Okla. Stat. tit. 36, § 36-307
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Duties of Insurance Commissioner
Official statutory text
The Insurance Commissioner shall be charged with the duty of
administration and enforcement of the provisions of the Oklahoma
Insurance Code, of any requirements placed on an insurance company
pursuant to the Oklahoma Statutes. The Commissioner shall have
jurisdiction over complaints against all persons engaged in the
business of insurance, and shall hear all matters either in person,
by authorized disinterested employees or by hearing examiners
appointed by the Commissioner for that purpose and not specifically
addressed otherwise in this act. It shall be the duty of the
Commissioner to file and safely keep all books and papers required
by law to be filed with the Insurance Department, and to keep and
preserve in permanent form a full record of proceedings including a
concise statement of the conditions of such insurers and other
entities reported and examined by the Department and its examiners.
The Commissioner shall, annually, at the earliest practicable date
after returns are received from the several authorized insurers and
other organizations, make a report to the Governor of the affairs of
the office of the Commissioner, which report shall contain a tabular
statement and synopsis of the several statements, as accepted by the
Commissioner, which shall include with respect to each insurance
company the admitted assets, liabilities except capital, capital and
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surplus, Oklahoma premium income, amount of claims paid in Oklahoma
and such other matters as may be of benefit to the public.
The Commissioner may educate consumers and make recommendations
regarding the subject of insurance in this state, and shall set
forth in a statement the various sums received and disbursed by the
Department, from and to whom and for what purpose. Such report
shall be published by and subject to the order of the Commissioner.
The Commissioner shall, upon retiring from office, deliver to the
qualified successor all furniture, records, papers and property of
the office.
administration and enforcement of the provisions of the Oklahoma
Insurance Code, of any requirements placed on an insurance company
pursuant to the Oklahoma Statutes. The Commissioner shall have
jurisdiction over complaints against all persons engaged in the
business of insurance, and shall hear all matters either in person,
by authorized disinterested employees or by hearing examiners
appointed by the Commissioner for that purpose and not specifically
addressed otherwise in this act. It shall be the duty of the
Commissioner to file and safely keep all books and papers required
by law to be filed with the Insurance Department, and to keep and
preserve in permanent form a full record of proceedings including a
concise statement of the conditions of such insurers and other
entities reported and examined by the Department and its examiners.
The Commissioner shall, annually, at the earliest practicable date
after returns are received from the several authorized insurers and
other organizations, make a report to the Governor of the affairs of
the office of the Commissioner, which report shall contain a tabular
statement and synopsis of the several statements, as accepted by the
Commissioner, which shall include with respect to each insurance
company the admitted assets, liabilities except capital, capital and
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 36. Insurance Page 58
surplus, Oklahoma premium income, amount of claims paid in Oklahoma
and such other matters as may be of benefit to the public.
The Commissioner may educate consumers and make recommendations
regarding the subject of insurance in this state, and shall set
forth in a statement the various sums received and disbursed by the
Department, from and to whom and for what purpose. Such report
shall be published by and subject to the order of the Commissioner.
The Commissioner shall, upon retiring from office, deliver to the
qualified successor all furniture, records, papers and property of
the office.
Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site
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