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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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27-19-1
Section 27-19-1 Applicability of article. Nothing in this article shall apply to or affect:
(1) Any policy of liability or workmen's compensation insurance, with or without supplementary
expense coverage therein; (2) Any group or blanket policy; (3) Life insurance, endowment,
or annuity contracts, or contracts supplemental thereto which contain only such provisions
relating to disability insurance as: a. Provide additional benefits in case of death or dismemberment
or loss of sight by accident; or b. Operate to safeguard such contracts against lapse or to
give a special surrender value, or special benefit or an annuity in the event that the insured
or annuitant becomes totally and permanently disabled, as defined by the contract or supplemental
contract; (4) Reinsurance; or (5) Industrial insurance, which is disability insurance issued
under policies sold on a debit basis, bearing the words "industrial policy" imprinted
on the face of the policy as part of the descriptive matter, and...
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27-29B-1
Section 27-29B-1 Purpose and scope. (a) The purpose of this chapter is to do all of the following:
(1) Provide the Commissioner of Insurance a summary of an insurer or insurance group's corporate
governance structure, policies, and practices to permit the commissioner to gain and maintain
an understanding of the insurer's corporate governance framework. (2) Outline the requirements
for completing a corporate governance annual disclosure with the commissioner. (3) Provide
for the confidential treatment of the corporate governance annual disclosure and related information
that will contain confidential and sensitive information related to an insurer or insurance
group's internal operations and proprietary and trade secret information which, if made public,
could potentially cause the insurer or insurance group competitive harm or disadvantage. (b)
Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to prescribe or impose corporate governance standards
and internal procedures beyond the procedures...
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27-32-1
Section 27-32-1 Definitions. For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall have
the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this section: (1) IMPAIRMENT or INSOLVENCY.
The capital of a stock insurer, the net assets of a Lloyd's plan insurer or the surplus of
a mutual or reciprocal insurer shall be deemed to be impaired and the insurer shall be deemed
to be insolvent when such insurer is not possessed of assets at least equal to all liabilities
and required reserves, together with its total issued and outstanding capital stock, if a
stock insurer, or the minimum surplus, if a Lloyd's plan, mutual or reciprocal insurer, required
by this title to be maintained for the kind or kinds of insurance it is then authorized to
transact. (2) INSURER. Any person, firm, corporation, association, or aggregation of persons
doing an insurance business and subject to the insurance supervisory authority of, or to liquidation,
rehabilitation, reorganization, or conservation by, the...
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27-15-8
Section 27-15-8 Life insurance policy provisions - Loans on policy. (a) In case of policies
issued on and after the operative date of Section 21-15-28, there shall be a provision that
after the policy has a cash surrender value and while no premium is in default beyond the
grace period for payment the insurer will advance, on proper assignment or pledge of the policy
and on the sole security thereof, at a specified rate of interest not exceeding eight percent
per annum, payable in advance, an amount equal to or, at the option of the party entitled
thereto, less than the loan value of the policy. The loan value of the policy shall be at
least equal to the cash surrender value at the end of the then current policy year, provided
that the insurer may deduct, either from such loan value or from the proceeds of the loan,
any existing indebtedness not already deducted in determining such cash surrender value including
any interest then accrued but not due, any unpaid balance of the premium...
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27-19-31
Section 27-19-31 Renewability. (a) Every individual policy of insurance providing hospital,
medical, or surgical benefits in which an insurer reserves the right to refuse renewal on
an individual basis shall provide, in substance, in a provision thereof, or in an endorsement
thereon or in a rider attached thereto that, subject to the right to terminate the policy
upon nonpayment of premium when due, such right to refuse renewal shall not be exercised before
the renewal date occurring on, or after and nearest, each policy anniversary or, in the case
of lapse and reinstatement, before the renewal date occurring on, or after and nearest, each
anniversary of the last reinstatement and that any refusal of renewal shall be without prejudice
to any claim originating while the policy is in force. Subject to the right to terminate for
nonpayment of premium, the right to refuse renewal by an insurer shall only be exercised after
having given the insured no less than 30 days' notice in writing of...
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27-27-17
Section 27-27-17 Domestic mutual insurers - Solicitation of qualifying applications for insurance.
(a) Upon receipt of the commissioner's approval of the bond or deposit as provided in Section
27-27-16 the directors and officers of the proposed domestic mutual insurer may commence solicitation
of such requisite applications for insurance policies as they may accept and may receive deposits
of premiums thereon. (b) All such applications shall be in writing signed by the applicant,
covering subjects of insurance resident, located or to be performed in this state. (c) All
such applications shall provide that: (1) Issuance of the policy is contingent upon the insurer
qualifying for and receiving a certificate of authority; (2) No insurance is in effect unless
and until the certificate of authority has been issued; and (3) The prepaid premium or deposit
and membership or policy fee, if any, shall be refunded in full to the applicant if organization
is not completed and the certificate of...
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27-3-32
Section 27-3-32 Domestic insurer may transfer domicile to another state and be admitted as
foreign insurer if so qualified; approval of Commissioner of Insurance; effect of interests
of policyholders; effect upon certificates of authority, agents, etc., including outstanding
policies; insurer's duty to file new policy forms; insurer's duty to notify commissioner of
details of transfer and file amendments required by law. The certificate of authority, agents
appointments and licenses, rates, and other items which the Commissioner of Insurance allows,
in his discretion, which are in existence at the time any insurer licensed to transact the
business of insurance in this state transfers its corporate domicile to this or any other
state by merger, consolidation or any other lawful method shall continue in full force and
effect upon such transfer if such insurer remains duly qualified to transact the business
of insurance in this state. All outstanding policies of any transferring insurer...
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27-42-18
Section 27-42-18 Stay of proceedings; access of board to records of insurers. All proceedings
in which the insolvent insurer is a party or is obligated to defend a party in any court in
this state shall be stayed for up to six months and such additional time thereafter as may
be determined by the court from the date the insolvency is determined or an ancillary proceeding
is instituted in the state, whichever is later, to permit proper defense by the association
of all pending causes of action as to any covered claims arising from a judgment under any
decision, verdict, or finding based on the default of the insolvent insurer or its failure
to defend an insured, the association either on its own behalf or on behalf of such insured
may apply to have such judgment, order, or administrator that made such judgment, order, decision,
verdict, or finding and shall be permitted to defend such claim on the merits. The liquidator,
receiver, or statutory successor of an insolvent insurer covered...
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27-8A-3
Section 27-8A-3 Qualification of courses and programs. The courses or programs subject to this
chapter shall include any course, seminar, industry recognized certification program, and
out-of-state reciprocal program, program of classroom instruction, or independent self-study
course authorized, developed, or sanctioned by an authorized insurer or recognized statewide
association of insurance producers and shall, subject to the approval of the commissioner,
qualify for the equivalency of the number of classroom hours assigned thereto by the commissioner.
Any independent self-study course authorized, developed, or sanctioned by any authorized insurers
or recognized state producers association, which includes an appropriate testing instrument
administered by a third-party proctor requiring a passing grade of 70 percent to successfully
complete and is approved by the commissioner, shall qualify for the equivalency of the number
of classroom hours assigned thereto by the commissioner....
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