Rhode Island General Laws Title 27. Insurance § 27-2.4-19. Fiduciary capacity of insurance producers--Misappropriation as theft

That portion of all premiums or moneys which a licensed insurance producer collects from a policyholder and which is to be paid to an insurance company, its agents, or his or her employer because of the assumption of liability through the issuance of insurance contracts, or which the insurance producer collects from an insurance company or its agents and which is to be paid to a policyholder or claimant under any contract of insurance, shall be held by the insurance producer in a fiduciary capacity and shall not be misappropriated or converted to the insurance producer's own use or illegally withheld by the insurance producer. Any insurance producer who converts or misappropriates these funds shall be held guilty of theft and punishable for theft as provided by law. Nothing contained in this section shall be deemed to require any insurance producer to maintain separate bank accounts or deposits for these funds if and so long as these funds held are reasonably ascertainable from the books of account and records of the insurance producer.