48.15.040 - "Surplus line" coverage.

"Surplus line" coverage. (Effective until December 31, 2016.)

If certain insurance coverages cannot be procured from authorized insurers, such coverages, hereinafter designated as "surplus lines," may be procured from unauthorized insurers subject to the following conditions:

     (1) The insurance must be procured through a licensed surplus line broker.

     (2) The insurance must not be procurable, after diligent effort has been made to do so from among a majority of the insurers authorized to transact that kind of insurance in this state.

     (3) Coverage shall not be procured from an unauthorized insurer for the purpose of securing a lower premium rate than would be accepted by any authorized insurer nor to secure any other competitive advantage.

     (4) The commissioner may by regulation establish the degree of effort required to comply with subsections (2) and (3) of this section.

     (5) At the time of the procuring of any such insurance an affidavit setting forth the facts referred to in subsections (2) and (3) of this section must be executed by the surplus line broker. Such affidavit shall be filed with the commissioner within thirty days after the insurance is procured.

     (6) For purposes of chapter 48.164 RCW, a joint underwriting association established or authorized by the legislature is not an authorized insurer.

[2010 c 230 § 17; 1983 1st ex.s. c 32 § 4; 1947 c 79 § .15.04; Rem. Supp. 1947 § 45.15.04.]

Notes: Effective date -- Expiration date -- 2010 c 230: See RCW 48.164.900 and 48.164.901.

RCW 48.15.040

"Surplus line" coverage. (Effective December 31, 2016.)

If certain insurance coverages cannot be procured from authorized insurers, such coverages, hereinafter designated as "surplus lines," may be procured from unauthorized insurers subject to the following conditions:

     (1) The insurance must be procured through a licensed surplus line broker.

     (2) The insurance must not be procurable, after diligent effort has been made to do so from among a majority of the insurers authorized to transact that kind of insurance in this state.

     (3) Coverage shall not be procured from an unauthorized insurer for the purpose of securing a lower premium rate than would be accepted by any authorized insurer nor to secure any other competitive advantage.

     (4) The commissioner may by regulation establish the degree of effort required to comply with subsections (2) and (3) of this section.

     (5) At the time of the procuring of any such insurance an affidavit setting forth the facts referred to in subsections (2) and (3) of this section must be executed by the surplus line broker. Such affidavit shall be filed with the commissioner within thirty days after the insurance is procured.

[1983 1st ex.s. c 32 § 4; 1947 c 79 § .15.04; Rem. Supp. 1947 § 45.15.04.]