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Wash. Rev. Code § 48.07.130 (2025)

Pecuniary interest of officer or director, restrictions upon

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(1) No person having any authority in the investment or disposition of the funds of a domestic insurer and no officer or director of an insurer shall accept, except for the insurer, or be the beneficiary of any fee, brokerage, gift, commission, or other emolument because of any sale of insurance or of any investment, loan, deposit, purchase, sale, payment, or exchange made by or for the insurer, or be pecuniarily interested therein in any capacity; except, that such a person may procure a loan from the insurer direct upon approval by two-thirds of its directors and upon the pledge of securities eligible for the investment of the insurer's funds under this code.
(2) This section does not prohibit a life insurer from making a policy loan to such person on a life insurance contract issued by it and in accordance with the terms thereof.
(3) The commissioner may permit additional exceptions to the prohibition contained in subsection (1) of this section to enable payment of reasonable compensation to a director who is not otherwise an officer or employee of the insurer, or to a corporation or firm in which the director is interested, for necessary services performed or sales or purchases made to or for the insurer in the ordinary course of the insurer's business and in the usual private professional or business capacity of such director or such corporation or firm.
In addition, the commissioner may permit exceptions to the prohibitions contained in subsection (1) of this section where the payment of a fee, brokerage, gift, commission, or other emolument is fully disclosed to the insurer's officers and directors and is reasonable in relation to the service performed.
[ 1989 c 228 s 1; 1981 c 339 s 5; 1947 c 79 s .07.13; Rem. Supp. 1947 s 45.07.13.]
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases, 1994–1995 · leading case: State v. Ager, 128 Wash. 2d 85 (1995).
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State v. Ager, 128 Wash. 2d 85 (1995). · cites it 2× “RCW 48.07.130. Instead, Defendants argued that the funds were "advances” and, as such, the appropriations, although made without board approval, were authorized by the insurance code at RCW 48.”
State v. Ager, 904 P.2d 715 (Wash. 1995). · cites it 2× “RCW 48.07.130. Instead, Defendants argued that the funds were "advances" and, as such, the appropriations, although made without board approval, were authorized by the insurance code at RCW 48.”
State v. Ager, 880 P.2d 1017 (Wash. Ct. App. 1994). “020; RCW 48.07.130(1); RCW 48.30.120; RCW 48.01.”
Wash. Rev. Code § 48.07.130(1): 1 case
State v. Ager, 880 P.2d 1017 (Wash. Ct. App. 1994). “020; RCW 48.07.130(1); RCW 48.30.120; RCW 48.01.”
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