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27-10-2
Section 27-10-2 Liability of persons violating Section 27-10-1; liability of
adjusters. (a) Any person who in this state willfully represents or aids an unauthorized insurer
in violation of Section 27-10-1 shall, in addition to any other applicable penalty,
be liable for the full amount of any loss sustained by the insured under any such contract
and for the amount of any premium taxes which may be payable under Section 27-10-35
by reason of such contract. (b) Any adjuster who, directly or indirectly, enters into an investigation
or adjustment of any loss arising under a contract of insurance or annuity issued by an unauthorized
insurer and covering at time of issuance a subject of insurance resident, located or to be
performed in this state shall be liable for the full amount of any loss suffered by the insured
under such contract. The commissioner may, after hearing, revoke the license of such an adjuster.
This subsection does not apply as to surplus lines contracts lawfully written...
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27-10-35
Section 27-10-35 Report of, and tax on, independently procured coverages; exceptions.
(a) Anyone who may desire to place his insurance in a foreign insurer not authorized to do
business in this state may place such insurance, and any insured who in this state procures,
or causes to be procured, or continues or renews insurance in an unauthorized foreign insurer
or any self-insurer who in this state so procures or continues excess loss, catastrophe, or
other insurance, upon a subject of insurance resident, located or to be performed within this
state, other than insurance procured through a surplus line broker pursuant to the surplus
lines law of this state or exempted from such law under Section 27-10-34 shall, within
90 days after the date such insurance was so procured, continued, or renewed, file a written
report of the same with the commissioner on forms designated by the commissioner and furnished
to such an insured upon request. The report shall show the name and address of the...
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27-9A-3
Section 27-9A-3 Independent adjuster defined; exclusions. (a) For purposes of this chapter,
an "independent adjuster" is a person who, for compensation as an independent contractor
or as an employee of an independent contractor, undertakes on behalf of an insurer to ascertain
and determine the amount of any claim, loss, or damage payable under a contract of property,
casualty, or workers' compensation insurance or to effect settlement of such claim, loss,
or damage. This chapter shall not be construed to permit persons not licensed as attorneys
to engage in activities constituting the practice of law. (b) An independent adjuster does
not include any of the following: (1) Attorneys-at-law admitted to practice in this state
when acting in their professional capacity as an attorney. (2) A salaried employee of an insurer.
(3) A person employed solely to obtain facts surrounding a claim or to furnish technical assistance
to a licensed independent adjuster. (4) An individual who is employed...
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8-32-5
Section 8-32-5 Required provisions, service contracts. (a) Service contracts sold or
offered for sale in this state, in their entirety, shall be written, printed, or typed in
eight point type size, or larger, and shall comply with the requirements set forth in this
section, as applicable. (b) Service contracts insured under a reimbursement insurance
policy pursuant to subdivision (1) of subsection (f) of Section 8-32-3 shall contain
a statement in substantially the following form: "Obligations of the provider under this
service contract are guaranteed under a service contract reimbursement insurance policy."
If the provider fails to pay or to provide service on a claim within 60 days after proof of
loss has been filed, the service contract holder is entitled to make a claim directly against
the reimbursement insurance company. The service contract shall state the name and address
of the reimbursement insurance company. (c) Service contracts not insured under a reimbursement
insurance...
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27-15-53
Section 27-15-53 Requirements for death master file comparisons. (a) An insurer shall
perform a comparison of its insureds' in-force life insurance policies, annuity contracts,
and retained asset accounts against a death master file, to identify potential death master
file matches of its insureds. Such comparison shall be completed by January 1, 2019. Thereafter,
an insurer shall maintain a program designed to compare each such policy, contract, or account
with a death master file no less frequently than every three years, it being the intent that
insurers fashion a program that best fits their business systems while at the same time protecting
consumers by assuring reasonable checks are being performed to identify unreported deaths.
For those potential death master file matches identified as a result of a death master file
comparison, the insurer shall do all of the following: (1) Within 90 days of a death master
file match: a. Complete a commercially reasonable effort, which shall be...
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27-12-14
Section 27-12-14 Inducements as to property, casualty, or surety insurance. (a) No property,
casualty, or surety insurer, or any employee thereof, and no broker, agent, or solicitor shall
pay, allow, or give, or offer to pay, allow, or give, directly or indirectly, as an inducement
to insurance or after insurance has been effected, any rebate, discount, abatement, credit,
or reduction of the premium named in a policy of insurance, or any special favor or advantage
in the dividends or other benefits to accrue thereon or any valuable consideration or inducement
whatever not specified in the policy except to the extent provided for in rating systems filed
with the commissioner by, or on behalf of, the insurer and approved by the commissioner. (b)
No insured named in a policy nor any employee of such insured shall knowingly receive or accept,
directly or indirectly, any such rebate, discount, abatement, credit, or reduction of premium.
(c) Nothing in this section shall be construed as...
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27-44-8
Section 27-44-8 Powers and duties of association. (a) If a member insurer is an impaired
insurer, the association may, in its discretion and subject to any conditions imposed by the
association that do not impair the contractual obligations of the impaired insurer, and that
are approved by the commissioner: (1) Guarantee or reinsure, or cause to be guaranteed, assumed,
or reinsured, any or all of the covered policies of the impaired insurers. (2) Provide such
moneys, pledges, notes, guarantees, or other means as are proper to effectuate subdivision
(1), and assure payment of the contractual obligations of the impaired insurer pending action
under subdivision (1). (b) If a member insurer is an insolvent insurer, the association shall,
in its discretion and subject to the approval of the commissioner, do either of the following:
(1)a. Guarantee, assume, or reinsure, or cause to be guaranteed, assumed, or reinsured, the
covered policies of the insolvent insurer. b. Assure payment of the...
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27-19-105
Section 27-19-105 Regulations for long-term care policies; outline of coverage, policy
summary, and monthly report. (a) The commissioner may adopt regulations that include standards
for full and fair disclosure setting forth the manner, content, and required disclosures for
the sale of long-term care insurance policies, terms of renewability, initial and subsequent
conditions of eligibility, nonduplication of coverage provisions, coverage of dependents,
preexisting conditions, termination of insurance, continuation or conversion, probationary
periods, limitations, exceptions, reductions, elimination periods, requirements for replacement,
recurrent conditions, and definitions of terms. Regulations under this subsection should recognize
the developing and unique nature of long-term care insurance and the distinction between group
and individual long-term insurance policies. (b) No long-term care insurance policy may do
any of the following: (1) Be cancelled, nonrenewed, or otherwise...
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25-5-1
Section 25-5-1 Definitions. Throughout this chapter, the following words and phrases
as used therein shall be considered to have the following meanings, respectively, unless the
context shall clearly indicate a different meaning in the connection used: (1) COMPENSATION.
The money benefits to be paid on account of injury or death, as provided in Articles 3 and
4. The recovery which an employee may receive by action at law under Article 2 of this chapter
is termed "recovery of civil damages," as provided for in Sections 25-5-31 and 25-5-34.
"Compensation" does not include medical and surgical treatment and attention, medicine,
medical and surgical supplies, and crutches and apparatus furnished an employee on account
of an injury. (2) CHILD or CHILDREN. The terms include posthumous children and all other children
entitled by law to inherit as children of the deceased; stepchildren who were members of the
family of the deceased, at the time of the accident, and were dependent upon him or...
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27-61-1
Section 27-61-1 Surplus Lines Insurance Multi-State Compliance Compact. The Surplus
Lines Insurance Multi-State Compliance Compact Act is enacted into law and entered into with
all jurisdictions mutually adopting the compact in the form substantially as follows: PREAMBLE
WHEREAS, with regard to Non-Admitted Insurance policies with risk exposures located in multiple
states, the 111th United States Congress has stipulated in Title V, Subtitle B, the Non-Admitted
and Reinsurance Reform Act of 2010, of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection
Act, hereafter, the NRRA, that: (A) The placement of Non-Admitted Insurance shall be subject
to the statutory and regulatory requirements solely of the insured's Home State, and (B) Any
law, regulation, provision, or action of any State that applies or purports to apply to Non-Admitted
Insurance sold to, solicited by, or negotiated with an insured whose Home State is another
State shall be preempted with respect to such application;...
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