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NH Rev Stat § 402:83 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXVII - Insurance|Title 402 - Insurance Companies and Agents|Section 402:83 - Applicability of Federal Law.

    402:83 Applicability of Federal Law. –||No provisions of this title relating to investments shall be preempted by the provisions of the federal Secondary Mortgage Market Enhancement Act of 1984 (15 U.S.C. § 77r-1). The provisions of this title specifically pertaining to, or otherwise affecting, investments of the type specified in the federal Secondary Mortgage Market Enhancement Act of 1984 shall remain in full force and effect notwithstanding the provisions of the Secondary Mortgage Market Enhancement Act of 1984.|||Source. 1991, 372:7, eff. July 2, 1991.|
NH Rev Stat § 402:84 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXVII - Insurance|Title 402 - Insurance Companies and Agents|Section 402:84 - Discontinuance of Lines of Business; Notice Required.

    402:84 Discontinuance of Lines of Business;  Notice Required. –||Any licensed insurance company authorized to transact fire or casualty business in this state shall provide 120 days' notice to its appointed agents of record in New Hampshire of the insurance company's decision to cease writing an entire line of business. Any nonrenewal notices to affected policyholders shall be issued in accordance with applicable law, provided that the effective date of any such nonrenewals shall be at least 120 days after notice to the agents of record under this section.|||Source. 2018, 31:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2019.|
NH Rev Stat § 402-A:1 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXVII - Insurance|Title 402-A - Insider Trading of Securities|Section 402-A:1 - Filing Reports.

    402-A:1 Filing Reports. –||Every person who, on December 31, 1965, is directly or indirectly the beneficial owner of more than 10 percent of any class of equity security of a domestic stock insurance company, or who is a director or an officer of such company, and every person who becomes such a beneficial owner, director, or officer after that date shall file in the office of the commissioner on or before January 10, 1966, or within 10 days after he becomes such beneficial owner, director, or officer, whichever date is later, a statement in such form as the commissioner may prescribe, of the amount of all equity securities of such company of which he is the beneficial owner. Within 10 days after the close of each calendar month thereafter, if there has been a change in such ownership during such month, he shall file in the office of the commissioner a statement, in such form as the commissioner may prescribe, indicating his ownership at the close of the calendar month and such changes in his ownership as have occurred during such calendar month.|||Source. 1965, 131:1, eff. Aug. 1, 1965.|
NH Rev Stat § 402-A:2 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXVII - Insurance|Title 402-A - Insider Trading of Securities|Section 402-A:2 - Suit to Recover Profits.

    402-A:2 Suit to Recover Profits. –||For the purpose of preventing the unfair use of information which may have been obtained by such beneficial owner, director, or officer by reason of his relationship to such company, any profit realized by him from any purchase and sale, or any sale and purchase, of any equity security of such company within any period of less than 6 months, unless such security was acquired in good faith in connection with a debt previously contracted, shall inure to and be recoverable by the company, irrespective of any intention on the part of such beneficial owner, director, or officer in entering into such transaction of holding the security purchased or of not repurchasing the security sold for a period exceeding 6 months. Suit to recover such profit may be instituted at law or in equity in any court of competent jurisdiction by the company, or by the owner of any security of the company in the name and in behalf of the company if the company shall fail or refuse to bring such suit within 60 days after request or shall fail diligently to prosecute the same thereafter. No such suit shall be brought more than 2 years after the date such profit was realized. This section shall not be construed to cover any transaction where such beneficial owner was not such both at the time of the purchase and sale, or the sale and purchase, of the security involved, or any transaction or transactions which the commissioner by rules and regulations may exempt as not comprehended within the purpose of this section.|||Source. 1965, 131:1, eff. Aug. 1, 1965.|
NH Rev Stat § 402-A:3 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXVII - Insurance|Title 402-A - Insider Trading of Securities|Section 402-A:3 - Prohibited Sales.

    402-A:3 Prohibited Sales. –||It is unlawful for any such beneficial owner, director, or officer, directly or indirectly, to sell any equity security of such company if the person selling the security or his principal (a) does not own the security sold, or (b) if owning the security, does not deliver it against such sale within 20 days after the sale, or does not within 5 days after such sale deposit it in the mails or other usual channels of transportation. No person shall be deemed to have violated this section if he proves that notwithstanding the exercise of good faith he was unable to make such delivery or deposit within such time, or that to do so would cause undue inconvenience or expense.|||Source. 1965, 131:1, eff. Aug. 1, 1965.|
NH Rev Stat § 402-A:4 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXVII - Insurance|Title 402-A - Insider Trading of Securities|Section 402-A:4 - Sales by Dealers.

    402-A:4 Sales by Dealers. –||The provisions of RSA 402-A:2 do not apply to any purchase and sale, or sale and purchase, and the provisions of RSA 402-A:3 do not apply to any sale, of an equity security of a domestic stock insurance company not then or theretofore held by him in an investment account, by a dealer in the ordinary course of his business and incident to the establishment or maintenance by him of a primary or secondary market (otherwise than on an exchange as defined in the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) for such security. The commissioner may, by such rules and regulations as he thinks necessary or appropriate in the public interest, define and prescribe terms and conditions with respect to securities held in an investment account and transactions made in the ordinary course of business and incident to the establishment or maintenance of a primary or secondary market.|||Source. 1965, 131:1, eff. Aug. 1, 1965.|
NH Rev Stat § 402-A:5 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXVII - Insurance|Title 402-A - Insider Trading of Securities|Section 402-A:5 - Arbitrage Transactions.

    402-A:5 Arbitrage Transactions. –||The provisions of RSA 402-A:1, 2 and 3 do not apply to foreign or domestic arbitrage transactions unless made in contravention of such rules and regulations as the commissioner may adopt in order to carry out the purposes of this chapter.|||Source. 1965, 131:1, eff. Aug. 1, 1965.|
NH Rev Stat § 402-A:6 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXVII - Insurance|Title 402-A - Insider Trading of Securities|Section 402-A:6 - Equity Security.

    402-A:6 Equity Security. –||The term "equity security" when used in this chapter means any stock or similar security; or any security convertible, with or without consideration, into such a security or carrying any warrant or right to subscribe to or purchase such a security; or any such warrant or right; or any other security which the commissioner considers to be of similar nature and considers necessary or appropriate, by such rules and regulations as he may prescribe in the public interest or for the protection of investors, to treat as an equity security.|||Source. 1965, 131:1, eff. Aug. 1, 1965.|
NH Rev Stat § 402-A:7 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXVII - Insurance|Title 402-A - Insider Trading of Securities|Section 402-A:7 - Exemptions.

    402-A:7 Exemptions. –||The provisions of RSA 402-A:1, 2 and 3 do not apply to equity securities of a domestic stock insurance company if (a) such securities shall be registered, or shall be required to be registered, pursuant to section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or if (b) such domestic stock insurance company does not have any class of its equity securities held of record by 100 or more persons on the last business day of the year next preceding the year in which equity securities of the company would be subject to the provisions of RSA 402-A:1, 2 and 3 except for the provisions of this subsection (b).|||Source. 1965, 131:1, eff. Aug. 1, 1965.|
NH Rev Stat § 402-A:8 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXVII - Insurance|Title 402-A - Insider Trading of Securities|Section 402-A:8 - Regulations on Insider Trading.

    402-A:8 Regulations on Insider Trading. –||The commissioner has the power to make such reasonable rules and regulations as may be necessary for the execution of the functions vested in him by RSA 402-A:1-7, and may for such purpose classify domestic stock insurance companies, securities, and other persons or matters within his jurisdiction. No provision of RSA 402-A:1, 2 and 3 imposing any liability applies to any act done or omitted in good faith in conformity with any rule or regulation of the commissioner, notwithstanding that such rule or regulation may, after such act or omission, be amended or rescinded or determined by judicial or other authority to be invalid for any reason.|||Source. 1965, 131:1, eff. Aug. 1, 1965.|
NH Rev Stat § 402-A:9 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXVII - Insurance|Title 402-A - Insider Trading of Securities|Section 402-A:9 - Regulations on Solicitation of Proxies.

    402-A:9 Regulations on Solicitation of Proxies. –||The insurance commissioner has the power to make reasonable rules and regulations concerning the solicitation by mail, or otherwise, of any proxy, consent, or authorization in respect of any stock of any domestic stock insurance company.|||Source. 1965, 131:1, eff. Aug. 1, 1965.|
NH Rev Stat § 402-B:1 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXVII - Insurance|Title 402-B - Insurance Claims Adjusters|Section 402-B:1 - Prohibition.

    402-B:1 Prohibition. –||It is unlawful for any person, whether as agent or employee, to act directly or indirectly, as an insurance claims adjuster in this state for any insurance company unless licensed as provided in this chapter.|||Source. 1969, 218:1, eff. Aug. 5, 1969.|
NH Rev Stat § 402-B:3 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXVII - Insurance|Title 402-B - Insurance Claims Adjusters|Section 402-B:3 - Applications.

    402-B:3 Applications. –||Applications for licenses as an insurance claims adjuster shall be made in writing to the commissioner of insurance on forms prescribed by him or her stating the age, domicile, line or lines of insurance for which the applicant desires a license, and the place of business of the individual applicant. The commissioner shall require the applicant to set forth personal and professional background information in the application as the commissioner may reasonably require to determine suitability for issuance of a license.|||Source. 1969, 218:1. 2008, 18:9, eff. July 11, 2008.|
NH Rev Stat § 402-B:4 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXVII - Insurance|Title 402-B - Insurance Claims Adjusters|Section 402-B:4 - Examination.

    402-B:4 Examination. –||Except as hereinafter provided, the commissioner of insurance shall not issue an original claims adjuster's license to any applicant therefor unless and until said applicant shall have satisfactorily passed a reasonable written examination, which shall be administered by the commissioner, shall be in such form as said commissioner shall prescribe and shall be of sufficient scope to test the applicant's knowledge of insurance, the duties and responsibilities of a licensee, and the laws of the state applicable to insurance. The commissioner is authorized to publish and distribute printed material indicating the scope of the examination and suggested sources of study. The commissioner shall collect a fee as established by RSA 400-A:29.|||Source. 1969, 218:1. 1983, 473:9, eff. Sept. 3, 1983. 2019, 112:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2020.|
NH Rev Stat § 402-B:5 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXVII - Insurance|Title 402-B - Insurance Claims Adjusters|Section 402-B:5 - Exceptions.

    402-B:5 Exceptions. –||The commissioner shall waive the requirement of such examination in the following cases:||I. Nonresident applicants who are licensed as insurance claims adjusters in the states in which they reside, or if no license is required in said states, then nonresident applicants who have engaged in the business of claims adjusting for a period of 6 months;||II. Attorneys-at-law.||III. [Repealed.]|||Source. 1969, 218:1, eff. Aug. 5, 1969. 2019, 112:2, eff. Jan. 1, 2020.|
NH Rev Stat § 402-B:5-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXVII - Insurance|Title 402-B - Insurance Claims Adjusters|Section 402-B:5-a - Continuing Education.

    402-B:5-a Continuing Education. –||Every 2 years, at least 60 days prior to the renewal date of their license, persons holding an adjusters license shall be certified by the insurance department as having completed 24 hours of continuing education instruction. Of the 24 continuing education hours required, at least 3 hours shall consist of courses approved for adjuster ethics credit. Licensees with workers' compensation authority shall comply with the approved 10 credit hours of workers' compensation and 10 credit hours of multi-line requirement pursuant to RSA 281-A:63. Those licensees without workers' compensation authority may satisfy their 24 credit hour requirement exclusively with multi-line approved credits or any combination of approved workers' compensation or multi-line courses. Such continuing education instruction shall be approved by the insurance department. If a nonresident licensee has complied with the continuing education requirements of his or her state of residence or designated home state, he or she will not be required to comply with the requirements of this state.|||Source. 1993, 317:1. 1997, 324:4. 2001, 224:2. 2010, 212:5, eff. Jan. 1, 2011. 2019, 112:3, eff. Jan. 1, 2020.|
NH Rev Stat § 402-B:6 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXVII - Insurance|Title 402-B - Insurance Claims Adjusters|Section 402-B:6 - Rules and Regulations.

    402-B:6 Rules and Regulations. –||The commissioner may make reasonable rules and regulations necessary to effect the purposes of this chapter.|||Source. 1969, 218:1, eff. Aug. 5, 1969.|
NH Rev Stat § 402-B:7 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXVII - Insurance|Title 402-B - Insurance Claims Adjusters|Section 402-B:7 - License to Issue.

    402-B:7 License to Issue. –||I. Upon satisfaction that such applicant is in all respects properly qualified and of good character, and that the granting of such license is not against the public interest, the commissioner shall, upon the payment of the required fee, issue said applicant an insurance claims adjuster's license.||II. Licensees shall inform the commissioner by any means acceptable to the commissioner of a change of address within 30 days of the change. Change of address shall be accompanied by the fee required pursuant to RSA 400-A:29.||III. A nonresident insurance adjuster license shall remain in effect unless revoked or suspended as long as the fee set forth in RSA 400-A:29 is paid and the nonresident's insurance adjuster license remains in good standing in his or her home state. Termination of the insurance adjuster's resident license shall be deemed termination of the New Hampshire nonresident insurance adjuster license unless the adjuster timely files a change of address pursuant to this chapter.||IV. An adjuster shall report to the commissioner any administrative action taken against the adjuster in another jurisdiction or by another governmental agency in this state within 30 days of the final disposition of the matter. This report shall include a copy of the order, consent to order, or other relevant legal documents.||V. Within 30 days of the initial pretrial hearing date, an adjuster shall report to the commissioner any criminal prosecution of the adjuster taken in any jurisdiction. The report shall include a copy of the initial complaint filed, the order resulting from the hearing, and any other relevant legal documents.|||Source. 1969, 218:1, eff. Aug. 5, 1969. 2019, 112:4, eff. Jan. 1, 2020.|
NH Rev Stat § 402-B:8 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXVII - Insurance|Title 402-B - Insurance Claims Adjusters|Section 402-B:8 - Fees.

    402-B:8 Fees. –||The commissioner of insurance shall collect the following fees for use by the commissioner in administrating this title:||I. For each original insurance claims adjuster's license, as prescribed by RSA 400-A:29.||II. For each renewal, as prescribed by RSA 400-A:29.||III. An individual insurance adjuster who allows his or her license to lapse may, within 24 months from the due date of the renewal fee, reinstate the same license without the necessity of passing a written examination. However, a penalty in the amount of double the unpaid renewal fee shall be required for any renewal fee received after the due date, pursuant to RSA 400-A:29.|||Source. 1969, 218:1. 1970, 37:5. 1971, 244:18. 2001, 224:11, eff. Sept. 9, 2001. 2019, 112:5, eff. Jan. 1, 2020.|
NH Rev Stat § 402-B:9 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXVII - Insurance|Title 402-B - Insurance Claims Adjusters|Section 402-B:9 - Form of License, Display.

    402-B:9 Form of License, Display. –||The insurance claims adjuster's license shall be in such form and contain such identifying information concerning the licensee as the commissioner of insurance shall prescribe. The licensee shall exhibit said license to each person, whether an insured, a claimant, a witness, a potential witness or any other informant with whom he may deal in the course of investigating or adjusting any claim or potential claim prior to any such dealings and shall identify the name of the company for which he works and the name of the insured.|||Source. 1969, 218:1, eff. Aug. 5, 1969.|
NH Rev Stat § 402-B:10 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXVII - Insurance|Title 402-B - Insurance Claims Adjusters|Section 402-B:10 - Repealed by 1971, 244:19, VII, eff. Aug. 17, 1971.

    402-B:10 Repealed by 1971, 244:19, VII, eff. Aug. 17, 1971. –|
NH Rev Stat § 402-B:10-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXVII - Insurance|Title 402-B - Insurance Claims Adjusters|Section 402-B:10-a - Expiration.

    402-B:10-a Expiration. –||An insurance adjuster license shall remain in effect unless revoked or suspended as long as the fee set forth in RSA 400-A:29 is paid and educational requirements for resident individual adjusters are met by the due date.|||Source. 1977, 232:3, eff. Aug. 14, 1977. 2019, 112:6, eff. Jan. 1, 2020.|
NH Rev Stat § 402-B:11 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXVII - Insurance|Title 402-B - Insurance Claims Adjusters|Section 402-B:11 - Expedited License.

    402-B:11 Expedited License. –||In the event of an emergency or disaster, the commissioner of insurance may, in his or her discretion, issue licenses to persons the commissioner determines are qualified. The fee for the expedited license shall be the same as that provided in RSA 402-B:8.|||Source. 1969, 218:1, eff. Aug. 5, 1969. 2019, 112:7, eff. Jan. 1, 2020.|
NH Rev Stat § 402-B:12 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXVII - Insurance|Title 402-B - Insurance Claims Adjusters|Section 402-B:12 - Suspension, Revocation or Fine.

    402-B:12 Suspension, Revocation or Fine. –||The commissioner may for good cause shown, after notice and hearing, suspend or revoke the insurance claims adjuster's license of any holder or subject him to an administrative fine not to exceed $2,500. Such hearing may be held by the commissioner or any person designated by him. Any person aggrieved by said action of the commissioner or refused a license or renewal of the same by him may appeal in accordance with the provisions of RSA 541.|||Source. 1969, 218:1. 1975, 312:1, eff. Aug. 6, 1975.|
NH Rev Stat § 402-B:13 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXVII - Insurance|Title 402-B - Insurance Claims Adjusters|Section 402-B:13 - Penalty.

    402-B:13 Penalty. –||Any person who shall act within this state as an insurance claims adjuster without being licensed as herein provided, or any licensee who in the course of his work as an insurance claims adjuster shall misrepresent his identity or the identity of his principal or employer, or who shall wrongfully divulge information coming to him in his capacity as an insurance claims adjuster, shall:||I. Be guilty of a misdemeanor if a natural person, or guilty of a felony if any other person; and||II. Be subject to suspension or revocation of his license and a fine not to exceed $2,500 for each violation.|||Source. 1969, 218:1. 1973, 529:101. 1975, 312:2. 1991, 136:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1992.|
NH Rev Stat § 402-C:1 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXVII - Insurance|Title 402-C - Insurers Rehabilitation and Liquidation|Section 402-C:1 - Title, Construction and Purpose.

    402-C:1 Title, Construction and Purpose. –||I. Short Title. This chapter may be cited as the "Insurers Rehabilitation and Liquidation Act."||II. Construction: No Limitation of Powers. This chapter shall not be interpreted to limit the powers granted the commissioner by other provisions of the law.||III. Liberal Construction. This chapter shall be liberally construed to effect the purpose stated in paragraph IV.||IV. Purpose. The purpose of this chapter is the protection of the interests of insureds, creditors, and the public generally, with minimum interference with the normal prerogatives of proprietors, through:||(a) Early detection of any potentially dangerous condition in an insurer, and prompt application of appropriate corrective measures, neither unduly harsh nor subject to the kind of publicity that would needlessly damage or destroy the insurer;||(b) Improved methods for rehabilitating insurers, by enlisting the advice and management expertise of the insurance industry;||(c) Enhanced efficiency and economy of liquidation, through clarification and specification of the law, to minimize legal uncertainty and litigation;||(d) Equitable apportionment of any unavoidable loss;||(e) Lessening the problems of interstate rehabilitation and liquidation by facilitating cooperation between states in the liquidation process, and by extension of the scope of personal jurisdiction over debtors of the insurer outside this state; and||(f) Regulation of the insurance business by the impact of the law relating to delinquency procedures and substantive rules on the entire insurance business.|||Source. 1969, 272:1, eff. June 23, 1969.|
NH Rev Stat § 402-C:2 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXVII - Insurance|Title 402-C - Insurers Rehabilitation and Liquidation|Section 402-C:2 - Persons Covered.

    402-C:2 Persons Covered. –||The proceedings authorized by this chapter may be applied to:||I. All insurers who are doing, or have done, an insurance business in this state, and against whom claims arising from that business may exist now or in the future;||II. All insurers who purport to do an insurance business in this state;||III. All insurers who have insureds resident in this state;||IV. All other persons organized or in the process of organizing with the intent to do an insurance business in this state; and||V. All nonprofit health service corporations as defined in RSA 420-A and all fraternal benefit and mutual benefit societies as defined in RSA 418.|||Source. 1969, 272:1. 1997, 190:4, eff. Jan. 1, 1998.|