South Carolina § 38-9-70 Insurers may make deposits to do business in other states.

South Carolina Statutes

§ 38-9-70 — Insurers may make deposits to do business in other states.

South Carolina § 38-9-70

Title 38INSURANCE

Ch. 9CAPITAL, SURPLUS, RESERVES, AND OTHER FINANCIAL MATTERS

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S.C. Code Ann. § 38-9-70 (2026).

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The director or his designee in his official capacity shall take and hold, in trust, deposits made by domestic insurers for the purpose of complying with the laws of any other state to enable the insurer to do business in that state. The insurer making the deposit is entitled to the income and may with the consent of the director or his designee and when not forbidden by the law under which the deposit is made, change, in whole or in part, the securities which compose the deposit for other solvent securities of equal par value approved by the director or his designee.

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The director or his designee in his official capacity shall take and hold, in trust, deposits made by domestic insurers for the purpose of complying with the laws of any other state to enable the insurer to do business in that state. The insurer making the deposit is entitled to the income and may with the consent of the director or his designee and when not forbidden by the law under which the deposit is made, change, in whole or in part, the securities which compose the deposit for other solvent securities of equal par value approved by the director or his designee.

Legislative History

HISTORY: Former 1976 Code SECTION 38-9-70 [1947 (45) 322; 1949 (46) 600; 1952 Code SECTION 37-146; 1962 Code SECTION 37-146; 1980 Act No. 305, SECTION 1] recodified as SECTIONS 38-63-210, 38-69-110, and 38-71-30 by 1987 Act No. 155, SECTION 1; Former 1976 Code SECTION 38-5-670 [1947 (45) 322; 1952 Code SECTION 37-1851962 Code SECTION 37-185] recodified as SECTION 38-9-70 by 1987 Act No. 155, SECTION 1; 1993 Act No. 181, SECTION 535.