.05.280. Records and accounts of insurers.
- § 48.05.290. Withdrawal of insurer — Reinsurance.
- § 48.05.320. Reports of fire losses — Rules.
- § 48.05.330. Insurers — Combination of kinds of insurance authorized — Exceptions.
- § 48.05.340. Capital and surplus requirements.
- § 48.05.350. General casualty insurer combining disability, fidelity, insurance.
- § 48.05.370. Fiduciary relationship to insurer of officers, directors or corporation holding controlling interest.
- § 48.05.380. Reports by property and casualty insurers — Rules.
- § 48.05.383. Statement of actuarial opinion — Property and casualty insurance.
- § 48.05.385. Statement of actuarial opinion — Property and casualty insurance — Confidentiality.
- § 48.05.390. Reports by various insurers — Contents.
- § 48.05.400. Annual filing and fee to National Association of Insurance Commissioners — Penalty.
- § 48.05.410. Health care practitioner risk management training.
- § 48.05.430. Definitions.
- § 48.05.435. Report of RBC levels — Formula for determining levels — Inaccurate reports adjusted by commissioner.
- § 48.05.440. Company action level event — Definition — RBC plan — Commissioner's review.
- § 48.05.445. Regulatory action level event — Definition — Commissioner's duties — Corrective actions.
- § 48.05.450. Authorized control level event — Definition — Commissioner's duties.
- § 48.05.455. Mandatory control level event — Definition — Commissioner's duties.
- § 48.05.460. Insurer's right to a hearing — Request — Commissioner sets date.
- § 48.05.465. Confidentiality of RBC reports and plans — Use of information for comparative purposes — Use of information to monitor solvency.
- § 48.05.470. Regulation of capital and surplus requirements is supplemental — Commissioner may grant exemptions.
- § 48.05.475. RBC report from foreign or alien insurers — Request of commissioner — Commissioner's options.
- § 48.05.480. No liability for regulation of capital and surplus requirements.
- § 48.05.485. Notices by commissioner — When effective.
- § 48.05.510. Disclosure of certain material transactions — Insurer's report — Information is confidential.
- § 48.05.515. Material acquisitions or dispositions.
- § 48.05.520. Asset acquisitions — Asset dispositions.
- § 48.05.525. Report of a material acquisition or disposition of assets — Information required.
- § 48.05.530. Material nonrenewals, cancellations, or revisions of ceded reinsurance agreements.
- § 48.05.535. Report of a material nonrenewal, cancellation, or revision of ceded reinsurance agreements — Information required.
- § 30A.32.040. Federal home loan bank as depositary.
- § 48.30.250. Interlocking ownership, management.
- § 48.19.410. Examination of contracts.
- § 48.06.010. Types of domestic insurers permitted.
- § 48.06.020. Assessment mutuals prohibited — Exceptions.
- § 48.06.030. Solicitation permit.
- § 48.06.040. Application for solicitation permit.
- § 48.06.050. Procedure upon application.
- § 48.06.060. Issuance of permit — Bond.
- § 48.06.070. Duration of permit — Contents.
- § 48.06.080. Permit as inducement.
- § 48.06.090. Solicitors' licenses.
- § 48.06.100. Modification, revocation of permit.
- § 48.06.110. Bond — Cash deposit.
- § 48.06.120. Escrow of funds.
- § 48.06.130. Liability of organizers — Organization expense.
- § 48.06.150. Payment for subscriptions — Forfeiture.
- § 48.06.160. Insurance applications — Mutual and reciprocal insurers.
- § 48.06.170. Procedure on failure to complete organization or to qualify.
- § 48.06.180. Subsequent financing.
- § 48.06.190. Penalty for exhibiting false accounts, etc.
- § 48.06.200. Incorporation, articles of — Contents.
- § 48.07.010. Application of code to existing insurers.
- § 48.07.020. Principal office.
- § 48.07.030. Application of general corporation laws.
- § 48.07.040. Annual, special meetings.
- § 48.07.050. Directors — Qualifications — Removal.
- § 48.07.060. Corrupt practices — Penalty.
- § 48.07.070. Amendment of articles of incorporation.
- § 48.07.080. Guarantee of officers' obligations prohibited.
- § 48.07.100. Vouchers for expenditures.
- § 48.07.110. Depositaries.
- § 48.07.130. Pecuniary interest of officer or director, restrictions upon.
- § 48.07.140. Compliance with foreign laws.
- § 48.07.150. Solicitations in other states.
- § 48.07.160. Continuing operation in event of emergency — Declaration of purpose — "Insurer" defined.
- § 48.07.170. Continuing operation in event of emergency — Emergency bylaws.
- § 48.07.180. Continuing operation in event of emergency — Directors.
- § 48.07.190. Continuing operation in event of emergency — Officers.
- § 48.07.200. Continuing operation in event of emergency — Principal office and place of business.
- § 48.07.203. Continuing operation in event of emergency — Written plan required.
- § 48.07.205. Continuing operation in event of emergency — Planning standards — Rules.
- § 48.07.210. Conversion to domestic insurer.
- § 48.30.250. Interlocking ownership, management.
- § 48.31.010. Merger or consolidation.
- § 48.08.010. Increase of capital stock.
- § 48.08.020. Reduction of capital stock.
- § 48.08.030. Dividends to stockholders.
- § 48.08.040. Illegal dividends, reductions — Penalty against directors.
- § 48.08.050. Impairment of capital.
- § 48.08.060. Repayment of contributions to surplus.
- § 48.08.070. Participating policies.
- § 48.08.080. Mutualization of stock insurers.
- § 48.08.090. Stockholder meetings — Duty to inform stockholders of matters to be presented — Proxies.
- § 48.08.100. Equity security — Defined.
- § 48.08.110. Equity security — Duty to file statement of ownership.
- § 48.08.120. Equity security — Profits from short term transactions — Remedies — Limitation of actions.
- § 48.08.130. Equity security — Sales, unlawful practices.
- § 48.08.140. Equity security — Exemptions — Sales by dealer.
- § 48.08.150. Equity security — Exemptions — Foreign or domestic arbitrage transactions.
- § 48.08.160. Equity security — Exemptions — Securities registered or required to be, or no class held by one hundred or more persons.
- § 48.08.170. Equity security — Rules and regulations.
- § 48.08.190. Failure to file required information, documents, or reports — Forfeiture.
- § 48.31.010. Merger or consolidation.
- § 48.09.010. Initial qualifications.
- § 48.09.090. Additional kinds of insurance.
- § 48.09.100. Minimum surplus.
- § 48.09.110. Membership.
- § 48.09.120. Rights of members.
- § 48.09.130. Bylaws.
- § 48.09.140. Notice of annual meeting.
- § 48.09.150. Voting — Proxies.
- § 48.09.160. Directors — Disqualification.
- § 48.09.180. Limitation of expenses as to property and casualty insurance.
- § 48.09.190. Procedure upon violation of limitation.
- § 48.09.210. Limitation of action on officer's salary.
- § 48.09.220. Contingent liability of members.
- § 48.09.230. Assessment of members.
- § 48.09.235. Issuing a capital call — Notice — Insurer's duties — Rules.
- § 48.09.240. Contingent liability of members of assessment insurer.
- § 48.09.250. Contingent liability as asset.
- § 48.09.260. Liability as lien on policy reserves.
- § 48.09.270. Nonassessable policies.
- § 48.09.280. Qualification on issuance of nonassessable policies.
- § 48.09.290. Revocation of right to issue nonassessable policies.
- § 48.09.300. Dividends.
- § 48.09.310. Nonparticipating policies.
- § 48.09.320. Borrowed capital.
- § 48.09.330. Repayment of borrowed capital.
- § 48.09.340. Impairment of surplus.
- § 48.09.350. Reorganization of mutual as stock insurer — Reinsurance — Approval.
- § 48.09.360. Distribution of assets and ownership equities upon liquidation.
- § 48.09.400. Definitions.
- § 48.09.410. Conversion — Plan — Approval — Withdrawal — Confidentiality.
- § 48.09.420. Conversion — Plan requirements.
- § 48.09.430. Plan review — Experts — Hearing.
- § 48.09.440. Mutual holding companies — As insurer — Interpretation — Dissolution — Membership — Articles of incorporation.
- § 48.09.450. Concurrent reorganization.
- § 48.09.460. Foreign mutual insurers — Reorganization.
- § 48.30.100. Dividends not to be guaranteed.
- § 48.31.010. Merger or consolidation.
- § 48.18.340. Dividends payable to real party in interest.
- § 48.10.010. "Reciprocal insurance" defined.
- § 48.10.020. "Reciprocal insurer" defined.
- § 48.10.030. Scope of chapter.
- § 48.10.050. Insuring powers of reciprocals.
- § 48.10.055. Real property — Attorney's duty.
- § 48.10.060. Name — Suits.
- § 48.10.070. Surplus funds required.
- § 48.10.080. Attorney.
- § 48.10.090. Organization of reciprocal.
- § 48.10.100. Policies of original subscribers, effective when.
- § 48.10.110. Certificate of authority.
- § 48.10.120. Power of attorney.
- § 48.10.130. Modification of subscriber's agreement or power of attorney.
- § 48.10.140. Attorney's bond.
- § 48.10.150. Deposit in lieu of bond.
- § 48.10.160. Actions on bond.
- § 48.10.170. Service of legal process.
- § 48.10.180. Annual statement.
- § 48.10.190. Attorney's contribution — Repayment.
- § 48.10.200. Determination of financial condition.
- § 48.10.220. Who may become subscriber.
- § 48.10.230. Subscribers' advisory committee.
- § 48.10.250. Assessment liability of subscriber.
- § 48.10.260. Action against subscriber requires judgment against insurer.
- § 48.10.270. Assessments.
- § 48.10.280. Time limit for assessment.
- § 48.10.290. Aggregate liability.
- § 48.10.300. Nonassessable policies.
- § 48.10.310. Return of savings to subscribers.
- § 48.10.320. Distribution of assets upon liquidation.
- § 48.10.330. Merger — Conversion to stock or mutual insurer.
- § 48.10.340. Impairment of assets — Procedure.
- § 48.30.100. Dividends not to be guaranteed.
- § 48.31.010. Merger or consolidation.
- § 48.18.340. Dividends payable to real party in interest.
- § 48.11.020. "Life insurance" defined.
- § 48.11.030. "Disability insurance" defined — "Stop loss insurance" defined.
- § 48.11.040. "Property insurance" defined.
- § 48.11.050. "Marine and transportation insurance" defined.
- § 48.11.060. "Vehicle insurance" defined.
- § 48.11.070. "General casualty insurance" defined.
- § 48.11.080. "Surety insurance" defined.
- § 48.11.100. "Title insurance" defined.
- § 48.11.105. "Ocean marine and foreign trade insurances" defined.
- § 48.11.130. Reinsurance powers.
- § 48.11.140. Limitation of single risk.
- § 48.12.010. "Assets" defined.
- § 48.12.020. Nonallowable assets.
- § 48.12.030. Liabilities.
- § 48.12.040. Unearned premium reserve, property, casualty, and surety insurance.
- § 48.12.050. Unearned premium reserve, marine and transportation insurance.
- § 48.12.060. Reserve — Disability insurance.
- § 48.12.070. Loss records.
- § 48.12.080. Increased reserves.
- § 48.12.090. Loss reserves — Liability insurance.
- § 48.12.100. Unallocated liability loss expense.
- § 48.12.110. Schedule of experience.
- § 48.12.140. "Loss payments," "loss expense" defined.
- § 48.12.170. Valuation of bonds.
- § 48.12.180. Valuation of stocks.
- § 48.12.190. Valuation of property.
- § 48.12.200. Valuation of purchase money mortgages.
- § 48.12.400. Purpose — Intent — Declaration.