A. The Insurance Commissioner may hire additional employees and examiners as needed for the enforcement of the provisions of the Unfair Claims Settlement Practices Act.

B. The Commissioner shall compile the information received from an insurer pursuant to Section 1250.9 of this title in such a manner as to enable him to compare it to a minimum standard of performance which shall be promulgated by the Commissioner. If the Commissioner, after such comparison is made, finds that the insurer falls below the minimum standard of performance, he shall cause an investigation to be made of said insurer as to the reason, if any, for the substandard performance.

C. The Commissioner shall also provide for the receiving and processing of individual complaints alleging violations of the Unfair Claims Settlement Practices Act by both insurers who are required to make periodic reports and those who are not required to make such reports. If the Commissioner in his complaint experience determines that the number and type of complaints against an insurer do not meet the minimum standard of performance or are out of proportion to those against other insurers writing similar lines of insurance, the Commissioner shall cause an investigation to be made of the insurer.

Added by Laws 1986, c. 315, § 8, emerg. eff. June 24, 1986. Amended by Laws 1994, c. 342, § 10, eff. Sept. 1, 1994. Renumbered from § 1224 of this title by Laws 1994, c. 342, § 20, eff. Sept. 1, 1994. Amended by Laws 1994, 2nd Ex. Sess., c. 1, § 7, emerg. eff. Nov. 4, 1994; Laws 2013, c. 254, § 22, eff. Jan. 1, 2015.