(a)  Pursuant to chapter 13.1 of this title, the director or the director’s designee may conduct investigations as he or she deems necessary in order to ascertain whether any person has violated or is violating any provision of this chapter.

Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws 27-54-3

  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • person: may be construed to extend to and include co-partnerships and bodies corporate and politic. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-6

(b)  Whenever the director or the director’s designee has reason to believe that a provision of this chapter has been violated, he or she may report the violation of law to the attorney general who may bring an action in the court of appropriate jurisdiction. Within one hundred twenty (120) days of receipt of the director’s report, the attorney general shall inform the director or the director’s designee as to the status of the reported violations. Where the affected insurer has become the subject of a court order for conservation, rehabilitation or liquidation, the director or the director’s designee may also refer the matter to the receiver for action under § 27-54-2.

History of Section.
P.L. 1994, ch. 86, § 1; P.L. 2002, ch. 292, § 93; P.L. 2009, ch. 310, § 9.