27-27-20
Section 27-27-20 Domestic mutual insurers - Authorization to transact additional kinds of insurance. A domestic mutual insurer, after being authorized to transact one kind of insurance, may be authorized by the commissioner to transact such additional kinds of insurance as are permitted under Section 27-3-6, while otherwise in compliance with this title and while maintaining unimpaired surplus funds in an amount not less than the amount of paid-in capital stock required of a domestic stock insurer transacting like kinds of insurance, subject further to the additional expendable surplus requirements of Section 27-3-8 applicable to such a stock insurer. (Acts 1971, No. 407, p. 707, ยง516.)...
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27-3-7
Section 27-3-7 Authority to transact insurance - Kind or combinations of kinds - Minimum paid-in capital stock and surplus. (a) To qualify for authority to transact any one kind of insurance, as defined in Chapter 5 of this title, or combination of kinds of insurance as shown below, an insurer applying for its original certificate of authority in this state after the effective date of this title or continuing such original certificate of authority shall possess and thereafter maintain unimpaired paid-in capital stock, if a stock insurer, or unimpaired surplus, if a foreign mutual or foreign reciprocal insurer, in amount not less than as applicable under the schedule below and shall possess when first so authorized such additional funds as surplus as are required under Section 27-3-8: Kind or kinds of insurance Minimum capital or surplus required Life $800,000.00 Disability 500,000.00 Life and disability 800,000.00 Property 300,000.00 Marine 300,000.00 Casualty 400,000.00 Surety...
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27-3-8
Section 27-3-8 Authority to transact insurance - Kind or combinations of kinds - Special surplus. (a) In addition to the minimum paid-in capital stock (stock insurers) or minimum surplus (mutual and reciprocal insurers) required by Section 27-3-7, special surplus shall be possessed by insurers hereafter applying for original certificates of authority in this state as follows: (1) All stock insurers and foreign mutual and foreign reciprocal insurers which have actively transacted insurance in their states or countries of domicile as an authorized insurer for less than five years and which do not meet the requirements of paragraphs (2) a or (2) b of Section 27-3-4, when first authorized to transact insurance in this state shall have a surplus or additional surplus equal to 150 percent of the paid-up capital stock, if a stock insurer, or surplus, if a foreign mutual or foreign reciprocal insurer, otherwise required under Section 27-3-7 for the kinds of insurance to be transacted; and (2)...
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27-31-6
Section 27-31-6 Surplus funds of domestic insurer. (a) A domestic reciprocal insurer formed under this chapter, if it has otherwise complied with the applicable provisions of this title, may be authorized to transact insurance if it has, and thereafter maintains, surplus funds as follows: (1) To transact property insurance, surplus funds of not less than $200,000.00; and (2) To transact casualty insurance, surplus funds of not less than $300,000.00. (b) In addition to surplus required to be maintained under subsection (a) of this section, the insurer shall have, when first so authorized, expendable surplus in amount as required of a like foreign reciprocal insurer under Section 27-3-8. (c) A domestic reciprocal insurer may be authorized to transact additional kinds of insurance if it has otherwise complied with the provisions of this title therefor and possesses and so maintains surplus funds in amount equal to the minimum capital stock required of a stock insurer for authority to...
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27-3-4
Section 27-3-4 Authority to transact insurance - Eligibility. To qualify for and hold authority to transact insurance in this state, an insurer must be otherwise in compliance with this title and with its charter powers and must be an incorporated stock insurer or an incorporated mutual insurer or a reciprocal insurer, all of the same general type as may be formed as a domestic insurer under this title; except that: (1) No foreign insurer shall be authorized to transact insurance in this state which does not maintain reserves as required by Chapter 36 of this title applicable to the kind, or kinds, of insurance transacted by such insurer, wherever transacted in the United States, or which transacts insurance in the United States on the assessment premium plan, stipulated premium plan, cooperative plan, or any similar plan; (2) Any foreign insurer which has transacted insurance as an authorized insurer in its state or country of domicile for less than five years shall not be authorized...
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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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27-31-25
Section 27-31-25 Nonassessable policies. (a) If a reciprocal insurer has a surplus of assets over all liabilities at least equal to the minimum capital stock required of a domestic stock insurer authorized to transact like kinds of insurance, upon application of the attorney and as approved by the subscribers' advisory committee, the commissioner shall issue his certificate authorizing the insurer to extinguish the contingent liability of subscribers under its policies then in force in this state and to omit provisions imposing contingent liability in all policies delivered, or issued for delivery, in this state for so long as all such surplus remains unimpaired. (b) Upon impairment of such surplus, the commissioner shall forthwith revoke the certificate. Such revocation shall not render subject to contingent liability any policy then in force and for the remainder of the period for which the premium has theretofore been paid; but after such revocation, no policy shall be issued or...
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27-3-16
Section 27-3-16 Lloyd's insurers. Aggregations of individuals as underwriters, whether domestic, foreign, or alien, assuming insurance risks upon the plan known as "Lloyd's," whereby each underwriter is liable for the proportionate part assumed by him of the whole amount so insured by a policy issued by such underwriters, may be authorized to transact any kind, or kinds, of insurance in this state other than life or title insurances if the insurer is otherwise in compliance with this title, subject to the following conditions: (1) If a foreign or alien insurer, it must have successfully been in business as an authorized insurer in the state or country of domicile for at least 10 years. (2) If a domestic insurer, it must file with the commissioner evidence, satisfactory to him, that it has been soundly organized and that its insurance operations will, at all times, be competently conducted by individuals having the necessary experience in insurance underwriting and management to do so,...
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27-27-41
Section 27-27-41 Deficiencies in stock insurer's capital or assets of mutual insurers - Generally. (a) If a stock insurer's capital, as represented by the aggregated par value of its outstanding capital stock, becomes impaired or the assets of a mutual insurer are less than its liabilities and the minimum amount of surplus required to be maintained by it under Sections 27-27-15 or 27-27-20 for authority to transact the kinds of insurance being transacted, the commissioner shall, at once, determine the amount of deficiency and serve notice upon the insurer to make good the deficiency within 60 days after service of such notice. (b) The deficiency may be made good in cash or in assets eligible for the investment of the insurer's funds, or, if a stock insurer, by reduction of the insurer's capital to an amount not below the minimum required for the kinds of insurance thereafter to be transacted or, if a mutual insurer, by amendment of its certificate of authority to cover only such kind...
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27-3-11
Section 27-3-11 Deposit requirements - Generally. (a) The commissioner shall not issue or permit to exist a certificate of authority as to any insurer, other than an alien insurer, unless it has deposited and maintains deposited in trust with the Treasurer of this state cash or securities eligible under Section 27-6-3 and having a value at all times of not less than $100,000.00 or the minimum paid-in capital stock, if a stock insurer, or surplus, if a mutual or reciprocal insurer, required to be maintained by the insurer under this title for authority to transact the kinds of insurance to be transacted, whichever is the smaller amount. (b) The deposit shall be for the general benefit and protection of the insurer's policyholders or its policyholders and creditors. (c) In lieu of such deposit, or part thereof, in this state of a foreign insurer, the commissioner shall, subject to the retaliatory law, Section 27-3-29, accept the current certificate in proper form of the public official...
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