A. The superintendent may issue a temporary insurance producer license for a period not to exceed one hundred eighty days without requiring an examination if the superintendent deems that the temporary license is necessary for the servicing of an insurance business in the following cases:
(1) to the surviving spouse or court- appointed personal representative of a licensed insurance producer who dies or becomes mentally or physically disabled to allow adequate time for the sale of the insurance business owned by the insurance producer or for the recovery or return of the insurance producer to the business or to provide for the training and licensing of new personnel to operate the insurance producer's business;
(2) to a member or employee of a business entity licensed as an insurance producer, upon the death or disability of an individual designated in the business entity application or the license;
(3) to the designee of a licensed insurance producer entering active service in the armed forces of the United States; or
(4) in any other circumstance where the superintendent deems that the public interest will best be served by the issuance of the license.
B. The superintendent may by order limit the authority of any temporary licensee in any way deemed necessary to protect insureds and the public. The superintendent may require the temporary licensee to have a suitable sponsor who is a licensed insurance producer or insurer and who assumes responsibility for all acts of the temporary licensee and may impose other similar requirements designed to protect insureds and the public. The superintendent may by order revoke a temporary license if the interest of insureds or the public is endangered. A temporary license shall not continue after the owner or the personal representative disposes of the business.
History: Laws 1984, ch. 127, § 220; 1978 Comp., § 59A-12-19, repealed and reenacted by Laws 2016, ch. 89, § 38.
Repeals and reenactments. — Laws 2016, ch. 89, § 38 repealed 59A-12-19 NMSA 1978, and enacted a new section, effective July 1, 2017.
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.
Structure New Mexico Statutes
Article 12 - Insurance Producers
Section 59A-12-1 - Purpose and scope of article.
Section 59A-12-2 - Definitions.
Section 59A-12-3 - "Broker" defined.
Section 59A-12-4 - License required.
Section 59A-12-7 - Exemptions from license requirements.
Section 59A-12-11 - No license where shares or interest used as inducement to insurance.
Section 59A-12-13 - Special requirements, title insurance producers.
Section 59A-12-15 - Licensing business entities.
Section 59A-12-16 - Examination for license.
Section 59A-12-17 - Scope of license.
Section 59A-12-18 - Limited lines.
Section 59A-12-18.1 - Limited lines travel insurance producer license.
Section 59A-12-19 - Temporary licenses.
Section 59A-12-20 - Place of business.
Section 59A-12-20.1 - Repealed.
Section 59A-12-21 - Records of insurance producer.
Section 59A-12-23 - Insurance vending machines.
Section 59A-12-24 - Sharing of commissions.
Section 59A-12-25 - Nonresident insurance producers; retaliation.
Section 59A-12-26 - Continuing education.
Section 59A-12-26.1 - Insurance licensee continuing education fund.
Section 59A-12-27 - Assumed names.