Vermont Statutes Title 8 Sec. 4496
Terms Used In Vermont Statutes Title 8 Sec. 4496
- Commissioner: means the Commissioner of Financial Regulation. See
- Person: shall include any natural person, corporation, municipality, the State of Vermont or any department, agency, or subdivision of the State, and any partnership, unincorporated association, or other legal entity. See
- Society: means a fraternal benefit society. See
- State: when applied to the different parts of the United States may apply to the District of Columbia and any territory and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. See
§ 4496. Examination of foreign and alien societies
The Commissioner of Financial Regulation, or any person whom he or she may appoint, may examine any foreign or alien society transacting or applying for admission to transact business in this State. He or she may employ assistants, and he or she, or any person he or she may appoint, shall have free access to all books, papers, and documents that relate to the business of the society. He or she may in his or her discretion accept, in lieu of the examination, the examination of the insurance department of the state, territory, district, province, or country where the society is organized. The compensation and actual expenses of the examiners making any examination or general or special valuation shall be paid by the society examined or by the society whose certificate obligations have been valued, upon statements furnished by the Commissioner of Financial Regulation. (Added 1959, No. 197, § 36, eff. Nov. 22, 1959; amended 1989, No. 225 (Adj. Sess.), § 25(b); 1995, No. 180 (Adj. Sess.), § 38(a); 2011, No. 78 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. April 2, 2012.)