The director or his designee may require any authorized insurer or its officers to answer any inquiry in relation to its transactions, condition, or any connected matter necessary to the administration of the insurance laws of the State. Every corporation or person must reply in writing to the inquiry promptly and truthfully, and the reply must be verified, if required by the director or his designee, by the individual or by the officer or officers of a corporation as he designates. These replies are strictly confidential.
HISTORY: Former 1976 Code Section 38-13-160 [1947 (45) 322; 1952 Code Section 37-616; 1962 Code Section 37-616] has no comparable provisions in 1987 Act No. 155, Section 1; Former 1976 Code Section 38-5-1360 [1947 (45) 322; 1952 Code Section 37-294; 1962 Code Section 37-294] recodified as Section 38-13-160 by 1987 Act No. 155, Section 1; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 537.