33-20-1310. Examination of business and practices of licensee or applicant -- maintenance of business records. - Montana Statutes

     33-20-1310. Examination of business and practices of licensee or applicant -- maintenance of business records. (1) The commissioner may examine the business and practices of any licensee or applicant for a license when the commissioner determines an examination to be necessary. The commissioner may order a licensee or applicant to produce any records, books, files, or other information reasonably necessary to ascertain whether the licensee or applicant is acting or has acted in violation of the law or contrary to the interests of the public. The licensee or applicant shall pay the expenses incurred in conducting an examination.
     (2) A viatical settlement provider shall maintain records of all transactions of viatical settlement contracts of the viatical settlement provider and shall make the records available to the commissioner for inspection during reasonable business hours. The records must be maintained for a period of not less than 5 years from the date of their creation.
     (3) The commissioner may at any time require a licensee to fully disclose the identity of all stockholders, partners, officers, and employees.
     (4) The names of and individual identification data for all policyholders and certificate holders who have entered viatical settlement contracts with viatical settlement providers are confidential and may not be disclosed except in cases in which the commissioner determines that the merits of public disclosure exceed the demands of individual privacy.

     History: En. Sec. 10, Ch. 298, L. 1997; amd. Sec. 10, Ch. 416, L. 1999.