§ 23-63-519 - Judicial review -- Mandamus. - Arkansas Statutes

23-63-519. Judicial review -- Mandamus.

(a) (1) Any person aggrieved by any act, determination, rule, regulation, order, or any other action of the Insurance Commissioner pursuant to this subchapter may appeal therefrom to the Pulaski County Circuit Court.

(2) The court shall conduct its review without a jury and by trial de novo, except that, if all parties including the commissioner so stipulate, the review shall be confined to the record.

(3) Portions of the record may be introduced by stipulation into evidence in a trial de novo as to those parties so stipulating.

(b) The filing of an appeal pursuant to this section shall stay the application of any rule, regulation, order, or other action of the commissioner to the appealing party unless the court, after giving the party notice and an opportunity to be heard, determines that such a stay would be detrimental to the interests of policyholders, shareholders, creditors, or the public.

(c) Any person aggrieved by any failure of the commissioner to act or make a determination required by this subchapter may petition the Pulaski County Circuit Court for a writ in the nature of a mandamus directing the commissioner to act or make the determination forthwith.