Okla. Stat. tit. 36, § 36-1250.4
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Claim files - Examination - Response to inquiries
Official statutory text
A. An insurer's claim files shall be subject to examination by
the Insurance Commissioner or by duly appointed designees. Such
files shall contain all notes and work papers pertaining to a claim
in such detail that pertinent events and the dates of such events
can be reconstructed. In addition, the Insurance Commissioner,
authorized employees and examiners shall have access to any of an
insurer's files that may relate to a particular complaint under
investigation or to an inquiry or examination by the Insurance
Department.
B. Any person subject to the jurisdiction of the Commissioner,
upon receipt of any inquiry from the Commissioner shall, within
twenty (20) calendar days from the date of receipt of the inquiry,
furnish the Commissioner with an adequate response to the inquiry.
The Commissioner may, upon good cause shown and on a case-by-case
basis, extend the time allowed for a response for up to seven (7)
additional calendar days. Any inquiry or response subject to this
subsection shall be delivered electronically.
C. Every insurer, upon receipt of any pertinent written
communication including but not limited to e-mail or other forms of
written electronic communication, or documentation by the insurer of
a verbal communication from a claimant which reasonably suggests
that a response is expected, shall, within thirty (30) days after
receipt thereof, furnish the claimant with an adequate response to
the communication.
D. Any violation by an insurer of this section shall subject
the insurer to discipline including a civil penalty of not less than
One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) nor more than Five Thousand Dollars
($5,000.00).
the Insurance Commissioner or by duly appointed designees. Such
files shall contain all notes and work papers pertaining to a claim
in such detail that pertinent events and the dates of such events
can be reconstructed. In addition, the Insurance Commissioner,
authorized employees and examiners shall have access to any of an
insurer's files that may relate to a particular complaint under
investigation or to an inquiry or examination by the Insurance
Department.
B. Any person subject to the jurisdiction of the Commissioner,
upon receipt of any inquiry from the Commissioner shall, within
twenty (20) calendar days from the date of receipt of the inquiry,
furnish the Commissioner with an adequate response to the inquiry.
The Commissioner may, upon good cause shown and on a case-by-case
basis, extend the time allowed for a response for up to seven (7)
additional calendar days. Any inquiry or response subject to this
subsection shall be delivered electronically.
C. Every insurer, upon receipt of any pertinent written
communication including but not limited to e-mail or other forms of
written electronic communication, or documentation by the insurer of
a verbal communication from a claimant which reasonably suggests
that a response is expected, shall, within thirty (30) days after
receipt thereof, furnish the claimant with an adequate response to
the communication.
D. Any violation by an insurer of this section shall subject
the insurer to discipline including a civil penalty of not less than
One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) nor more than Five Thousand Dollars
($5,000.00).
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