§ 83-7-205. Viatical settlement providers, representatives and brokers to be licensed by Commissioner of Insurance; licensing requirements.
(1) A person shall not operate as a viatical settlement provider, viatical settlement representative or viatical settlement broker without first having obtained a license from the commissioner.
(2) Application for a viatical settlement representative or viatical settlement broker license shall be made to the commissioner by the applicant on a form prescribed by the commissioner, and these applications shall be accompanied by a fee of Fifty Dollars ($50.00).
(3) Application for a viatical settlement provider license shall be made to the commissioner by the applicant on a form prescribed by the commissioner. All applications shall be accompanied by a fee of Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00).
(4) Licenses may be renewed from year to year on January 1 upon payment of the annual renewal fees which shall be the same as the application fees. Failure to pay the fees by the renewal date results in expiration of the license.
(5) If an applicant attempting to obtain a license to become a viatical settlement representative or a viatical settlement broker has not been previously licensed within the last two (2) years to sell life insurance, the commissioner shall, as a test of the applicant's knowledge and other qualifications provided herein, require that the applicant submit to a written examination approved by the commissioner.
(6) The applicant shall provide information on forms required by the commissioner. The commissioner shall have authority, at any time, to require the applicant to fully disclose the identity of all stockholders, partners, officers, members and employees, and the commissioner may, in the exercise of the commissioner's discretion, refuse to issue a license in the name of a legal entity if not satisfied that any officer, employee, stockholder, partner or member thereof who may materially influence the applicant's conduct meets the standards of Sections 83-7-201 through 83-7-223.
(7) Upon the filing of an application and the payment of the license fee, the commissioner shall issue a license if the commissioner finds that the applicant:
(a) Has provided a detailed plan of operation;
(b) Is competent and trustworthy and intends to act in good faith in the capacity involved by the license applied for;
(c) Has a good business reputation and has had experience, training or education so as to be qualified in the business for which the license is applied for; and
(d) If a legal entity, provides a certificate of good standing from the state of its domicile.
(8) The commissioner shall not issue a license to a nonresident applicant, unless a written designation of an agent for service of process is filed and maintained with the commissioner or the applicant has filed with the commissioner the applicant's written irrevocable consent that any action against the applicant may be begun against the applicant by service of process on the commissioner.
Sources: Laws, 2000, ch. 323, § 3, eff from and after July 1, 2000.
§ 83-7-205. Viatical settlement providers, representatives and brokers to be licensed by Commissioner of Insurance; licensing requirements.
(1) A person shall not operate as a viatical settlement provider, viatical settlement representative or viatical settlement broker without first having obtained a license from the commissioner.
(2) Application for a viatical settlement representative or viatical settlement broker license shall be made to the commissioner by the applicant on a form prescribed by the commissioner, and these applications shall be accompanied by a fee of Fifty Dollars ($50.00).
(3) Application for a viatical settlement provider license shall be made to the commissioner by the applicant on a form prescribed by the commissioner. All applications shall be accompanied by a fee of Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00).
(4) Licenses may be renewed from year to year on January 1 upon payment of the annual renewal fees which shall be the same as the application fees. Failure to pay the fees by the renewal date results in expiration of the license.
(5) If an applicant attempting to obtain a license to become a viatical settlement representative or a viatical settlement broker has not been previously licensed within the last two (2) years to sell life insurance, the commissioner shall, as a test of the applicant's knowledge and other qualifications provided herein, require that the applicant submit to a written examination approved by the commissioner.
(6) The applicant shall provide information on forms required by the commissioner. The commissioner shall have authority, at any time, to require the applicant to fully disclose the identity of all stockholders, partners, officers, members and employees, and the commissioner may, in the exercise of the commissioner's discretion, refuse to issue a license in the name of a legal entity if not satisfied that any officer, employee, stockholder, partner or member thereof who may materially influence the applicant's conduct meets the standards of Sections 83-7-201 through 83-7-223.
(7) Upon the filing of an application and the payment of the license fee, the commissioner shall issue a license if the commissioner finds that the applicant:
(a) Has provided a detailed plan of operation;
(b) Is competent and trustworthy and intends to act in good faith in the capacity involved by the license applied for;
(c) Has a good business reputation and has had experience, training or education so as to be qualified in the business for which the license is applied for; and
(d) If a legal entity, provides a certificate of good standing from the state of its domicile.
(8) The commissioner shall not issue a license to a nonresident applicant, unless a written designation of an agent for service of process is filed and maintained with the commissioner or the applicant has filed with the commissioner the applicant's written irrevocable consent that any action against the applicant may be begun against the applicant by service of process on the commissioner.
Sources: Laws, 2000, ch. 323, § 3, eff from and after July 1, 2000.
§ 83-7-205. Viatical settlement providers, representatives and brokers to be licensed by Commissioner of Insurance; licensing requirements.
(1) A person shall not operate as a viatical settlement provider, viatical settlement representative or viatical settlement broker without first having obtained a license from the commissioner.
(2) Application for a viatical settlement representative or viatical settlement broker license shall be made to the commissioner by the applicant on a form prescribed by the commissioner, and these applications shall be accompanied by a fee of Fifty Dollars ($50.00).
(3) Application for a viatical settlement provider license shall be made to the commissioner by the applicant on a form prescribed by the commissioner. All applications shall be accompanied by a fee of Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00).
(4) Licenses may be renewed from year to year on January 1 upon payment of the annual renewal fees which shall be the same as the application fees. Failure to pay the fees by the renewal date results in expiration of the license.
(5) If an applicant attempting to obtain a license to become a viatical settlement representative or a viatical settlement broker has not been previously licensed within the last two (2) years to sell life insurance, the commissioner shall, as a test of the applicant's knowledge and other qualifications provided herein, require that the applicant submit to a written examination approved by the commissioner.
(6) The applicant shall provide information on forms required by the commissioner. The commissioner shall have authority, at any time, to require the applicant to fully disclose the identity of all stockholders, partners, officers, members and employees, and the commissioner may, in the exercise of the commissioner's discretion, refuse to issue a license in the name of a legal entity if not satisfied that any officer, employee, stockholder, partner or member thereof who may materially influence the applicant's conduct meets the standards of Sections 83-7-201 through 83-7-223.
(7) Upon the filing of an application and the payment of the license fee, the commissioner shall issue a license if the commissioner finds that the applicant:
(a) Has provided a detailed plan of operation;
(b) Is competent and trustworthy and intends to act in good faith in the capacity involved by the license applied for;
(c) Has a good business reputation and has had experience, training or education so as to be qualified in the business for which the license is applied for; and
(d) If a legal entity, provides a certificate of good standing from the state of its domicile.
(8) The commissioner shall not issue a license to a nonresident applicant, unless a written designation of an agent for service of process is filed and maintained with the commissioner or the applicant has filed with the commissioner the applicant's written irrevocable consent that any action against the applicant may be begun against the applicant by service of process on the commissioner.
Sources: Laws, 2000, ch. 323, § 3, eff from and after July 1, 2000.
