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As used in the Unauthorized Insurers and Surplus Lines Insurance Act:

1. "Admitted insurer" means, with respect to a state, an insurer that is licensed to transact the business of insurance in such state;

2. "Home state" means:

  • a.except as provided in subparagraphs b through e of this paragraph, with respect to an insured:
    • (1)the state in which an insured maintains its principal place of business or, in the case of an individual, the individual's principal residence, or
    • (2)if one hundred percent (100%) of the insured risk is located out of the state referred to in division (1) of this subparagraph, the state to which the greatest percentage of the insured's taxable premium for the insurance contract is allocated,
  • b.with respect to determining the home state of the insured, "principal place of business" means:
    • (1)the state where the insured maintains its headquarters and where the insured's high-level officers direct, control and coordinate the business activities, or
    • (2)if the insured maintains its headquarters or the insured's high-level officers direct, control and coordinate the business activities outside Oklahoma, the state to which the greatest percentage of the insured's taxable premium for that insurance contract is allocated,
  • c.with respect to determining the home state of the insured, "principal residence" means:
    • (1)the state where the insured resides for the greatest number of days during the calendar year, or
    • (2)if the insured's principal residence is located outside any state, the state to which the greatest percentage of the insured's taxable premium for that insurance is allocated,
  • d.if more than one insured from an affiliated group are named insureds on a single nonadmitted insurance contract, the term "home state" means the home state, as determined pursuant to division (1) of subparagraph a of this paragraph, of the member affiliated group that has the largest percentage of premium attributed to it under such insurance contract, or
  • e.when the group policyholder pays one hundred percent (100%) of the premium from its own funds, the term "home state" means the home state, as determined pursuant to division (1) of subparagraph a of this paragraph, of the group policyholder. When the group policyholder does not pay one hundred percent (100%) of the premium from its own funds, the term "home state" means the home state, as determined pursuant to division (1) of subparagraph a of this paragraph, or of the group member;

3. "Independently procured insurance" means insurance procured by an insured directly from a nonadmitted insurer;

4. "Licensed" means, with respect to an insurer, authorization to transact the business of insurance in a state by a license, certificate of authority, charter or otherwise;

5. "Multistate risk" means a risk covered by a nonadmitted insurer with insured exposures in more than one state;

6. "Nonadmitted insurance" means any property and casualty insurance permitted in a state to be placed directly through a surplus lines licensee or broker with a nonadmitted insurer eligible to accept such insurance. For purposes of the Unauthorized Insurers and Surplus Lines Insurance Act, nonadmitted insurance includes independently procured insurance and surplus lines insurance;

7. "Nonadmitted insurer" means, with respect to a state, an insurer not licensed to engage in the business of insurance in such state, but shall not include a risk retention group as that term is defined under applicable federal law;

8. "Single-state risk" means a risk insured with insured exposures in only one state;

9. "Surplus lines insurance" means insurance procured by a nonadmitted licensee or broker from a surplus lines insurer as permitted under the law of the insured's home state; and

10. "Surplus lines licensee" or "surplus lines broker" means an individual, firm or corporation that is licensed in the insured's home state to sell, solicit, or negotiate insurance, including the agent of record on a nonadmitted insurance policy, on properties, risks or exposures located or to be performed in a state allowing nonadmitted insurers to do business.

Added by Laws 2011, c. 278, § 5. Amended by Laws 2011, c. 360, § 5; Laws 2012, c. 45, § 2, emerg. eff. April 16, 2012.


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