27-10-28
Section 27-10-28 Liability of insurer as to losses and unearned premiums. (a) As to a surplus
line risk which has been assumed by an unauthorized insurer pursuant to this surplus line
insurance law and if the premium thereon has been received by the surplus line broker who
placed such insurance, in all questions thereafter arising under the coverage as between the
insurer and the insured, the insurer shall be deemed to have received the premium due to it
for such coverage and the insurer shall be liable to the insured as to losses covered by such
insurance and for unearned premiums which may become payable to the insured upon cancellation
of such insurance, whether or not in fact the broker is indebted to the insurer with respect
to such insurance or for any other cause. (b) Each unauthorized insurer assuming a surplus
line direct risk under this surplus line insurance law shall be deemed thereby to have subjected
itself to the terms of this section. (Acts 1963, No. 521, p. 1112, §15;...
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27-10-27
Section 27-10-27 Evidence of surplus line insurance; changes; issuance of false certificate
and failure to notify insured of material change. (a) Upon placing a surplus line coverage,
the broker shall promptly issue and deliver to the insured evidence of the insurance, consisting
either of the policy as issued by the insurer or, if such policy is not then available, the
surplus line broker's certificate. Such a certificate shall be executed by the broker and
shall show the description and location of the subject of the insurance, coverage, conditions
and term of the insurance, the premium and rate charged and taxes collected from the insured
and the name and address of the insured and insurer. If the direct risk is assumed by more
than one insurer, the certificate shall state the name and address and proportion of the entire
direct risk assumed by each such insurer. (b) No broker shall issue any such certificate or
any cover note or purport to insure or represent that insurance will...
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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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27-42-8
Section 27-42-8 Powers and duties. (a) The association shall: (1)a. Be obligated to pay covered
claims existing prior to the order of liquidation arising within 30 days after the order of
liquidation, or before the policy expiration date if less than 30 days after the order of
liquidation, or before the insured replaces the policy or causes its cancellation, if he or
she does so within 30 days of the order of liquidation. The obligation shall be satisfied
by paying to the claimant an amount as follows: 1. The full amount of a covered claim for
benefits under workers' compensation insurance coverage. 2. An amount not exceeding ten thousand
dollars ($10,000) per policy for a covered claim for the return of unearned premium. 3. An
amount not exceeding three hundred thousand dollars ($300,000) or the policy limits, whichever
is less, per claim for all covered claims. For purposes of this limitation, all claims of
any kind whatsoever arising out of, or related to, bodily injury or death to...
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27-10-26
Section 27-10-26 Eligibility of insurers for placement of surplus line insurance. (a) A surplus
line broker shall not knowingly place surplus line insurance with an insurer that is unsound
financially, or that is ineligible under this section. The broker shall ascertain the financial
condition of the unauthorized insurer before placing insurance therewith. (b) The broker shall
not so insure with any of the following: (1) With any insurer which is not an authorized insurer
in at least one state of the United States for the kind of insurance involved, and with capital
or surplus, or both, amounting to at least five million dollars ($5,000,000); or guaranteed
trust fund amounting to at least five million dollars ($5,000,000). (2) With an alien insurer
not authorized to transact insurance in at least one state of the United States, unless the
insurer shall have established an effective trust fund of at least two million five hundred
thousand dollars ($2,500,000) within the United States...
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27-10-20
Section 27-10-20 Procuring of surplus lines from unauthorized insurers. If certain insurance
coverages cannot be procured on terms acceptable to the insureds from authorized insurers,
such coverages, designated "surplus lines," may be procured from unauthorized insurers
subject to the terms and conditions of either subdivisions (1) or (2) of this section: (1)a.
The insurance must be procured through a licensed surplus line broker; b. The full amount
of insurance required must not be procurable, after diligent effort has been made to do so,
from among the insurers authorized to transact and actually transacting that kind and class
of insurance in this state or has been procured to the full extent such insurers are willing
to insure; c. The insurance must not be procured for the purpose of securing advantages as
to a lower premium rate than would be accepted by an authorized insurer; and d. This section,
and this surplus line law, does not apply as to life insurance or disability...
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27-10-21
Section 27-10-21 Report of surplus line broker. Within 30 days after the effective date of
any such insurance, the surplus line broker shall file a written report with the commissioner
setting forth facts from which it can be determined whether under Section 27-10-20 the coverage
has been lawfully placed as a surplus line. If so required by the commissioner, the report
shall be in the form of the broker's affidavit. If so required by the commissioner, the report
shall be accompanied by a written statement signed by the insured to the effect that the coverage
was placed in an unauthorized insurer with the insured's knowledge and consent. (Acts 1963,
No. 521, p. 1112, §8; Acts 1971, No. 407, p. 707, §196.)...
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27-27-15
Section 27-27-15 Domestic mutual insurers - Authorization to transact insurance. (a) When newly
organized, a domestic mutual insurer may be authorized to transact any one of the kinds of
insurance listed in the schedule contained in subsection (b) of this section. (b) When applying
for an original certificate of authority, the insurer must be otherwise qualified therefor
under this title and must have received and accepted bona fide applications as to substantial
insurable subjects for insurance coverage of a substantial character of the kind of insurance
proposed to be transacted, must have collected in cash the full premium therefor at a rate
not less than that usually charged by other insurers for comparable coverages, must have surplus
funds on hand and deposited as of the date such insurance coverages are to become effective
or, in lieu of such applications, premiums and surplus and may deposit surplus, all in accordance
with that part of the following schedule which applies to...
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27-29-5
Section 27-29-5 Transactions of insurers with affiliates; adequacy of surplus; dividends and
other distributions. (a) Transactions within an insurance holding company system to which
an insurer subject to registration is a party shall be subject to all of the following standards:
(1) The terms shall be fair and reasonable. (2) Agreements for cost sharing services and management
shall include such provisions as required by rule and regulation issued by the commissioner.
(3) Charges or fees for services performed shall be reasonable. (4) Expenses incurred and
payment received shall be allocated to the insurer in conformity with customary insurance
accounting practices consistently applied. (5) The books, accounts, and records of each party
to all such transactions shall be so maintained as to clearly and accurately disclose the
nature and details of the transactions including such accounting information as is necessary
to support the reasonableness of the charges or fees to the...
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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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