Sec. 21.66.370. Rate filing.
(a) A title insurance company shall file with the director its schedules of rates, manuals of classifications, rules and plans relating to schedules of rates or manuals of classification, and every modification of the schedules or manuals that it proposes to use in this state. A filing under this section must contain the effective dates […]
Sec. 21.66.200. Title plant requirements.
A title insurance company shall own and maintain in the recording district in which its principal office in the state is located a title plant consisting of adequate maps and fully indexed records showing all instruments of record affecting all land within the recording district for a period of at least 25 years immediately before […]
Sec. 21.66.210. Joint plant companies.
(a) Two or more title insurance companies or two or more title insurance limited producers, or a combination of title insurance companies and title insurance limited producers, may apply to the director of insurance to form an association, corporation, or other legal entity, for the purpose of engaging in the business of preparing abstracts of […]
Sec. 21.66.220. Net retained liability.
(a) The net retained liability of a title insurance company under a single title insurance risk assumed in this state may not exceed 50 percent of the net amount remaining after deducting from the sum of its capital, surplus, unearned premium reserve, and voluntary reserves, the value, if any, assigned in the summation to its […]
Sec. 21.66.230. Power to reinsure.
A title insurance company authorized to engage in the business of title insurance in this state may cede reinsurance of all or any part of its liability under one or more of its policies or contracts of reinsurance agreements to a title insurance company authorized to engage in the business of title insurance in this […]
Sec. 21.66.010. Paid in capital and reserves.
(a) Before a domestic or foreign title insurance company is entitled to a certificate of authority to transact a title insurance business in this state, it shall have basic capital, additional surplus when first authorized, and additional maintained surplus as required by AS 21.09.070, including a deposit as required in AS 21.09.090. (b) A domestic […]
Sec. 21.66.020. Deposits in guaranty fund; insolvency of insurance company.
(a) In addition to the deposit required in AS 21.66.010(b), within 30 days after the filing of each annual statement, the title insurance company shall deposit with the director a sum equal to 10 percent of the premiums written during the preceding year covering property in this state, as shown by the annual statement, until […]
Sec. 21.66.060. Dividends.
A title insurance company may not pay dividends except from net profits remaining on hand after retaining unimpaired (1) the subscribed capital stock; (2) the amount required to be set aside as unearned premium reserve fund under AS 21.18.073; (3) a sum sufficient to pay current liabilities for operating expenses and taxes, and losses established […]
Sec. 21.66.080. Annual statement.
(a) Every company, on or before March 1 of each year, shall furnish the director or the director’s designee a sworn statement of assets and liabilities, and of all title premiums received by it during the preceding calendar year, setting out, among other things, the amounts that have been set aside and held by it […]
Sec. 21.66.085. Quarterly statement.
(a) The director may require an insurer to file quarterly financial statements. If required, the statements must follow the format specified in AS 21.66.080(a). (b) A quarterly financial statement, if required, is due 45 days after the end of the quarter to which it applies. (c) An insurer shall pay to the division $100 for […]