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§33-12C-17. Reports – Summary of Exported Business

(a) On or before May 1, 2004, and on or before May 1 thereafter, the end of the month following each year, each surplus lines licensee shall file with the commissioner, on forms prescribed by the commissioner, a verified report in duplicate of all surplus lines insurance transacted during the preceding period; (b) The report […]

§33-12C-5. Surplus Lines Insurance

(a) The placement of surplus lines insurance is subject to this section only if this state is the insured's home state. (b) Surplus lines insurance may be placed by a surplus lines licensee if: (1) Each insurer is an eligible surplus lines insurer; and

§33-12C-7. Surplus Lines Tax

(a) In addition to the full amount of gross premiums charged by the insurer for the insurance, every person licensed pursuant to section eight of this article shall collect and pay to the commissioner a sum equal to four and fifty-five one-hundredths percent of the gross premiums and gross fees charged, less any return premiums, […]

§33-12C-8. Surplus Lines Licenses

(a) No person shall procure a contract of surplus lines insurance with a nonadmitted insurer for an insured whose home state is West Virginia unless the person possesses a current surplus lines insurance license issued by the commissioner. (b) The commissioner may issue a surplus lines license to a qualified holder of a current property […]

§33-12C-3. Definitions

As used in this article: (a) "Admitted insurer" means an insurer licensed to do an insurance business in this state. (b) "Business entity" means a corporation, association, partnership, limited liability company, or other legal entity. (c) "Capital", as used in the financial requirements of section five of this article, means funds paid in for stock […]

§33-12C-4. Placement of Insurance Business

(a) An insurer shall not engage in the transaction of insurance unless authorized by a license in force pursuant to the laws of this state, or exempted by this article or otherwise exempted by the insurance laws of this state. (b) A person shall not engage in a transaction of insurance or shall in this […]

§33-12C-2. Purpose – Necessity for Regulation

This article shall be liberally construed and applied to promote its underlying purposes which include: (a) Protecting persons seeking insurance in this state; (b) Permitting surplus lines insurance to be placed with reputable and financially sound nonadmitted insurers and exported from this state pursuant to this article; (c) Establishing a system of regulation which will […]