Terms Used In Iowa Code 507.8

  • Account: means the same as defined in section 554. See Iowa Code 554E.1
  • Commissioner: means the commissioner of insurance of this state. See Iowa Code 507.1
  • Company: means any person engaging in or proposing or attempting to engage in any transaction or kind of insurance or surety business and any person or group of persons who may otherwise be subject to the administrative, regulatory, or taxing authority of the commissioner. See Iowa Code 507.1
  • state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories, and the words "United States" may include the said district and territories. See Iowa Code 4.1
 The commissioner shall upon the completion of an examination, or at such regular intervals prior to completion as the commissioner determines, prepare an account of the costs incurred in performing and preparing the report of such examinations which shall be charged to and paid by the companies examined, and upon failure or refusal of any company examined to pay such bill or bills, the same may be recovered in an action brought in the name of the state, and the commissioner may also revoke the certificate of authority of such company to transact business within this state.