The superintendent of banking and the superintendent of insurance may appoint one or more deputies to assist him or her in the performance of his or her duties, who shall be removable at the pleasure of the superintendent, and the superintendent in his or her official capacity shall be liable for any deputy's misconduct or neglect of duty in the performance of his or her official duties. Service of process upon any deputy, or at the office of the superintendent upon some person there employed, at any time, shall be as effectual as service upon the superintendent.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-14-7