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Home » US Law » 2022 West Virginia Code » Chapter 33. Insurance » Article 37. Managing General Agents

§33-37-1. Definitions

For the purposes of this article: (a) "Actuary" means a person who is a member in good standing of the American academy of actuaries. (b) "Home state" means the District of Columbia or any state or territory of the United States in which a managing general agent is incorporated or maintains its principal place of […]

§33-37-2. Licensure

(a) No domestic, foreign or alien insurer may permit a person to act, and no person may act, in the capacity of a managing general agent for an insurer in this state unless the person is licensed in this state to act as a managing general agent. (b) No person may act in the capacity […]

§33-37-3. Required Contract Provisions

No person, firm, association or corporation acting in the capacity of a managing general agent may place business with an insurer unless there is in force a written contract between the parties which sets forth the responsibilities of each party and where both parties share responsibility for a particular function, specifies the division of such […]

§33-37-5. Examination Authority

The acts of a managing general agent are considered to be the acts of the insurer on whose behalf such agent is acting. A managing general agent may be examined as if it were the insurer pursuant to the provisions of section nine, article two of this chapter.

§33-37-6. Penalties and Liabilities

(a) If the commissioner finds that the managing general agent or any other person has violated any provision of this article, or any rule or order promulgated thereunder, after a hearing conducted in accordance with section thirteen, article two of this chapter, the commissioner may order: (1) For each separate violation, a penalty in an […]

§33-37-7. Rules and Regulations

The commissioner is authorized to promulgate reasonable rules for the implementation and administration of the provisions of this article pursuant to chapter twenty-nine-a of this code.

§33-37-8. Effective Date

This article shall take effect on July 1, 2004. No insurer may continue to use the services of a managing general agent on and after July 1, 2004, except in compliance with this article.