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<section article="gin" article_name="Insurance" number="3-321" title_number="3" title_name="Kinds of Insurers" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Surplus Lines Insurance">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>On placing surplus lines coverage, a surplus lines broker promptly shall deliver to the insured:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the policy issued by the insurer; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>if the policy is not available, a binder or cover note that shows:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>the subject, coverage, conditions, and term of the insurance; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>the name and address of the insurer.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>If a direct risk is assumed by more than one insurer, the policy, binder, or cover note shall state:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the name and address of each insurer; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the proportion of the direct risk assumed by each insurer.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>Unless a copy of each binder or cover note has been filed with and approved by the Commissioner, the surplus lines broker, as soon as reasonably possible, shall get the policy from the insurer and deliver it to the insured to replace the binder or cover note previously delivered.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>A surplus lines broker promptly shall deliver to the insured an appropriate substitute for or endorsement of the original binder or cover note that accurately shows the current status of the coverage and the responsible insurer if, after issuance and delivery of the original binder or cover note, there is a change in:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the identity of the insurer;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>the proportion of the direct risk assumed by an insurer; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>any other material aspect of the insurance coverage.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
