Montana Code 33-19-401. Power of the commissioner
33-19-401. Power of the commissioner. (1) The commissioner has the power to examine and investigate the affairs of every insurance institution or insurance producer doing business in this state to determine whether the insurance institution or insurance producer has been or is engaged in any conduct in violation of this chapter.
Terms Used In Montana Code 33-19-401
- Insurance institution: means a corporation, association, partnership, reciprocal exchange, interinsurer, Lloyd's insurer, fraternal benefit society, or other person engaged in the business of insurance, including health maintenance organizations, and health service corporations as defined in 33-30-101. See Montana Code 33-19-104
- Insurance producer: means an insurance producer as defined in 33-17-102 and 33-30-311. See Montana Code 33-19-104
- Insurance-support organization: means a person who assembles or collects information about natural persons for the purpose of providing the information to an insurance institution or insurance producer for insurance transactions, including:
(i)the furnishing of consumer reports or investigative consumer reports to an insurance institution or insurance producer for use in connection with an insurance transaction; or
(ii)the collection of personal information from insurance institutions, insurance producers, or other insurance-support organizations for the purpose of detecting or preventing fraud, material misrepresentation, or material nondisclosure in connection with insurance underwriting or insurance claim activity. See Montana Code 33-19-104
- Person: means a natural person, corporation, association, partnership, or other legal entity. See Montana Code 33-19-104
- State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Montana Code 1-1-201
(2)The commissioner has the power to examine and investigate the affairs of every insurance-support organization acting on behalf of an insurance institution or insurance producer that either transacts business in this state or transacts business outside this state which has an effect on a person residing in this state in order to determine whether such insurance-support organization has been or is engaged in any conduct in violation of this chapter.