2011 Louisiana Laws
Revised Statutes
TITLE 22 — Insurance
RS 22:1922 — Additional powers and duties

§1922. Additional powers and duties

A. The Department of Insurance, section of insurance fraud, is authorized to have direct access to information compiled by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, as contained in the National Crime Identification Center for the purposes of licensure or the granting, denying, revocation, suspension or any other action on an application for a license or certificate of authority to be an insurer in the state, subject to the approval of the office of state police.

B. The Department of Insurance, section of insurance fraud, is authorized to require all applicants for a license or certificate of authority to submit physical evidence of the identity of the applicant. The commissioner of insurance is authorized to promulgate rules and regulations defining the type of physical identification acceptable and the manner in which such evidence is to be received by the Department of Insurance.

C. The commissioner of insurance may deny a license or certificate of authority when the applicant, or if the applicant is a corporation, partnership, limited liability company or partnership, or other legal entity, any officer, director, managing person, employee, or principal stockholder has been convicted of a felony.

Acts 1994, 3rd Ex. Sess., No. 50, §2; Acts 2004, No. 826, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 22:1241.1 by Acts 2008, No. 415, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2009.

NOTE: Former R.S. 22:1922 redesignated as R.S. 22:32 by Acts 2008, No. 415, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2009.