2019 Wyoming Statutes
Title 26 - Insurance Code
Chapter 11 - Nonadmitted Insurance
Section 26-11-103 - Definitions.

26-11-103. Definitions.

(a) As used in this chapter:

(i) "Admitted insurer" means an insurer licensed to engage in the business of insurance in this state;

(ii) "Broker" means a surplus line broker licensed as such under this chapter;

(iii) "Export" means to place surplus lines insurance with a nonadmitted insurer;

(iv) "Home state" means as follows:

(A) Except as provided in subparagraphs (B) and (C) of this paragraph, "home state" means, with respect to an insured:

(I) The state in which an insured maintains its principal place of business or, in the case of an individual, the individual's principal residence; or

(II) If one hundred percent (100%) of the insured risk is located out of the state referred to in subdivision (I) of this subparagraph, the state to which the greatest percentage of the insured's taxable premium for that insurance contract is allocated.

(B) If more than one (1) insured from an affiliated group are named insureds on a single nonadmitted insurance contract, the term "home state" means the home state, as determined pursuant to subparagraph (A) of this paragraph, of the member of the affiliated group that has the largest percentage of premium attributed to it under the insurance contract;

(C) When a group policyholder pays one hundred percent (100%) of the premium from its own funds, the term "home state" means the home state, as determined pursuant to subparagraph (A) of this paragraph, of the group policyholder. When a group policyholder does not pay one hundred percent (100%) of the premium from its own funds, the term "home state" means the home state, as determined pursuant to subparagraph (A) of this paragraph, of the group member.

(v) "Nonadmitted insurance" means any property and casualty insurance permitted to be placed directly or through a surplus lines broker with a nonadmitted insurer eligible to accept the insurance;

(vi) "Reciprocal state" means a state that has:

(A) Entered into a nonadmitted insurance compact; or

(B) Otherwise adopted the allocation schedule and reporting forms prescribed by a multistate agreement for nonadmitted insurance.

(vii) "Recognized financial institution" means an institution that is organized or licensed under the laws of the United States or any state and is insured by the federal deposit insurance corporation;

(viii) "Affiliate" means with respect to an insured, any entity that controls, is controlled by or is under common control with the insured;

(ix) "Affiliated group" means any group of entities that are all affiliated;

(x) "Business entity" means a corporation, association, partnership, limited liability company, limited liability partnership or any other legal entity;

(xi) "Control" means an entity has "control" over another entity if:

(A) The entity directly or indirectly or acting through one (1) or more other persons owns, controls or has the power to vote twenty-five percent (25%) or more of any class of voting securities of the entity; or

(B) The entity controls in any manner the election of a majority of directors or trustees of the other entity.

(xii) "Independently procured insurance" means insurance procured directly by an insured from an eligible nonadmitted insurer;

(xiii) "Kind of insurance" means one (1) of the types of insurance required to be reported in the annual statement which is filed with the commissioner by admitted insurers;

(xiv) "Nonadmitted insurer" means with respect to a state, an insurer not licensed to engage in the business of insurance in the state, but does not include a risk retention group as that term is defined in section 2(a)(4) of the Liability Risk Retention Act of 1986, 15 U.S.C. 3901(a)(4);

(xv) "Premium tax" means with respect to surplus lines or independently procured insurance coverage, any tax, fee, assessment or other charge imposed by a government entity directly or indirectly based on any payment made as consideration for an insurance contract for such insurance, including premium deposits, assessments, registration fees and any other compensation given in consideration for a contract of insurance;

(xvi) "Principal place of business" means with respect to determining the home state of the insured:

(A) The state where the insured maintains its headquarters and where the insured's high-level officers direct, control and coordinate the business' activities;

(B) If the insured's high-level officers direct, control and coordinate the business' activities in more than one (1) state, the state in which the greatest percentage of the insured's taxable premium for that insurance contract is allocated; or

(C) If the insured maintains its headquarters or the insured's high-level officers direct, control and coordinate the business activities outside of any state, the state to which the greatest percentage of the insured's taxable premium for that insurance contract is allocated.

(xvii) "Principal place of residence" means with respect to determining the home state of the insured:

(A) The state where the insured resides for the greatest number of days during a calendar year; or

(B) If the insured's principal residence is located outside any state, the state to which the greatest percentage of the insured's taxable premium for that insurance contract is allocated.

(xviii) "Qualified risk manager" means with respect to a policyholder of commercial insurance, a person who meets all of the requirements set forth by department rule and regulation, which requirements shall be in compliance with the Nonadmitted and Reinsurance Reform Act of 2010;

(xix) "Surplus lines broker" means an individual or business entity which is licensed in a state to sell, solicit or negotiate insurance on properties, risks or exposures located or to be performed in a state with nonadmitted insurers;

(xx) "Type of insurance" means coverage afforded under the particular policy that is being placed;

(xxi) "Wet marine and transportation insurance" means:

(A) Insurance upon vessels, crafts, hulls and other interests in them or with relation to them;

(B) Insurance of marine builder's risks, marine war risks and contracts of marine protection and indemnity insurance;

(C) Insurance of freight and disbursements pertaining to a subject of insurance within the scope of this subsection; and

(D) Insurance of personal property and interests therein, in the course of exportation from or importation into any country, or in the course of transportation coastwise or on inland waters, including transportation by land, water or air from point of origin to final destination, in connection with any and all risks or perils of navigation, transit or transportation, and while being prepared for and while awaiting shipment, and during any incidental delays, transshipment or reshipment, provided, however, that insurance of personal property and interests therein shall not be considered wet marine and transportation insurance if the property has:

(I) Been transported solely by land;

(II) Reached its final destination as specified in the bill of lading or other shipping document; or

(III) The insured no longer has an insurable interest in the property.