(a)  The insurance commissioner shall have the power to examine and investigate into the affairs of every person engaged in the business of negotiating adjustments of insurance claims and claims under fidelity and surety bonds.

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Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws 27-10-9

  • Cross examine: Questioning of a witness by the attorney for the other side.
  • 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.
  • person: may be construed to extend to and include co-partnerships and bodies corporate and politic. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-6
  • Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.

(b)  The insurance commissioner, upon a hearing, may administer oaths, examine and cross examine witnesses, and receive oral and documentary evidence, and shall have the power to subpoena witnesses, compel their attendance, and require the production of books, papers, records, correspondence, or other documents which the commissioner deems relevant to the inquiry.

History of Section.
P.L. 1956, ch. 3790, § 4; G.L. 1956, § 27-10-9.