Section 221.6 - Cooperation of officers and employes(a) Any employe, officer, manager, trustee, or general agent of any insurer, and any other person with executive authority over or in charge of any segment of the insurer's affairs shall cooperate with the commissioner in any proceeding under this article or any investigation preliminary or incidental to the proceeding. The term "person" as used in this section, shall include any person who exercises control directly or indirectly over activities of an insurer through any holding company or other affiliate of the insurer. "To cooperate" shall include, but shall not be limited to the following: (1) to reply promptly in writing to any inquiry from the commissioner requesting such a reply; and(2) to make available and deliver to the commissioner any books, accounts, documents, or other records, or information or property of or pertaining to the insurer and in his possession, custody or control.(b) No person shall obstruct or interfere with the commissioner in the conduct of any delinquency proceeding or any investigation preliminary or incidental thereto.(c) This section shall not be construed to abridge otherwise legal rights to resist a petition for liquidation or other delinquency proceedings. (i) An insurer shall have the right to engage legal counsel for defense of and appeal with respect to a delinquency proceeding. Reasonable costs and fees therefore may be paid from the general assets of the insurer, subject to the approval of the administrative or judicial body to which appeal was made. In the event that such proceedings result in a declaration of insolvency or are subsequent thereto, the approved costs thereof shall be administrative costs or expenses as provided under section 544(b) .
(ii) If a stay of proceedings or order is specifically requested in a petition filed by an insurer, the administrative agency or court to which such petition is made may, in its discretion, grant such stay.(d) Any person included within subsection (a) who fails to cooperate with the commissioner, or any person who obstructs or interferes with the commissioner in the conduct of any delinquency proceeding or any investigation preliminary or incidental thereto, or who violates any valid order the commissioner issued under this article may be sentenced to pay a fine not exceeding ten thousand dollars ($10,000) or to undergo imprisonment for a term of not more than one year, or both, or any person shall, after a hearing, be subject to the imposition by the commissioner, of a civil penalty not to exceed ten thousand dollars ($10,000) and shall be subject further to the revocation or suspension of any insurance license issued by the commissioner.1921, May 17, P.L. 789, art. V, § 506, added 1977, Dec. 14, P.L. 280, No. 92, § 2, imd. effective.