Licensing rental car companies as rental car agents.

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A rental car company may apply to be licensed as a rental car agent under the terms of the Rental Car Insurance Limited Producer License Act if it satisfies all of the requirements of that act and if it files the following documents with the superintendent of insurance:

A. a written application for licensure, signed by the applicant or by an officer of the applicant, in the form prescribed by the superintendent of insurance that includes a listing of all locations at which the rental car company intends to offer, sell, bind, effect, solicit or negotiate rental car insurance; and

B. a certificate filed by the insurer for the applicant stating that the insurer has satisfied itself that the applicant is trustworthy and competent to act as its insurance producer limited to this purpose; that the insurer has reviewed the employee training program required by Subsection D of Section 59A-32A-5 NMSA 1978 and believes that it satisfies the statutory requirements; and that the insurer will appoint the applicant to act as its insurance producer to transact the kinds of insurance that are permitted by the Rental Car Insurance Limited Producer License Act if the license for which the applicant is applying is issued by the superintendent of insurance. The certification shall be subscribed by an officer or managing agent of the insurer on a form prescribed by the superintendent of insurance.

History: Laws 2001, ch. 94, § 4; 2016, ch. 89, § 63.

ANNOTATIONS

The 2016 amendment, effective July 1, 2017, clarified a citation in the section and replaced "agent" with "insurance producer" throughout the section; and in Subsection B, after "Subsection D of Section", deleted "5 of the Rental Car Insurance Limited Producer License Act" and added "59A-32A-5 NMSA 1978".

Severability. — Laws 2016, ch. 89, § 71 provided that if any part or application of Laws 2016, ch. 89 is held invalid, the remainder or its application to other situations or persons shall not be affected.


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