§431:3-209  Deposits of alien and foreign
insurers; special deposits.  (a)  To qualify for and hold a certificate of
authority, an alien or foreign insurer must deposit and maintain on deposit
assets equal in amount to either the amount of paid-up capital stock in the
case of a stock insurer, or surplus, in the case of a mutual or reciprocal
insurer, required of a domestic insurer to transact a business of insurance in
like class or classes of insurance, or the amount of $500,000, whichever amount
is the greater.



(b)  The deposit shall be for the security of
all policyholders and obligees of the insurer in the United States.  It shall
not be subject to diminution below the amount currently determined in
accordance with subsection (a) so long as the insurer has outstanding any
liabilities arising out of its business transacted in the United States.



(c)  The deposit shall be maintained with the
commissioner.  In lieu of the deposit or part thereof, the commissioner shall
accept the certificate of the public official having supervision over insurance
in another state showing that deposits by the insurer, or like part thereof,
maintained by the insurer in that state for the benefit of all of the insurer's
policyholders in the United States or all of its policyholders and obligees in
the United States, if the total deposit in this State and those evidenced by
the certificate or certificates is in an amount not less than the amount
required pursuant to subsection (a).



(d)  The commissioner may require the foreign
or alien insurer to place in a special deposit an amount determined by the
commissioner in a federally insured financial institution within the State. [L
1987, c 347, pt of §2 as superseded by c 348, §4]