Identity area
Type of entity
Corporate body
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Insurance Division
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Description area
Dates of existence
1903
History
The Insurance Division was created by Act 69, SLH, 1903 to regulate both foreign and domestic insurance agencies operating in Hawaii. The department is headed by an Insurance Commissioner and a Lieutenant Insurance Commissioner. The Insurance Commissioner was originally the ex-officio Territorial Treasurer. In 1963, the Department of Treasury and Regulation was renamed the Department of Regulatory Agencies (Act 114, SLH), and renamed again the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs in 1982 (Act 20, SLH). The Health Insurance Branch was established in the Insurance Division when the division was assigned new representation by Act 127, SLH, 1999.
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The Insurance Division is responsible for overseeing the insurance industry in the State of Hawaii, including insurance companies, insurance agents, self-insurers, and captives (an in-house insurance company with a limited purpose not available to the general public). The Division ensures that consumers are provided with insurance services meeting acceptable standards of quality, equity, and dependability at fair rates by establishing and enforcing appropriate service standards.
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Act 69, SLH, 1903.
Internal structures/genealogy
The Insurance Commissioner was originally the ex-officio Territorial Treasurer.
The Insurance Division has seven branches
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Dates of creation, revision and deletion
Created on 2008-12, W. Ross
Revised on 2009-05
Language(s)
- English
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Sources
Session Laws of Hawaii, 1903, Act 69
Session Laws of Hawaii, 1963, Act 114
Session Laws of Hawaii, 1982, Act 20
[Session Laws of Hawaii, 1999, Act 127]
Marumoto, C. (2002). Guide to government in Hawaii. Honolulu, Hawaii: Legislative Reference Bureau.
Maintenance notes
2008-12, W. Ross: Created
2009-05: Revised
2020-10-01, Joel Horowitz: Entered into AtoM