There is hereby continued a separate and distinct department of insurance, which shall be charged with the execution of all laws (except as otherwise specifically provided by statute) now in force, or which may hereafter be enacted, relative to all insurance and all insurance companies, corporations, associations, or orders.
Miss. Code Ann. § 83-1-1
Department of insurance created
Applied in 4 court decisions — leading case 60rican Bankers' Insurance Co. of Florida v. Wells (2001)
Most recently applied in Mississippi State & School Employees' Life & Health Plan v. KCC, Inc. (March 2013)
Codes, 1871, § 2442; 1880, § 1073; 1892, § 2322; 1906, § 2550; Hemingway’s 1917, § 5014; 1930, § 5114; 1942, § 5616; reenacted without change, Laws, 1982, ch. 366, § 1; reenacte…
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