44-10,100. Foreign or alien society; admission. No foreign or alien society shall transact business in this state without a license issued by the Director of Insurance. Any such society desiring admission to this state shall comply substantially with the requirements and limitations of sections 44-1072 to 44-10,109 applicable to domestic societies. Any such society may […]
44-10,101. Domestic society; violations of law; director; powers. (1) When the Director of Insurance upon investigation finds that a domestic society (a) has exceeded its powers, (b) has failed to comply with any provision of sections 44-1072 to 44-10,109, (c) is not fulfilling its contracts in good faith, (d) has a membership of less than […]
44-10,102. Foreign or alien society; violations of law; director; powers. (1) When the Director of Insurance upon investigation finds that a foreign or alien society transacting or applying to transact business in this state (a) has exceeded its powers, (b) has failed to comply with any of the provisions of sections 44-1072 to 44-10,109, (c) […]
44-10,103. Injunction; when allowed. No application or petition for injunction against any domestic, foreign, or alien society, or lodge thereof, shall be recognized in any court of this state unless made by the Attorney General upon request of the Director of Insurance. Source Laws 1985, LB 508, § 32.
44-10,104. Licensing of agents. (1) Agents of societies shall be licensed in accordance with the laws regulating the licensing, revocation, suspension, or termination of license of resident and nonresident agents. (2) No examination or license shall be required of any regular salaried officer, employee, or member of a licensed society who devotes substantially all of […]
44-10,105. Unfair trade practices; applicability. Every society authorized to do business in this state shall be subject to the Unfair Insurance Trade Practices Act, except that nothing in the act shall be construed as applying to or affecting the right of any society to determine its eligibility requirements for membership or be construed as applying […]
44-10,106. Service of process. Legal process shall be served upon a society in the manner provided for service of a summons in a civil action. Source Laws 1985, LB 508, § 35; Laws 1987, LB 93, § 12; Laws 2001, LB 360, § 8.
44-10,107. Appeal; procedure. All decisions and findings of the Director of Insurance made under sections 44-1072 to 44-10,109 may be appealed, and the appeal shall be in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act. Source Laws 1985, LB 508, § 36; Laws 1988, LB 352, § 56. Cross References Administrative Procedure Act, see section 84-920.
44-10,108. Violations; penalties. (1) Any person who willfully makes a false or fraudulent statement in or relating to an application for membership or for the purpose of obtaining money from or a benefit in any society shall be guilty of a Class I misdemeanor. (2) Any person who willfully makes a false or fraudulent statement […]
44-10,109. Applicability of sections; exempt societies; treatment. (1) Sections 44-1072 to 44-10,109 shall not affect or apply to: (a) Grand or subordinate lodges of societies, orders, or associations doing business in this state immediately prior to September 6, 1985, which provide benefits exclusively through local or subordinate lodges; (b) Orders, societies, or associations which admit […]
44-101. Insurance; business public in character; deceptive practices prohibited. Within the intent of this chapter, the business of apportioning and distributing losses arising from specified causes among all those who apply and are accepted to receive the benefits of such service, is public in character, and requires that all those having to do with it […]
44-101.01. Department of Insurance; general powers; director; duties. The Department of Insurance shall have general supervision, control, and regulation of insurance companies, associations, and societies and the business of insurance in Nebraska, including companies in process of organization. The Director of Insurance shall be the chief administrative officer of the department. The director shall have […]
44-102. Insurance, defined. For purposes of Chapter 44, unless the context otherwise requires, insurance shall mean a contract whereby one party, called the insurer, for a consideration, undertakes to pay money or its equivalent or to do an act valuable to another party, called the insured, or to his or her beneficiary, upon the happening […]
44-102.01. Insurance; service contract excluded. For purposes of Chapter 44, insurance does not include a service contract. For purposes of this section, service contract means (1) a motor vehicle service contract as defined in section 44-3521 or (2) a contract or agreement, whether designated as a service contract, maintenance agreement, warranty, extended warranty, or similar […]
44-103. Terms, defined. For purposes of Chapter 44, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) The terms company, corporation, insurance company, or insurance corporation shall include all corporations, associations, partnerships, or individuals engaged as insurers in the business of insurance; (2) Domestic designates those companies incorporated or formed in this state; (3) Foreign designates those companies […]
44-104. Transferred to section 81-501.
44-105. Certificate of authority; grant; conditions; examination. Before granting a certificate of authority to any insurance company to issue policies or make contracts of insurance in this state, the Department of Insurance shall be satisfied by such examination as it may cause to be made or such evidence as it may require that such company […]
44-106. Domestic company; books and records required. The Department of Insurance shall require every domestic insurance company to keep its books, records, accounts and vouchers in such manner that it may readily verify its annual statement, and ascertain whether the company is solvent and has complied with the law. Source Laws 1913, c. 154, § […]
44-107. Notice to Banking, Commerce and Insurance Committee of the Legislature; hearing. The Department of Insurance shall notify the chairperson and members of the Banking, Commerce and Insurance Committee of the Legislature prior to submitting any request or application to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services of the United States Department of Health and […]
44-1072. Fraternal benefit society. Any incorporated society, order, or supreme lodge, without capital stock, including one exempted under subdivision (1)(b) of section 44-10,109 whether incorporated or not, conducted solely for the benefit of its members and their beneficiaries and not for profit, operated on a lodge system with ritualistic form of work, having a representative […]
