A. If he has reason to believe that any title insurance agent has violated or is violating any of the provisions of this article, the director shall forthwith examine such title insurance agent‘s books of account, records and vouchers pertaining to the business of title insurance, and any title insurance agent so examined shall pay to the director the cost of such examination on demand.

Terms Used In Arizona Laws 20-1588

  • Business of title insurance: shall be deemed to be:

    (a) The making as insurer, guarantor or surety, or proposing to make as insurer, guarantor or surety, of any contract or policy of title insurance. See Arizona Laws 20-1562

  • Title insurance: means insuring, guaranteeing or indemnifying owners of real property or others interested therein against loss or damage suffered by reason of liens, encumbrances upon, defects in or the unmarketability of the title to such property, guaranteeing, warranting or otherwise insuring the correctness of searches relating to the title to real property, or doing any business in substance equivalent to any of the foregoing. See Arizona Laws 20-1562
  • Title insurance agent: means a domestic or foreign stock corporation or limited liability company authorized in writing by a title insurer to solicit insurance and collect premiums and to issue or countersign policies in its behalf, except that the term "title insurance agent" shall not include officers or salaried employees of any title insurer authorized to do a title insurance business within this state. See Arizona Laws 20-1562
  • Title insurer: means any domestic company organized under the provisions of this title for the purpose of insuring titles to real property, any title insurance company organized under the laws of another state and licensed to insure titles to real estate within this state pursuant to the provisions of this article, and any domestic or foreign company having the power and authorized to insure titles to real estate within this state as of January 1, 1968 which meet the requirements of this article. See Arizona Laws 20-1562

B. The director’s order after an examination of a title insurer and its authorized title insurance agents shall describe each violation found by the director, the name of the title insurer or title insurance agent that caused or committed the violation and the penalty, if any, imposed for each violation.

C. After an examination of a title insurer and its authorized title insurance agents, a copy of the director’s order or notice to the title insurer under section 20-151 shall be provided to each title insurance agent of the title insurer affected by the order or notice.

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