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General Provisions
§ 83-1-1. Department of insurance created - There is hereby continued a separate and distinct department of...
§ 83-1-3. Commissioner of Insurance - The chief officer of the department shall be denominated the...
§ 83-1-4. Rules and regulations relative to certain general liability insurance policies - The Commissioner of Insurance is hereby authorized and directed to...
§ 83-1-5. Compensation and employees - The commissioner shall receive a compensation to be fixed by...
§ 83-1-7. Deputy - The commissioner shall have authority to appoint, with the consent...
§ 83-1-9. Offices - Suitable offices in the Statehouse for conducting the business of...
§ 83-1-11. Seal - The Department of Insurance shall have a seal, around the...
§ 83-1-13. Monthly report; payment of taxes to state treasurer - The commissioner shall furnish to the Auditor on or before...
§ 83-1-15. Annual report to governor - The commissioner shall, on or before the first day of...
§ 83-1-17. Laws enforced by suit - Compliance with the provisions of this title as to deposits,...
§ 83-1-19. Group insurance for state employees - The state insurance commissioner is hereby authorized, empowered and directed,...
§ 83-1-21. Reports on file as public record - The commissioner shall keep in his office for public inspection...
§ 83-1-23. Examination before granting authority - Before granting a certificate of authority to any insurance company...
§ 83-1-27. Examination of foreign concerns; funding of agency expenses; deposit of monies into State General Fund - Whenever the Commissioner of Insurance deems it prudent for the...
§ 83-1-29. Suspension or revocation of certificate of authority - Whenever it shall appear to the commissioner, upon examination or...
§ 83-1-31. Audit of books to determine tax liability - When, in the judgment of the Insurance Commissioner, or upon...
§ 83-1-33. Taxpayer liable for cost of audit - When the insurance commissioner shall elect to audit, examine, or...
§ 83-1-35. Reward in case of willful destruction by fire or explosion of real or personal property within state - The Commissioner of Insurance is hereby authorized, in his discretion,...
§ 83-1-43. Authority of commissioner to enforce federal "Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996." - The Commissioner of Insurance may make use of any of...
§ 83-1-45. Commissioner of Insurance to adopt rules and regulations governing disclosure of nonpublic personal information by insurance licensees - The Commissioner of Insurance may adopt any rules and regulations...
§ 83-1-47. Commissioner of Insurance authorized to establish nonbinding, nonadversarial alternative dispute resolution procedure for personal lines insurance claims - The Commissioner of Insurance may make use of any of...
Jurisdiction Over Health Care Providers
§ 83-1-101. Jurisdiction of Insurance Department; exception - Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, and...
§ 83-1-103. Proof to show jurisdiction of other body - A person or entity may show that it is subject...
§ 83-1-105. Examination to determine solvency and organization of person or entity furnishing services - Any person or entity which is unable to show under...
§ 83-1-107. Application of provisions - Any person or entity unable to show that it is...
§ 83-1-109. Disclosure of insurance provisions - Any production agency or administrator which advertises, sells, transacts, or...
Administrative Supervision of Insurers by Commissioner of Insurance
§ 83-1-151. Definitions - As used in Sections 83-1-151 through 83-1-169, the following items...
§ 83-1-153. Application of provisions - The provisions of Sections 83-1-151 through 83-1-169 shall apply to:...
§ 83-1-159. Administrative supervisor; prohibited activities of insurer - During the period of supervision, the commissioner or his designated...
§ 83-1-161. Right of insurer to contest action taken or proposed to be taken by supervisor; appeals - During the period of supervision the insurer may contest an...
§ 83-1-163. Right of commissioner to initiate judicial proceedings, liquidation proceedings, or other delinquency proceedings - Nothing contained in Sections 83-1-151 through 83-1-169 shall preclude the...
§ 83-1-165. Adoption of rules by commissioner - The commissioner is empowered to adopt reasonable rules necessary for...
§ 83-1-167. Right of commissioner to meet with supervisor, or his representative, without presence of any other person - The commissioner may meet with a supervisor appointed under Sections...
§ 83-1-169. Immunity from liability - There shall be no liability on the part of, and...
Comprehensive Hurricane Damage Mitigation Program
§ 83-1-191. Comprehensive hurricane damage mitigation program established; cost-benefit study on wind hazard mitigation construction measures; inspections; financial grants for residential retrofits; public education; advisory council; rules and regu... - 1. A home inspection and report that summarizes the results...
Mississippi Windstorm Mitigation Coordinating Council -