(2) The director may examine and investigate into the affairs of any insurance-support organization acting on behalf of an insurer or insurance producer which either transacts insurance in this state or transacts insurance outside this state which has an effect on a person residing in this state, in order to determine whether the insurance-support organization has been or is engaged in any conduct in violation of ORS 746.600 to 746.690. [1981 c.649 §16; 1987 c.490 §54; 2003 c.87 §17; 2003 c.364 §164]