To qualify for and hold authority to transact insurance in this State, an insurer must be otherwise in compliance with this Code and with its charter powers, and must be an incorporated stock or mutual insurer, or a reciprocal insurer, of the same general type as may be formed as a domestic insurer under this Code, except that:
1. No foreign insurer may be authorized to transact insurance in this State which does not maintain reserves as required by chapter 681B of NRS (assets and liabilities), as applicable to the kind or kinds of insurance transacted by such insurer, wherever transacted in the United States of America, or which transacts business anywhere in the United States of America on the assessment plan, or stipulated premium plan, or any similar plan.
2. No insurer may be authorized to transact a kind of insurance in this State unless duly authorized or qualified to transact such insurance in the state or country of its domicile.
3. No insurer may be authorized to transact in this State any kind of insurance which is not within the definitions as set forth in NRS 681A.010 to 681A.080, inclusive (kinds of insurance).
4. No such authority may be granted or continued to any insurer while in arrears to the State for fees, licenses, taxes, assessments, fines or penalties accrued on business previously transacted in this State.
In addition to the other requirements set forth in this section, an insurer who proposes to transact in this State insurance that protects a policyholder from liability arising out of the ownership, maintenance or use of a motor vehicle must demonstrate to the satisfaction of the Department of Motor Vehicles that the insurer is able to comply with the provisions of NRS 485.314.
(Added to NRS by 1971, 1577; A 1997, 1086; 2001, 2634)
Structure Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 680A - Authorization of Insurers and General Requirements
NRS 680A.020 - "Charter" defined.
NRS 680A.028 - "Multiple employer welfare arrangement" defined.
NRS 680A.030 - "Mutual" insurer defined.
NRS 680A.040 - "Reciprocal" insurer defined.
NRS 680A.050 - "Stock" insurer defined.
NRS 680A.058 - Applicability of chapter to self-funded multiple employer welfare arrangements.
NRS 680A.060 - Certificate of authority: Required; penalty.
NRS 680A.070 - Certificate of authority: Exceptions to requirement.
NRS 680A.080 - Eligibility for certificate of authority: General requirements.
NRS 680A.090 - Eligibility for certificate of authority: Ownership; management.
NRS 680A.095 - Certificate of authority: Required to transact reinsurance; eligibility; exceptions.
NRS 680A.100 - Name of insurer.
NRS 680A.110 - Combinations of insuring powers.
NRS 680A.120 - Required capital.
NRS 680A.130 - Combinations of insurance for which additional capital not required.
NRS 680A.140 - Required deposit; deposit in other state.
NRS 680A.150 - Certificate of authority: Application.
NRS 680A.160 - Certificate of authority: Issuance or refusal; contents and ownership.
NRS 680A.170 - Certificate of authority: Amendment; fee.
NRS 680A.173 - Transfer of insurer’s domicile: Foreign insurer may become domestic insurer.
NRS 680A.177 - Transfer of insurer’s domicile: Duties of insurer; effect on policies.
NRS 680A.180 - Continuance, expiration and reinstatement of certificate of authority.
NRS 680A.230 - Applicability of general corporation laws to foreign insurers; exception.
NRS 680A.300 - Agent required; execution of emergency bond.
NRS 680A.330 - Retaliatory provision.
NRS 680A.510 - "Deliver by electronic means" defined.
NRS 680A.520 - "Party" defined.
NRS 680A.550 - Requirements for delivery.
NRS 680A.560 - Circumstances in which insurer required to cease delivery by electronic means.
NRS 680A.570 - Withdrawal of consent to delivery by electronic means.
NRS 680A.580 - Effect of consent to delivery by electronic means given before October 1, 2017.