§ 20-141 Director of the department of insurance and financial institutions; appointment; qualifications; compensation
§ 20-142 Powers and duties of director; payment of examination and investigation costs; home health services
§ 20-143 Rule-making power
§ 20-144 Seal of office
§ 20-145 Evidentiary effect of certificate of authority
§ 20-146 Supervisor
§ 20-147 Assistant director; chief examiner; appointment; qualifications
§ 20-148 Deputies and other employees; special services
§ 20-149 Prohibition on certain activities by employees; conflict of interest
§ 20-150 Delegation of director’s authority
§ 20-151 Issuance of orders and notices by director
§ 20-152 Enforcement
§ 20-153 Records
§ 20-154 Annual report; list of authorized insurers
§ 20-155 Expenses of administration
§ 20-156 Examination of insurers; financial surveillance fund; definition
§ 20-157 Access and powers relating to insurers’ records
§ 20-157.01 Confidentiality of insurer’s claim files and records; access by director; definition
§ 20-158 Report of examinations by director; information sharing
§ 20-159 Insurance examiners’ revolving fund; definition
§ 20-160 Powers of examination; witnesses; subpoenas; perjury
§ 20-161 Hearings
§ 20-162 Demand for hearing; stay of order
§ 20-163 Notice of hearing
§ 20-164 Procedure upon hearing
§ 20-165 Order on hearing
§ 20-166 Judicial review
§ 20-167 Fees; definition
§ 20-168 Preparation and sale of publications
§ 20-169 Supervision by director
§ 20-170 Prohibited acts during sixty day period of supervision
§ 20-171 Conservatorship; liquidation
§ 20-172 Possession by director of person transacting insurance prior to appointment of receiver; powers of director in possession; stay of possession order; application to title insurance
§ 20-173 Residence requirement; exemption for officer representing insurer
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Terms Used In Arizona Laws > Title 20 > Chapter 1 > Article 2 - Administrative Officers and Procedures

  • Action: includes any matter or proceeding in a court, civil or criminal. See Arizona Laws 1-215
  • Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
  • Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
  • Annuity: A periodic (usually annual) payment of a fixed sum of money for either the life of the recipient or for a fixed number of years. A series of payments under a contract from an insurance company, a trust company, or an individual. Annuity payments are made at regular intervals over a period of more than one full year.
  • 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.
  • Appraisal: A determination of property value.
  • Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
  • Bail: Security given for the release of a criminal defendant or witness from legal custody (usually in the form of money) to secure his/her appearance on the day and time appointed.
  • Continuance: Putting off of a hearing ot trial until a later time.
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • department: means the department of insurance and financial institutions. See Arizona Laws 20-101
  • Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial.
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator.
  • Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
  • including: means not limited to and is not a term of exclusion. See Arizona Laws 1-215
  • 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.
  • Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
  • Oath: A promise to tell the truth.
  • Oath: includes an affirmation or declaration. See Arizona Laws 1-215
  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
  • Person: includes a corporation, company, partnership, firm, association or society, as well as a natural person. See Arizona Laws 1-215
  • Process: means a citation, writ or summons issued in the course of judicial proceedings. See Arizona Laws 1-215
  • Property: includes both real and personal property. See Arizona Laws 1-215
  • Prosecute: To charge someone with a crime. A prosecutor tries a criminal case on behalf of the government.
  • Public law: A public bill or joint resolution that has passed both chambers and been enacted into law. Public laws have general applicability nationwide.
  • Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
  • Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
  • Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
  • United States: includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Arizona Laws 1-215
  • Writing: includes printing. See Arizona Laws 1-215