§ 36-321. Fees and licenses - Deposits.  


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  • A.  The Insurance Commissioner shall collect in advance the following fees and licenses:

    1.  For filing charter documents:

    Original charter documents, articles of incorporation, bylaws, or record of organization of alien or foreign insurers, or certified copies thereof              $50.00

    2.  Certificate of Authority:

    (a)  Issuance:

    Fraternal benefit societies, alien or foreign              $150.00

    Hospital service and medical indemnity corporations, alien or foreign              $150.00

    All other alien or foreign insurers              $150.00

    (b)  Renewal:

    Fraternal benefit societies, alien or foreign              $150.00

    Hospital service and medical indemnity corporations, alien or foreign              $150.00

    All other alien or foreign insurers              $150.00

    3.  For filing appointment of Insurance Commissioner as agent for service of process              $10.00

    4.  Miscellaneous:

    (a)  Copies of records, per page              $0.40

    (b)  Amended charter documents, articles of incorporation or bylaws of domestic, alien or foreign insurers or health maintenance organizations              $50.00

    (c)  Certificate of Commissioner, under seal              $5.00

    (d)  For filing Merger and Acquisition Forms              $1,000.00

    (e)  For filing Variable Product Forms              $200.00

    (f)  For filing a Life, Accident and Health Policy and Health Maintenance Organization contract              $50.00

    (g)  For filing an advertisement or rider application to a Life, Accident and Health Policy and Health Maintenance Organization contract              $25.00

    (h)  Pending Company Review              $1,000.00

    (i)  For filing a Viatical Settlement Contract or Life Settlement              $50.00

    (j)  For filing an advertisement for Viatical Settlement or Life Settlement              $25.00

    (k)  For filing application for Viatical Settlement or Life Settlement Contract              $25.00

    (l)  Miscellaneous form filing              $25.00

    B.  There shall be assessed an annual fee of Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) payable by each insurer, health maintenance organization, fraternal benefit society, hospital service and medical indemnity corporation, charitable and benevolent corporation, or United States surplus lines insurance companies licensed to do business in this state, to pay for the filing, processing, and reviewing of annual and quarterly financial statements by personnel of the Office of the State Insurance Commissioner.

Added by Laws 1957, p. 224, § 321, operative July 1, 1957.  Amended by Laws 1965, c. 60, § 6, eff. July 1, 1965; Laws 1967, c. 389, § 1, emerg. eff. May 23, 1967; Laws 1968, c. 244, § 1, emerg. eff. April 24, 1968; Laws 1969, c. 84, § 1, emerg. eff. March 18, 1969; Laws 1977, c. 202, § 4, emerg. eff. June 14, 1977; Laws 1980, c. 164, § 14, emerg. eff. April 15, 1980; Laws 1983, c. 68, § 7, eff. Nov. 1, 1983; Laws 1985, c. 328, § 4, emerg. eff. July 29, 1985; Laws 1990, c. 258, § 79, operative July 1, 1990; Laws 1992, c. 65, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1992; Laws 1993, c. 270, § 37, eff. Sept. 1, 1993; Laws 1994, c. 129, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1994; Laws 2002, c. 307, § 3, eff. Nov. 1, 2002; Laws 2004, c. 274, § 2, eff. July 1, 2004; Laws 2009, c. 432, § 3, eff. July 1, 2009.