§ 36-607. General qualifications to transact insurance.

A.  To qualify for and hold authority to transact insurance in Oklahoma an insurer must be otherwise in compliance with the provisions of this Code and with its charter powers, and must be an incorporated stock insurer, an incorporated mutual insurer, a mutual benefit association, a nonprofit hospital service and medical indemnity corporation, a farmers mutual fire insurance association, a Lloyd’s association or a reciprocal insurer, of the same general type as may be formed as a domestic insurer under this Code; except, that no foreign or alien insurer shall be authorized to transact insurance in Oklahoma which does not maintain reserves as required by Article 15 of this Code applicable to the kind or kinds of insurance transacted by such insurer.

B.  No certificate of authority or license to transact any kind of insurance business in this state shall be issued, renewed or continued in effect, to any domestic, foreign or alien insurance company or other insurance entity which is owned or financially controlled in whole or in part by another state of the United States, or by a foreign government, or by any political subdivision of either, or which is an agency of any such state, government or subdivision.

C.  Any insurance company or other insurance entity which is owned or financially controlled in whole or in part by any federally recognized American Indian tribe or nation may apply for a certificate of authority or license to transact insurance business in this state and will not be subject to subsection B of this section.

Added by Laws 1957, p. 231, § 607, operative July 1, 1957.  Amended by Laws 2013, c. 82, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2013.