(a) If after the hearing the Insurance Commissioner shall determine that the person charged has engaged in an unfair method of competition or an unfair or deceptive act or practice, the commissioner shall reduce his or her findings to writing and shall issue and cause to be served upon the person charged with the violation a copy of the findings and an order requiring the person to cease and desist from engaging in the method of competition, act, or practice, and, if the act or practice is a violation of § 23-66-206 or § 23-66-312, the commissioner may at his or her discretion order any one (1) or more of the following:

(1) Payment of a monetary penalty of not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000) for each and every act or violation but not to exceed an aggregate penalty of ten thousand dollars ($10,000) unless the person knew or reasonably should have known he or she was in violation of this subchapter. In this case, the penalty shall be not more than five thousand dollars ($5,000) for each and every act or violation but in an amount not to exceed an aggregate penalty of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) in any six-month period; or

(2) Suspension or revocation of the person's license, if he or she knew or reasonably should have known he or she was in violation of this chapter.

(b) Until the expiration of the time allowed under § 23-66-212(a) for filing a petition for review by appeal if no petition has been filed within the time or, if a petition for review has been filed within the time, then until the transcript of the record in the proceeding has been filed in the circuit court, as provided in § 23-66-212, the commissioner may at any time, upon such notice and in such manner as the commissioner shall deem proper, modify or set aside in whole or in part any order issued by him or her under this section.

(c) After the expiration of the time allowed for filing a petition for review if no petition has been filed within the time, the commissioner may at any time after notice and opportunity for hearing reopen and alter, modify, or set aside, in whole or in part, any order issued by him or her under this section whenever, in his or her opinion, conditions of fact or of law have so changed as to require that action, or if the public interest shall so require.

(d) If the person who has engaged in an unfair method of competition or an unfair or deceptive act or practice under subsection (a) of this section is a depository institution, the commissioner shall:

(1) If practicable, notify the appropriate bank regulatory agency before:

(A) Imposing a monetary penalty on the depository institution; or

(B) Suspending or revoking the depository institution's insurer's license; and

(2) Provide to the appropriate bank regulatory agency a copy of the findings.