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§ 10-3-101. Formation of Insurance Companies

Whenever any number of persons associate to form an insurance company for any of the purposes named in section 10-3-102, they shall submit articles of incorporation to the commissioner and attorney general for examination. After being approved by the commissioner and the attorney general, the articles shall be filed in the office of the secretary […]

§ 10-3-102. Purpose of Organization or Admittance

Any domestic insurance company having the required amount of capital or guaranty fund and surplus, when permitted by its articles of incorporation or charter, may be authorized and licensed by the commissioner to make insurance under one of the following paragraphs: To make insurance or reinsurance on dwelling houses, stores, and all kinds of buildings […]

§ 10-3-103. Names of Companies

No domestic insurance company shall adopt the name of any existing company transacting a similar business nor any name so similar as to be calculated to mislead the public, but any domestic mutual or mutual assessment insurance company, upon complying with the terms and conditions of this title (except article 15), and article 14 of […]

§ 10-3-104. Unauthorized Companies – Penalties

[ Editor’s note: This version of this section is effective until March 1, 2022. ] Except for reinsurance by an authorized insurer or insurance effected pursuant to the provisions of article 5 or article 15 of this title, it is unlawful for any person, company, or corporation in this state to procure, receive, or forward […]

§ 10-3-106. Deemed Incorporated Under Corporation Law

All insurance companies having capital stock, incorporated under the laws of this state, are deemed to be incorporated under the general corporation laws of this state; but, excepting any provision of existing insurance laws which may purport to prescribe the law under which insurance companies may be or have been incorporated, no law or provision […]

§ 10-3-108. File Duly Certified Copy of Charter

Except pursuant to the provisions of article 5 of this title, no foreign insurance company shall transact any business in this state unless it first files in the office of the commissioner a duly certified copy of its charter, articles of incorporation, or deed of settlement, together with a statement, under oath, of the president […]

§ 10-3-111. Violations – Penalty

[ Editor’s note: This version of this section is effective until March 1, 2022. ] Except for violations of section 10-3-104 or article 15 of this title, any officer, director, stockholder, attorney, or agent of any corporation or association who violates any of the provisions of this title and article 14 of title 24, C.R.S., […]

§ 10-3-113. Increase of Capital

Any such corporation organized and duly licensed by the commissioner to conduct an insurance business may sell additional stock or increase its capital for the purpose, in the manner, and to the extent prescribed by law, but the expense incurred in connection with such sale shall not exceed twenty percent of the amount realized from […]

§ 10-3-114. Violations – Penalty

[ Editor’s note: This version of this section is effective until March 1, 2022. ] Any officer, director, clerk, employee, or agent of any such company who receives or pays out, or orders the payment of, any money, or incurs any obligation for the payment of money, in violation of the terms of section 10-3-113 […]

§ 10-3-117. License Automatically Extended – When

When the annual statement of an insurance company licensed to do business in this state has been filed and the company’s check or cash for the amount of all fees and taxes required has been tendered, the company’s license to do business in this state shall be automatically extended until the commissioner refuses to relicense […]

§ 10-3-120. Investments of Officers, Directors, and Principal Stockholders

Every person who is directly or indirectly the beneficial owner of more than ten percent of any class of equity security of a domestic stock insurance company or who is a director or an officer of such company shall file in the office of the commissioner within ten days after the person becomes such beneficial […]

§ 10-3-121. Regulation of Proxies, Consents, or Authorizations

The purpose of this section is to regulate the solicitation of proxies, consents, or authorizations by domestic stock insurers having one hundred or more stockholders of record in accordance with the intent of congress as expressed in the “Securities Acts Amendments of 1964”, by declaring unlawful certain solicitation practices and providing for the regulation thereof. […]

§ 10-3-122. Duties of Foreign Companies

Any foreign life or accident insurance company doing business in the state of Colorado, if the insurance contract is made in this state, shall pay its obligations when same are due and payable through its agent in the county where the contract was made, or at the office of its general agent within this state, […]

§ 10-3-123. Assessment Accident Associations

Every contract whereby a benefit is to accrue to a party named therein, upon the accidental death or physical disability from accident or sickness of a person, which benefit is in any degree conditioned upon the collection of an assessment upon persons holding similar contracts, is deemed a contract of accident or casualty insurance upon […]

§ 10-3-125. Redomestication of Foreign Insurers

Any foreign insurer which is authorized or which may be authorized to do business in this state for the purpose of writing insurance may become a domestic insurer by complying with all of the requirements of law relative to the organization and licensing of a domestic insurer of the same type. Said domestic insurer shall […]

§ 10-3-126. Alien Insurers

Any alien insurer, as defined in section 10-3-301 (1), may be admitted to do business in this state by qualifying and establishing an administrative office in this state and maintaining its corporate and insurance records in the United States for insurance of risks primarily in the United States of America, its territories, and its possessions […]