(a)  The commissioner may suspend the license of any rating organization or insurer, which fails to comply with an order of the commissioner within the time limited by that order, or any extension of time which the commissioner may grant. The commissioner shall not suspend the license of any rating organization or insurer for failure to comply with an order until the time prescribed for an appeal has expired or, if an appeal has been taken, until the order has been affirmed.

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Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws 27-9-46

  • Affirmed: In the practice of the appellate courts, the decree or order is declared valid and will stand as rendered in the lower court.
  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • 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)  The commissioner may determine when a suspension of a license shall become effective and it shall remain in effect for the period fixed by the commissioner, unless he or she modifies or rescinds the suspension, or until the order upon which the suspension is based is modified, rescinded, or reversed.

(c)  No license shall be suspended or revoked except upon a written order of the commissioner, stating his or her findings, made after a hearing held upon not less than ten (10) days written notice to the person or organization affected specifying the alleged violation.

History of Section.
P.L. 1948, ch. 2089, § 16; G.L. 1956, § 27-9-46.