§ 6414. Market Assistance Association--Powers and duties--Plan of operation--Insurer's fina...
Oklahoma Statutes AnnotatedTitle 36. InsuranceEffective: November 1, 2022
Effective: November 1, 2022
36 Okl.St.Ann. § 6414
§ 6414. Market Assistance Association--Powers and duties--Plan of operation--Insurer's financial liability--Termination of membership
1. Require members to issue policies of insurance to applicants, subject to limitations specified in the plan of operation required by the Market Assistance Association Act; irregardless of the type of insurance coverage, the limits of liability for homeowners’ liability insurance, shall be governed by the amounts specified in subsection A of Section 154 of Title 51 of the Oklahoma Statutes; and
f. procedures providing that an insured shall have proof that he or she has coverage that has been canceled or nonrenewed by his or her current carrier and has subsequently requested and been refused homeowners’ or homeowners’ liability coverage from two insurers licensed to do business in this state, or that his or her premium has been increased by seventy-five percent (75%) or more from the previous year, before requesting insurance coverage from the Association,
C. All insurers who are members of the Association shall participate in the Association’s writings, expenses, and losses in the proportion that the net direct premiums of each such member written during the preceding calendar year bears to the aggregate net direct premiums written in this state by all members of the Association. Each insurer’s proportion of participation in the Association shall be determined annually on the basis of such net direct premiums written during the preceding calendar year, as reported in the annual statements and other reports filed by the insurer that may be required by the board of directors. No member shall be obligated in any one (1) year to write liability insurance business from the Association that would result in the member insurer writing more than ten percent (10%) of its total annual liability insurance, from all lines of liability insurance, from the Association. Likewise, no member shall be obligated in any one (1) year to write homeowners’ insurance business from the Association that would result in the member insurer writing more than ten percent (10%) of its total annual homeowners’ insurance, from the Association.
D. An applicable insurer ceasing to be licensed or authorized to transact insurance business pursuant to the Insurance Code1 shall automatically cease to be a member of the Association effective at 12:01 a.m. on the day following the termination or expiration of its certificate of authority and shall no longer be subject to the plan of operation or requirements of the Association; provided, however, such insurer shall remain liable for any annual assessments of the Association based on expenses incurred by the Association while such license or authority was in effect.
Credits
Laws 1986, c. 251, § 47, emerg. eff. June 13, 1986; Laws 2022, c. 358, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2022.
Footnotes
Title 36, § 101 et seq.
36 Okl. St. Ann. § 6414, OK ST T. 36 § 6414
Current with emergency effective legislation through Chapter 257 of the Second Regular Session of the 59th Legislature (2024). Some sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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