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23-81-815. Injunctions — Civil remedies — Cease and desist.
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23-81-815. Injunctions — Civil remedies — Cease and desist.
(a) In addition to the penalties and other enforcement provisions of this subchapter, if any person violates this subchapter or any rule implementing this subchapter, the Insurance Commissioner may seek an injunction in a court of competent jurisdiction in the county where the person resides or has a principal place of business and may apply for temporary and permanent orders that the commissioner determines necessary to restrain the person from further committing the violation.
(b) Any person damaged by the acts of another person in violation of this subchapter or any rule implementing this subchapter may bring a civil action for damages in a court of competent jurisdiction against the person committing the violation.
(c) The commissioner may issue a cease and desist order upon a person who violates any provision of this section, any rule or order adopted by the commissioner, or any written agreement entered into with the commissioner, in accordance with the Arkansas Administrative Procedure Act, § 25-15-201 et seq.
(d)(1) When the commissioner finds that such an action presents an immediate danger to the public and requires an immediate final order, he or she may issue an emergency cease and desist order reciting with particularity the facts underlying such findings.
(2) The emergency cease and desist order is effective immediately upon service of a copy of the order on the respondent and remains effective for ninety (90) days. If the State Insurance Department begins nonemergency cease and desist proceedings under subsection (a) of this section, the emergency cease and desist order remains effective, absent an order by an appellate court of competent jurisdiction pursuant to the Arkansas Administra
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 23-81-815
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23-81-815. Injunctions — Civil remedies — Cease and desist.
(a) In addition to the penalties and other enforcement provisions of this subchapter, if any person violates this subchapter or any rule implementing this subchapter, the Insurance Commissioner may seek an injunction in a court of competent jurisdiction in the county where the person resides or has a principal place of business and may apply for temporary and permanent orders that the commissioner determines necessary to restrain the person from further committing the violation.
(b) Any person damaged by the acts of another person in violation of this subchapter or any rule implementing this subchapter may bring a civil action for damages in a court of competent jurisdiction against the person committing the violation.
(c) The commissioner may issue a cease and desist order upon a person who violates any provision of this section, any rule or order adopted by the commissioner, or any written agreement entered into with the commissioner, in accordance with the Arkansas Administrative Procedure Act, § 25-15-201 et seq.
(d)(1) When the commissioner finds that such an action presents an immediate danger to the public and requires an immediate final order, he or she may issue an emergency cease and desist order reciting with particularity the facts underlying such findings.
(2) The emergency cease and desist order is effective immediately upon service of a copy of the order on the respondent and remains effective for ninety (90) days. If the State Insurance Department begins nonemergency cease and desist proceedings under subsection (a) of this section, the emergency cease and desist order remains effective, absent an order by an appellate court of competent jurisdiction pursuant to the Arkansas Administrative Procedure Act, § 25-15-201 et seq.
(3) In the event of a willful violation of this subchapter, the trial court may award statutory damages in addition to actual damages in an additional amount up to three (3) times the actual damage award.
(4) The provisions of this subchapter shall not be waived by agreement.
(5) A choice of law provision shall not be utilized to prevent the application of this subchapter to any settlement in which a party to the settlement is a resident of this state.
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Arkansas Code — all titles (historical 2020) · legal_authorities
25-15-201. Title.
This subchapter shall be known and cited as the “Arkansas Administrative Procedure Act”.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 25-15-201
Stored review status: Historical 2020-11-06 source release; later amendments not reconciled; machine-extracted, not independently legally reviewed; source heading status: text_in_historical_source. The source passage cites 25-15-201. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.