(a) A licensee shall maintain records of its premium finance transactions, including the insurance agents through which the licensee provides loans to residents of this state, and the records shall be open to examination and investigation by the commissioner at the office of the licensee. All records pertaining to insurance contracts financed by state residents shall be maintained or readily available in the licensee’s office. The commissioner may, at any reasonable time, require the licensee to bring records pertaining to premium finance agreements to the commissioner’s office for examination. The expenses incurred by the department in conducting an examination shall be charged to and paid by the licensee in accordance with Alaska Stat. § 06.01.010.
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Terms Used In Alaska Statutes 06.40.100

  • commissioner: means the commissioner of commerce, community, and economic development or a designee of the commissioner. See Alaska Statutes 06.40.190
  • department: means the Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development. See Alaska Statutes 06.40.190
  • premium finance agreement: means an agreement by which a borrower or prospective borrower promises to pay to a licensee or to its assignee the amount advanced or to be advanced under the agreement to an insurer or to an insurance agent or broker in payment of premiums on an insurance policy sold in this state or covering risks located in this state together with a service charge, and as a security for it the premium finance company receives an assignment of the unearned premium. See Alaska Statutes 06.40.190
  • state: means the State of Alaska unless applied to the different parts of the United States and in the latter case it includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Alaska Statutes 01.10.060
(b) A licensee shall preserve its records of premium finance transactions, including cards used in a card system, for at least three years after making the final entry relating to any premium finance agreement. The preservation of records in photographic form constitutes compliance with this requirement.
(c) Each licensee shall, on or before March 15 of each year, file a report with the department containing information as the department may reasonably require concerning the business and operations during the preceding calendar year of each licensed place of business conducted by the licensee. The report shall be made under oath, shall be in the form prescribed by the department, and shall be kept available as a public record.
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