§ 10-3-125 — Redomestication of foreign insurers

Colorado § 10-3-125

• Jurisdiction: Colorado
• Title 10: Insurance
• Art.: Regulation of Insurance Companies

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(1) Any foreign insurer which
is authorized or which may be authorized to do business in this state for the purpose
of writing insurance may become a domestic insurer by complying with all of the
requirements of law relative to the organization and licensing of a domestic insurer
of the same type. Said domestic insurer shall be entitled to like certificates and
licenses to transact business in this state and shall be subject to the authority and
jurisdiction of this state.

(2) Any domestic insurer may, upon the approval of the commissioner,
transfer its domicile to any other state in which it is authorized to transact the
business of insurance and, upon such a transfer, shall cease to be a domestic
insurer and shall be admitted to this state if qualified as a foreign insurer. The
commissioner shall approve any such proposed transfer unless he determines that
such transfer is not in the interest of the policyholders of this state.

(3) Any foreign insurance company admitted or which may be admitted to
transact business in this state may, upon proper notice to the commissioner, change
its domicile by merger, consolidation, or otherwise to another foreign state without
interruption of its license and without reapplying as a foreign insurer if:

(a) The change in domicile does not result in a reduction in the company's
assets or surplus below the requirements for admission as a foreign insurer; and

(b) There is no substantial change in the lines of insurance to be written by
the company; and

(c) The change in domicile has been approved by the supervising regulatory
officials of both the former and new state of domicile.

(4) The certificate of authority, the agents' appointments and licenses, and
the rates and other items which the commissioner allows, in his discretion, which
are in existence at the time any insurer transfers its corporate domicile to this or
any other state by merger, consolidation, or any other lawful method shall continue
in full force and effect upon such transfer if such insurer remains duly qualified to
transact the business of insurance in this state. All outstanding policies of any
transferring insurer shall remain in full force and effect. In the event of a company
name change, all outstanding policies shall be endorsed with the company's new
name. Every transferring insurer shall file new policy forms with the commissioner
on or before the effective date of the transfer. Such insurers may use existing
policy forms with appropriate endorsements if allowed by and under such
conditions as approved by the commissioner. Every such transferring insurer shall
notify the commissioner of the details of the proposed transfer and shall file
promptly any resulting amendments to corporate documents filed or required to be
filed with the commissioner.

Legislative History

Source: L. 89: Entire section added, p. 443, � 1, effective April 19.