79.10 REVIEW OF ACTS OF INSURERS.
The Department of Commerce staff may investigate on the request of any person or on
its own initiative the acts of the rating association, an insurer, or an agent that are subject to
provisions of chapter 79 and may make findings and recommendations that the commissioner
issue an order requiring compliance with the provisions thereof. The proposed findings and
recommended order shall be served on all affected parties at the same time that the staff transmits
its findings and recommendations to the commissioner. Any party adversely affected by the
proposed findings and recommended order may request that a hearing be held concerning the
issues raised therein within 15 days after service of the findings and recommended order. This
hearing shall be conducted as a contested case pursuant to sections
14.001 to
14.69. If a hearing is
not requested within the time specified in this section, the proposed findings and recommended
order may be adopted by the commissioner as a final order.
History: (3621) 1921 c 85 s 10; 1953 c 615 s 3; 1969 c 9 s 9; 1973 c 577 s 2; Ex1979 c 3 s
9; 1982 c 424 s 130; 1983 c 289 s 114 subd 1; 1984 c 592 s 77; 1984 c 655 art 1 s 92; 1987 c 384
art 2 s 1; 1990 c 422 s 10