For violation of any provisions of the insurance laws of Mississippi, the penalty whereof is not specially provided, the offender shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, on conviction, shall be punished by a fine of not more than Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00). For expenses in seeking out, detecting, and punishing violations of such laws, the commissioner may assess an additional penalty to be paid by the offender as restitution in an amount to cover such expenses as may be approved by the court.
The penalties authorized by this section are cumulative and supplemental to any other penalty, fine or other sanction, and shall not be a bar to any other civil cause of action or criminal prosecution.
Structure Mississippi Code
Chapter 5 - General Provisions Relative to Insurance and Insurance Companies
Article 1 - General Provisions
§ 83-5-1. Concerns subject to department
§ 83-5-3. All companies to submit to all laws of state
§ 83-5-9. Business to be conducted in corporate name
§ 83-5-15. License fees for each class of business
§ 83-5-19. Sale of stock regulated
§ 83-5-21. License revoked if judgments not paid
§ 83-5-25. Certain insurance prohibited
§ 83-5-27. Discrimination through fictitious grouping prohibited
§ 83-5-29. Insurance business practices regulated
§ 83-5-30. Notice of withdrawal, cancelation, or failure to renew insurance; penalties
§ 83-5-33. Unfair methods of competition and deceptive practices prohibited
§ 83-5-35. Unfair methods of competition and unfair or deceptive acts or practices defined
§ 83-5-37. Power of commissioner
§ 83-5-47. Judicial review by intervenor
§ 83-5-49. Penalty for violation of cease and desist order
§ 83-5-51. Provisions cumulative
§ 83-5-53. Blank forms furnished
§ 83-5-57. Reinsurance returns made annually
§ 83-5-59. Statements examined and abstracts published
§ 83-5-61. Certain premiums declared and taxed
§ 83-5-63. Penalty for failure to declare
§ 83-5-67. License revoked if statement untrue
§ 83-5-71. Duration of license
§ 83-5-75. Fees of fraternal orders
§ 83-5-77. Publication fees; funding of agency expenses; deposit of monies into State General Fund
§ 83-5-79. Investigation of complaint by citizens
§ 83-5-81. Suit for payment of expense if refused
§ 83-5-83. Refusal to comply; license revoked
§ 83-5-87. Contents of residential property insurance policy