§ 48.02.010 Insurance commissioner
§ 48.02.020 Term of office
§ 48.02.030 Bond
§ 48.02.050 Seal
§ 48.02.060 General powers and duties — State of emergency
§ 48.02.062 Mental health services — Rules
§ 48.02.065 Confidentiality of documents, materials, or other information — Public disclosure
§ 48.02.068 Confidentiality of personal health information — Public disclosure
§ 48.02.080 Enforcement
§ 48.02.090 Deputies — Employees
§ 48.02.093 Health care authority ombuds — Retirees — Volunteer position
§ 48.02.100 Commissioner may delegate authority
§ 48.02.110 Office
§ 48.02.120 Records — Public inspection
§ 48.02.122 Filings or actions affecting corporate or company name — Notice to secretary of state
§ 48.02.130 Certificates — Copies — Evidentiary effect
§ 48.02.140 Interstate cooperation
§ 48.02.150 Supplies
§ 48.02.160 Special duties
§ 48.02.170 Annual report
§ 48.02.180 Publication of insurance code and related statutes, manuals, etc. — Distribution — Sale
§ 48.02.190 Operating costs of office — Insurance commissioner’s regulatory account — Insurance commissioner’s fraud account — Regulatory and insurance fraud surcharges
§ 48.02.200 When legal process against a person is served on the commission
§ 48.02.220 Health care benefit managers — Registration — Enforcement authority — Rules
§ 48.02.230 Health insurance market stability program — Confidentiality — Definitions — Reports — Commissioner’s responsibilities
§ 48.02.240 Natural disaster and resiliency work group
§ 48.02.250 Living organ donors — Discrimination prohibited
§ 48.02.260 Petitions for removal related to email-based violations
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Terms Used In Washington Code > Chapter 48.02 - Insurance commissioner

  • Answer: The formal written statement by a defendant responding to a civil complaint and setting forth the grounds for defense.
  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • Beneficiary: A person who is entitled to receive the benefits or proceeds of a will, trust, insurance policy, retirement plan, annuity, or other contract. Source: OCC
  • Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
  • Donor: The person who makes a gift.
  • 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.
  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
  • Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
  • 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.
  • Oath: A promise to tell the truth.
  • Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
  • person: may be construed to include the United States, this state, or any state or territory, or any public or private corporation or limited liability company, as well as an individual. See Washington Code 1.16.080
  • Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
  • Prosecute: To charge someone with a crime. A prosecutor tries a criminal case on behalf of the government.
  • Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
  • Restitution: The court-ordered payment of money by the defendant to the victim for damages caused by the criminal action.
  • Service of process: The service of writs or summonses to the appropriate party.
  • Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
  • Summons: Another word for subpoena used by the criminal justice system.
  • Testify: Answer questions in court.
  • Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.