1. The commissioner of insurance shall appoint a first and second deputy commissioner and such other clerks and assistants as shall be needed to assist the commissioner in the performance of the commissioner’s duty, all of whom shall serve during the pleasure of the commissioner. Before entering upon the duties of their respective offices, deputy commissioners shall give a bond in the penal sum of ten thousand dollars.

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 2. The commissioner may appoint a deputy commissioner for supervision whom the commissioner may appoint as supervisory or special deputy pursuant to chapter 507C and who shall perform such other duties as may be assigned by the commissioner. The deputy commissioner for supervision shall receive a salary to be fixed by the commissioner. The deputy commissioner for supervision shall be exempt from the merit system provisions of chapter 8A, subchapter IV, under section 8A.412, subsection 17.