Okla. Stat. tit. 36, § 36-1643
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Failure to file - Penalties - Unlawful transactions or
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investments - Willful violations - False statements.
A. Any insurer failing, without just cause, to file any
registration statement as required in this act shall be required,
after notice and hearing, to pay a penalty of Five Hundred Dollars
($500.00) for each day's delay, to be recovered by the Insurance
Commissioner and the penalty so recovered shall be paid as provided
in Section 307.5 of Title 36 of the Oklahoma Statutes. The maximum
penalty under this section is One Hundred Thousand Dollars
($100,000.00). The Commissioner may reduce the penalty if the
insurer demonstrates to the Commissioner that the imposition of the
penalty would constitute a financial hardship to the insurer.
B. Every director or officer of an insurance holding company
system who knowingly violates, participates in or assents to, or who
knowingly shall permit any of the officers or agents of the insurer
to engage in, transactions or make investments which have not been
properly reported or submitted pursuant to subsection A of Section 5
of this act, paragraph 2 of subsection A of Section 6 of this act or
subsection B of Section 6 of this act, or which violate this act,
shall pay, in their individual capacity, a civil forfeiture of not
more than Twenty-five Thousand Dollars ($25,000.00) per violation,
after notice and hearing before the Commissioner. In determining
the amount of the civil forfeiture, the Commissioner shall take into
account the appropriateness of the forfeiture with respect to the
gravity of the violation, the history of previous violations, and
such other matters as justice may require.
C. Whenever it appears to the Commissioner that any insurer
subject to this act or any director, officer, employee or agent
thereof has engaged in any transaction or entered into a contract
which is subject to Section 6 of this act and which would not have
been approved had the approval been requested, the Commissioner may
order the insurer to cease and desist immediately any further
activity under that transaction or contract. After notice and
hearing the Commissioner may also order the insurer to void any
contracts and restore the status quo if the action is in the best
interest of the policyholders, creditors or the public.
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 36. Insurance Page 490
D. Whenever it appears to the Commissioner that any insurer or
any director, officer, employee or agent thereof has committed a
willful violation of this act, the Commissioner may submit such
information to the district attorney for Oklahoma County for
appropriate action against the insurer or the responsible director,
officer, employee or agent thereof. Any insurer which willfully
violates this act may be fined not more than One Hundred Thousand
Dollars ($100,000.00). Any individual who willfully violates this
act shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a Class D3 felony offense
and shall be fined in his or her individual capacity not more than
Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00), or be imprisoned as provided
for in subsections B through F of Section 20P of Title 21 of the
Oklahoma Statutes, or both.
E. Any officer, director or employee of an insurance holding
company system who willfully and knowingly subscribes to or makes or
causes to be made any false statements or false reports or false
filings with the intent to deceive the Commissioner in the
performance of his or her duties under this act, upon conviction,
shall be guilty of a Class D1 felony offense and shall be imprisoned
as provided for in subsections B through F of Section 20N of Title
21 of the Oklahoma Statutes, or fined One Hundred Fifty Thousand
Dollars ($150,000.00), or both. Any fines imposed shall be paid by
the officer, director or employee in his or her individual capacity.
F. Whenever it appears to the Commissioner that any person has
committed a violation of Section 3 of this act which prevents the
s provided for in subsections B through F of Section 20N of Title
21 of the Oklahoma Statutes, or fined One Hundred Fifty Thousand
Dollars ($150,000.00), or both. Any fines imposed shall be paid by
the officer, director or employee in his or her individual capacity.
F. Whenever it appears to the Commissioner that any person has
committed a violation of Section 3 of this act which prevents the
full understanding of the enterprise risk to the insurer by
affiliates or by the insurance holding company system, the violation
may serve as an independent basis for disapproving dividends or
distributions and for placing the insurer under an order of
supervision in accordance with Article 18 of Title 36 of the
Oklahoma Statutes.
A. Any insurer failing, without just cause, to file any
registration statement as required in this act shall be required,
after notice and hearing, to pay a penalty of Five Hundred Dollars
($500.00) for each day's delay, to be recovered by the Insurance
Commissioner and the penalty so recovered shall be paid as provided
in Section 307.5 of Title 36 of the Oklahoma Statutes. The maximum
penalty under this section is One Hundred Thousand Dollars
($100,000.00). The Commissioner may reduce the penalty if the
insurer demonstrates to the Commissioner that the imposition of the
penalty would constitute a financial hardship to the insurer.
B. Every director or officer of an insurance holding company
system who knowingly violates, participates in or assents to, or who
knowingly shall permit any of the officers or agents of the insurer
to engage in, transactions or make investments which have not been
properly reported or submitted pursuant to subsection A of Section 5
of this act, paragraph 2 of subsection A of Section 6 of this act or
subsection B of Section 6 of this act, or which violate this act,
shall pay, in their individual capacity, a civil forfeiture of not
more than Twenty-five Thousand Dollars ($25,000.00) per violation,
after notice and hearing before the Commissioner. In determining
the amount of the civil forfeiture, the Commissioner shall take into
account the appropriateness of the forfeiture with respect to the
gravity of the violation, the history of previous violations, and
such other matters as justice may require.
C. Whenever it appears to the Commissioner that any insurer
subject to this act or any director, officer, employee or agent
thereof has engaged in any transaction or entered into a contract
which is subject to Section 6 of this act and which would not have
been approved had the approval been requested, the Commissioner may
order the insurer to cease and desist immediately any further
activity under that transaction or contract. After notice and
hearing the Commissioner may also order the insurer to void any
contracts and restore the status quo if the action is in the best
interest of the policyholders, creditors or the public.
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 36. Insurance Page 490
D. Whenever it appears to the Commissioner that any insurer or
any director, officer, employee or agent thereof has committed a
willful violation of this act, the Commissioner may submit such
information to the district attorney for Oklahoma County for
appropriate action against the insurer or the responsible director,
officer, employee or agent thereof. Any insurer which willfully
violates this act may be fined not more than One Hundred Thousand
Dollars ($100,000.00). Any individual who willfully violates this
act shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a Class D3 felony offense
and shall be fined in his or her individual capacity not more than
Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00), or be imprisoned as provided
for in subsections B through F of Section 20P of Title 21 of the
Oklahoma Statutes, or both.
E. Any officer, director or employee of an insurance holding
company system who willfully and knowingly subscribes to or makes or
causes to be made any false statements or false reports or false
filings with the intent to deceive the Commissioner in the
performance of his or her duties under this act, upon conviction,
shall be guilty of a Class D1 felony offense and shall be imprisoned
as provided for in subsections B through F of Section 20N of Title
21 of the Oklahoma Statutes, or fined One Hundred Fifty Thousand
Dollars ($150,000.00), or both. Any fines imposed shall be paid by
the officer, director or employee in his or her individual capacity.
F. Whenever it appears to the Commissioner that any person has
committed a violation of Section 3 of this act which prevents the
s provided for in subsections B through F of Section 20N of Title
21 of the Oklahoma Statutes, or fined One Hundred Fifty Thousand
Dollars ($150,000.00), or both. Any fines imposed shall be paid by
the officer, director or employee in his or her individual capacity.
F. Whenever it appears to the Commissioner that any person has
committed a violation of Section 3 of this act which prevents the
full understanding of the enterprise risk to the insurer by
affiliates or by the insurance holding company system, the violation
may serve as an independent basis for disapproving dividends or
distributions and for placing the insurer under an order of
supervision in accordance with Article 18 of Title 36 of the
Oklahoma Statutes.
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