North Dakota Century Code Title 26.1. Insurance § 26.1-51-01. Definitions

1. “Commissioner” means the insurance commissioner.

2. “Insurance compliance audit” means a voluntary, internal evaluation, review, assessment, audit, or investigation for the purpose of identifying or preventing noncompliance with, or promoting compliance with, laws, regulations, orders, or industry or professional standards, which is conducted by or on behalf of an insurer licensed or regulated under this title, or which involves an activity regulated under this title.

3. “Insurance compliance self-critical analysis audit document” means a document prepared as a result of or in connection with an insurance compliance audit. An insurance compliance self-critical analysis audit document may include a written response to the findings of an insurance compliance audit. An insurance compliance self-critical analysis audit document may include, as applicable, field notes and records of observations, workpapers, findings, opinions, suggestions, conclusions, drafts, memoranda, drawings, photographs, exhibits, computer-generated or electronically recorded information, telephone records, maps, charts, graphs, and surveys, provided this supporting information is collected or developed for the primary purpose and in the course of an insurance compliance audit. An insurance compliance self-critical analysis audit document also includes:

4. “Insurer” means an insurance company, nonprofit service corporation, or health maintenance organization organized under the laws of this state or a foreign insurance company, nonprofit service corporation, or health maintenance organization authorized to do business in this state.