Effective - 28 Aug 2007
374.215. Failure to timely file report or statement, penalty. — 1. If any insurance company or other entity regulated by the director doing business in this state fails to timely make and file any statutorily required report or statement, the department shall notify such company or entity of such failure by first class mail. Any company or entity notified by the department pursuant to this section shall file such report or statement within fifteen days of receiving notification. After the expiration of such fifteen days, each day in which the company or entity fails to file such report or statement is a separate violation of this section.
2. If the director determines that a person has engaged, is engaging in, or has taken a substantial step toward engaging in an act, practice or course of business constituting a violation of this section or a rule adopted or order issued pursuant thereto, or that a person has materially aided or is materially aiding an act, practice, omission, or course of business constituting a violation of this section or a rule adopted or order issued pursuant thereto, the director may issue such administrative orders as authorized under section 374.046. A violation of this section is a level two violation under section 374.049. The director may also suspend or revoke the certificate of authority of such person for any willful violation.
3. If the director believes that a person has engaged, is engaging in, or has taken a substantial step toward engaging in an act, practice or course of business constituting a violation of this section or a rule adopted or order issued pursuant thereto, or that a person has materially aided or is materially aiding an act, practice, omission, or course of business constituting a violation of this section or a rule adopted or order issued pursuant thereto, the director may maintain a civil action for relief authorized under section 374.048. A violation of this section is a level two violation under section 374.049.
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(L. 1989 S.B. 333, A.L. 2007 S.B. 66)