2011 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 59A: Insurance Code
Article 12A: Insurance Administrators, 59A-12A-1 through 59A-12A-17
Section 59A-12A-3: License required; penalty.


NM Stat § 59A-12A-3 (1996 through 1st Sess 50th Legis) What's This?

59A-12A-3. License required; penalty.

A. No administrator shall perform or provide any service, function, duty or activity respecting any insurance, plan, self-insurance or alternatives to insurance in any administrative or management capacity in this state or with respect to risks located or partially located in this state or on behalf of persons in this state unless licensed as an administrator under the Insurance Code.

B. Licensing and examination procedures for administrators shall be in accordance with Chapter 59A, Article 11 NMSA 1978, except that the superintendent may, in his discretion, waive the examination requirements for administrators who are operating in New Mexico prior to the effective date of Chapter 59A, Article 12A NMSA 1978.

C. Every corporation or partnership to be licensed under Chapter 59A, Article 12A NMSA 1978 shall have every officer and manager of that corporation and every partner of that partnership licensed as an administrator.

D. In addition to any applicable denial, suspension or revocation of a license, refusal to continue license or administrative fine, violation of this section shall be a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000) and by forfeiture to the state of an amount equal to all compensation for services as administrator received or to be received by the violator by reason of the prohibited transactions.

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