33-3-502. Solicitations in other states. (1) No domestic insurer shall knowingly solicit insurance business in any reciprocating state in which it is not then licensed as an authorized insurer.
     (2) This section shall not prohibit advertising through publication and radio, television, and other broadcasts originating outside such reciprocating state, if the insurer is licensed in a majority of the states in which such advertising is disseminated and if such advertising is not specifically directed to residents of such reciprocating state.
     (3) This section shall not prohibit insurance, covering persons or risks located in a reciprocating state, under contracts solicited and issued in states in which the insurer is then licensed. It shall not prohibit insurance effectuated by the insurer as an unauthorized insurer in accordance with the laws of the reciprocating state.
     (4) A reciprocating state, as used herein, is one under the laws of which a similar prohibition is imposed upon and enforced against insurers domiciled in that state.
     (5) The commissioner shall suspend or revoke the certificate of authority of a domestic insurer found by him, after a hearing, to have violated this section.

     History: En. Sec. 445, Ch. 286, L. 1959; R.C.M. 1947, 40-4728.