Sections 1103 and 1105 of this article shall not apply to reinsurance, nor to any action or proceeding against a surplus lines insurer arising out of:
1. Ocean marine and foreign trade insurance,
2. Insurance on subjects located, resident, or to be performed wholly outside this state, or on vehicles or aircraft owned and principally garaged outside this state,
3. Insurance on property or operations of railroads engaged in interstate commerce, or
4. Insurance on aircraft or cargo of the aircraft, or against liability, other than employers' liability, arising out of the ownership, maintenance, or use of the aircraft, where the policy or contract contains a provision designating the Insurance Commissioner as its attorney for the acceptance of service of lawful process in any action or proceeding instituted by or on behalf of an insured or beneficiary arising out of any policy, or where the insurer enters a general appearance in any action.
Added by Laws 1957, p. 257, § 1104, operative July 1, 1957. Amended by Laws 2010, c. 222, § 13, eff. Nov. 1, 2010; Laws 2012, c. 45, § 7, emerg. eff. April 16, 2012.