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32-7-21
Section 32-7-21 Certificate furnished by nonresident as proof. (a) The nonresident owner of
a motor vehicle not registered in this state may give proof of financial responsibility by
filing with the director a written certificate or certificates of an insurance carrier authorized
to transact business in the state in which the motor vehicle or motor vehicles described in
such certificate is registered, or if such nonresident does not own a motor vehicle, then
in the state in which the insured resides, provided such certificate otherwise conforms to
the provisions of this chapter, and the director shall accept the same upon condition that
said insurance carrier complies with the following provisions with respect to the policies
so certified: (1) The insurance carrier shall execute a power of attorney authorizing the
director to accept service on its behalf of notice or process in any action arising out of
a motor vehicle accident in this state; and (2) The insurance carrier shall agree...
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27-10-1
Section 27-10-1 Representing or aiding unauthorized insurer not allowed; exceptions; validity
of contracts. (a) No person shall in this state, directly or indirectly, act as agent for,
or otherwise represent or aid on behalf of another, any insurer not then authorized to transact
such insurance in this state in the solicitation, negotiation, or effectuation of insurance
or annuity contracts, forwarding of applications, delivery of policies or contracts, inspection
of risks, fixing of rates, investigation or adjustment of losses, collection of premiums,
or in any other manner in the transaction of insurance with respect to subjects of insurance
resident, located or to be performed in this state. (b) This section shall not apply to: (1)
Acceptance of service of process by the commissioner under Section 27-10-52; (2) Surplus lines
insurance or coverage specified in Section 27-10-34 and other transactions as to which a certificate
of authority is not required of an insurer; (3) Adjustment...
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27-10-51
Section 27-10-51 Acts constituting appointment of commissioner as agent for service of process
on foreign or alien insurer. Any of the following acts in this state, effected by mail or
otherwise, by an unauthorized foreign or alien insurer: (1) The issuance or delivery of contracts
of insurance to residents of this state or to corporations authorized to do business therein;
(2) The solicitation of applications for such contracts; (3) The collection of premiums, membership
fees, assessments, or other considerations for such contracts; or (4) Any other transaction
of insurance business; is equivalent to, and shall constitute, an appointment by such insurer
of the commissioner and his successor or successors in office to be its true and lawful attorney,
upon whom may be served all lawful process in any action or proceeding instituted by, or on
behalf of, an insured or beneficiary arising out of any such contract of insurance; and any
such act shall be signification of the insurer's...
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27-11-5
Section 27-11-5 Secretary of State as agent for service of process on insurer; service of process;
attachment of jurisdiction; fees for service. (a) Any insurer not qualified under the laws
of this state to transact the business of insurance as evidenced by a license or certificate
of authority from the Commissioner of Insurance which shall transact, or attempt to transact,
the business of insurance in this state or which shall do, or attempt to do, any of the acts
and occurrences set out in Section 27-11-3 shall, by the doing of such business or the performing
or attempting to perform any of such acts, be deemed to have appointed the Secretary of State,
or his successor or successors in office, to be the true and lawful attorney or agent of such
insurer whom process may be served in any action accrued or accruing from the transacting
of such business or the performing of such act by any such insurer, or by its agent, servant,
or employee. Service of such process shall be made by...
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27-3-5
Section 27-3-5 Authority to transact insurance - Use of name by insurer. (a) No insurer shall
be authorized to transact insurance which has or uses a name so similar to that of another
insurer already so authorized as likely to mislead the public. (b) No life insurer shall be
so authorized which has or uses a name deceptively similar to that of another insurer authorized
to transact insurance in this state within the preceding 10 years if life insurance policies
originally issued by such other insurer are still outstanding in this state. (c) No insurer
shall be so authorized which has or uses a name which tends to deceive or mislead as to the
type of organization of the insurer. (d) In case of conflict of names hereafter between two
insurers, or a conflict otherwise prohibited under the foregoing subsections of this section,
the commissioner may permit or require, as a condition to the issuance of an original certificate
of authority to an applicant insurer, that such insurer shall use...
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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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27-3-18
Section 27-3-18 Application for certificate of authority - Issuance or refusal; ownership of
certificate. (a) If upon completion of the application for a certificate of authority the
commissioner finds that the insurer has met the requirements for and is entitled thereto under
this title, he shall issue to the insurer a proper certificate of authority; if he does not
so find, the commissioner shall issue his order refusing such certificate. The commissioner
shall act upon an application for a certificate of authority within a reasonable period after
its completion. (b) The certificate, if issued, shall specify the kind, or kinds, of insurance
the insurer is authorized to transact in this state. At the insurer's request, the commissioner
may issue a certificate of authority limited to particular types of insurance or insurance
coverages within the scope of a kind of insurance as defined in Chapter 5 of this title. (c)
Although issued to the insurer, the certificate of authority is at...
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27-31-5
Section 27-31-5 Attorneys. (a) "Attorney," as used in this chapter, refers to the
attorney-in-fact of a reciprocal insurer. The attorney may be an individual, firm, or corporation.
(b) Contracts of the insurer, including its policies, shall be executed by the attorney, duly
authorized and acting for the subscribers. (c) The attorney of a foreign or alien reciprocal
insurer, which insurer is duly authorized to transact insurance in this state, shall not,
by virtue of discharge of its duties as such attorney with respect to the insurer's transactions
in this state, be thereby deemed to be doing business in this state within the meaning of
any laws of this state applying to foreign firms or corporations. (Acts 1915, No. 280, p.
315; Acts 1971, No. 407, p. 707, ยง595.)...
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27-11-2
Section 27-11-2 Prohibition against transaction of insurance business, etc., in state without
license; exceptions. It shall be unlawful for any insurer to transact the business of insurance
in this state or to enter into a contract for insurance in this state without first obtaining
a license or certificate of authority from the commissioner. This unauthorized insurers law
shall not apply to: (1) Contracts of insurance procured pursuant to the surplus line insurance
law; (2) Transactions in this state involving contracts of insurance lawfully entered into,
written and the policy delivered outside of this state covering subjects of insurance not
resident, located or expressly to be performed in this state at the time of issuance and transactions
subsequent to the making of such contract and the issuance of such policy; (3) Reinsurance
contracts; (4) Transactions in this state involving group or blanket insurance and group annuities
where the master policy or contract was lawfully issued...
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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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