(a) Hearings may be closed to the public at the Insurance Commissioner's discretion, except that a hearing shall be open to the public if so requested in writing by any party to the hearing.
(b) The commissioner shall allow any party to the hearing to appear in person and by counsel, to be present during the giving of all evidence, to have a reasonable opportunity to inspect all documentary evidence and to examine witnesses, to present evidence in support of his or her interest, and to have subpoenas issued by the commissioner to compel attendance of witnesses and production of evidence in his or her behalf.
(c) The commissioner shall permit to become a party to the hearing by intervention, if timely, only those persons who were not original parties to the hearing and whose pecuniary interests are to be directly and immediately affected by the commissioner's order made upon the hearing.
(d) Formal rules of pleading or evidence need not be observed at any hearing.
(e)
(1) Upon written request timely made by a party to the hearing and at that person's expense, the commissioner shall cause a full stenographic record of the proceedings to be made by a competent reporter.
(2) If transcribed, a copy of the stenographic record shall be furnished to the commissioner. Notwithstanding the provisions of the Arkansas Administrative Procedure Act, § 25-15-201 et seq., the transcribed stenographic record shall be furnished to the commissioner without cost to the commissioner or the state and shall be a part of the commissioner's record of the hearing.
(3) If so transcribed, a copy of the stenographic record shall be furnished to any other party to the hearing at the request and expense of the other party.
(4) If no stenographic record is made or transcribed, the commissioner shall prepare an adequate record of the evidence and of the proceedings.
(f) Upon written request of a party to a hearing filed with the commissioner within thirty (30) days after any order made pursuant to a hearing has been mailed or delivered to the persons entitled to receive the order, the commissioner, in his or her discretion, may grant a rehearing or reargument of the matters involved in the hearing, and notice of the rehearing or reargument shall be given as provided in § 23-61-304.
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