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<section article="gin" article_name="Insurance" number="3-128" title_number="3" title_name="Kinds of Insurers" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="Stock Insurers and Mutual Insurers">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In this section, “reciprocating state” means a state under the laws of which a prohibition on solicitation similar to that imposed against domestic insurers under this section is imposed on and enforced against insurers domiciled in that state.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>A domestic insurer may not knowingly solicit insurance business in a reciprocating state in which the domestic insurer is not licensed as an authorized insurer.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>This section does not prohibit advertising through publication or by radio, television, or other broadcasts originating outside the reciprocating state if:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the insurer is licensed to engage in the insurance business in a majority of the states in which the advertising is disseminated; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>the advertising is not specifically directed to residents of the reciprocating state.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>This section does not prohibit:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>insurance covering persons or risks located in a reciprocating state under contracts solicited and issued in states in which the insurer is then licensed; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>insurance effectuated by the insurer as an unauthorized insurer under the laws of the reciprocating state.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>If the Commissioner finds, after a hearing, that a domestic insurer has violated this section, the Commissioner shall suspend or revoke the certificate of authority of the domestic insurer.</text>
  </level>
</section>
