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2009 Kentucky Revised Statutes
Subtitle 10. Surplus Lines
304.10.140 Broker's evidence of financial responsibility and bond.
Download pdfof a license as a surplus lines broker, the applicant shall file with the commissioner,
and for as long as the license remains in effect shall keep in force:
(a) Evidence of financial responsibility in the sum of not less than one million dollars ($1,000,000) per occurrence, and the sum of two million dollars
($2,000,000) in the aggregate, for all occurrences within one (1) year, either in
the form of an errors and omissions insurance policy issued by an authorized
insurer, a bond issued by an authorized corporate surety, a deposit, or a
combination of a bond issued by an authorized corporate surety and a deposit.
The policy, bond, deposit, or combination of a bond or deposit shall not be
terminated unless at least thirty (30) days' prior written notice is given to the
licensee and the commissioner; and (b) A bond in favor of the State of Kentucky in the penal sum of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000), with an authorized corporate surety guaranteeing that he or
she will conduct business under the license in accordance with the provisions
of this subtitle and that he or she will promptly remit the taxes required by
KRS 304.10-180. The aggregate liability of the surety for any and all claims
on any bond shall in no event exceed the penal sum. No bond shall be
terminated unless not less than thirty (30) days' prior written notice is given to
the licensee and filed with the commissioner. (2) An insurer issuing coverage under subsection (1)(a) or (b) of this section may offer, as a part of the policy or as an optional endorsement to the policy, deductibles
optional to the surplus lines broker applicant or licensee for the payment of claims.
Deductible amounts offered in accordance with this section shall be fully disclosed
to the applicant or licensee in writing. If the applicant or licensee chooses a
deductible policy, the insurer shall pay the deductible amount initially and the
licensee shall be liable to the insurer, at the time and in the manner prescribed in the
policy, for the amount of the deductible. If the licensee fails to reimburse the insurer
as required by this subsection, his or her surplus lines broker license and all other
licenses issued by the commissioner are revoked and shall be promptly surrendered
to the commissioner without demand. Nothing contained in this subsection is
intended to or shall in any manner alter or affect the rights of the insurer to collect
the reimbursement for the deductible from the surplus lines broker. Effective: July 15, 2010
History: Amended 2010 Ky. Acts ch. 24, sec. 1096, effective July 15, 2010. -- Amended 2002 Ky. Acts ch. 273, sec. 40, effective July 15, 2002. -- Amended 2000
Ky. Acts ch. 393, sec. 43, effective July 14, 2000. -- Amended 1990 Ky. Acts
ch. 464, sec. 3, effective July 13, 1990. -- Amended 1982 Ky. Acts ch. 123, sec. 11,
effective July 15, 1982. -- Created 1970 Ky. Acts ch. 301, subtit. 10, sec. 14,
effective June 18, 1970.
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