2017 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 59A - Insurance Code
Article 5 - Authorization of Insurers and General Requirements
Section 59A-5-20 - General deposit of alien insurer.
59A-5-20. General deposit of alien insurer.
A. The superintendent shall not issue or permit to exist a certificate of authority to transact insurance in this state as to an alien insurer unless and while the insurer has made and maintains out of its surplus over its United States' liabilities a general deposit of assets acceptable to the superintendent with or through the insurance supervisory officer of a state in which the insurer is authorized to transact insurance, in trust for the benefit of all the insurer's policyholders and creditors in the United States.
B. The deposit shall at all times have a value of not less than the capital and surplus required under Schedule I of Section 59A-5-16 NMSA 1978, of a foreign insurer transacting like kinds of insurance in this state. The amount of the deposit shall to like amount offset the amount of general deposit otherwise required of the insurer under Schedule I of Section 59A-5-16 NMSA 1978.
History: Laws 1984, ch. 127, 87; 1991, ch. 125, 8.
