Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 680A - Authorization of Insurers and General Requirements
NRS 680A.080 - Eligibility for certificate of authority: General requirements.

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

Nevada Revised Statutes

Chapter 680A - Authorization of Insurers and General Requirements

NRS 680A.010 - Definitions.

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.082 - Eligibility for certificate of authority: Additional requirements for self-funded multiple employer welfare arrangements.

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.155 - Certificate of authority: Payment of certain taxes and penalties by certain applicants required.

NRS 680A.160 - Certificate of authority: Issuance or refusal; contents and ownership.

NRS 680A.165 - Certificate of authority: Insurer required to notify Commissioner of all material changes to information provided in application; suspension or revocation or administrative fine for failure to provide certain such notice.

NRS 680A.170 - Certificate of authority: Amendment; fee.

NRS 680A.173 - Transfer of insurer’s domicile: Foreign insurer may become domestic insurer.

NRS 680A.175 - Transfer of insurer’s domicile: Termination of status as domestic insurer; qualification as foreign 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.190 - Refusal to continue or suspension or revocation of certificate of authority: Mandatory grounds; notice; hearing.

NRS 680A.200 - Refusal to continue or suspension, limitation or revocation of certificate of authority: Grounds; administrative fine in lieu of certain suspension or revocation; immediate suspension; statute of limitations. [Effective through Decembe...

NRS 680A.205 - Determination of hazardous financial condition of insurer: Regulations; hearing; disciplinary actions; review of order.

NRS 680A.210 - Suspension, limitation or revocation of or refusal to continue certificate of authority: Order and notice; effect on agents’ authority.

NRS 680A.220 - Suspension of certificate of authority: Duration; insurer’s obligations during suspension period; reinstatement.

NRS 680A.230 - Applicability of general corporation laws to foreign insurers; exception.

NRS 680A.240 - Issuance of policies under additional titles: Registration; inclusion of such business in annual statement.

NRS 680A.250 - Service of process: Appointment of Commissioner as attorney in fact for receipt required for certain insurers; methods of serving.

NRS 680A.260 - Service of process: Method of serving if Commissioner statutorily designated as attorney in fact for receipt; extension of time to appear; record.

NRS 680A.265 - Annual financial statement: Filing; reporting of violation of law found during audit; penalty for failure to file; consolidation of statements prohibited; exception; regulations.

NRS 680A.270 - Filing of annual statement and payment of fee by authorized insurers; statement of alien insurer; actions by Commissioner for failure to file; filing of quarterly statement by domestic insurer; regulations; confidentiality of certain i...

NRS 680A.280 - Annual or other required statement: Penalties for failure to file or false statements.

NRS 680A.300 - Agent required; execution of emergency bond.

NRS 680A.320 - Transaction or agreement with parent corporation, financial holding company, depository institution, subsidiary or affiliated person: Prohibitions; duty and obligation of insurer.

NRS 680A.330 - Retaliatory provision.

NRS 680A.500 - Definitions.

NRS 680A.510 - "Deliver by electronic means" defined.

NRS 680A.520 - "Party" defined.

NRS 680A.530 - Applicability.

NRS 680A.540 - Authority to deliver by electronic means certain types of notices or documents in certain circumstances; delivery by electronic means satisfies requirements of Nevada Insurance Code regarding delivery in physical form.

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.

NRS 680A.590 - Enforceability of contract or policy of insurance if electronic consent or confirmation of consent not obtained; producer of insurance not subject to civil liability for delivery or failure to deliver by electronic means; relation to E...

NRS 680A.600 - Insurer authorized to satisfy requirement to mail or deliver a standard policy of property or casualty insurance or standard endorsement of such policy which does not contain personally identifiable information by posting on Internet w...