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36 OK Stat § 36-615.2 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 36. Insurance|§36-615.2. Biographical affidavit.

|All domestic insurers and health maintenance organizations are required to keep biographical information current. Domestic insurers and health maintenance organizations are required to provide Biographical Affidavits within thirty (30) days of any change in officers, directors, key management or any person acquiring ten percent (10%) or more controlling interest in a domestic insurer. The information shall be on the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) UCAA Biographical Affidavit Form. The Biographical Affidavit is to be certified by an independent third party acceptable to the Insurance Commissioner that has conducted a comprehensive review of the background of the applicant and has indicated that the Biographical Affidavit has no significantly inaccurate or conflicting information and is accepted as the Business Character Report. As used in this section, "independent third party" is one that has no affiliation with the applicant and is in the business of providing background checks or investigations. The Business Character Report must be current and shall not be older than six (6) months. |Added by Laws 2004, c. 274, § 3, eff. July 1, 2004. Amended by Laws 2005, c. 129, § 3, eff. Nov. 1, 2005; Laws 2021, c. 478, § 1, emerg. eff. May 12, 2021.
36 OK Stat § 36-616 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 36. Insurance|§36-616. Issuance or refusal of certificate.

|A. If upon completion of application the Insurance Commissioner finds that the insurer has met the requirements for and is entitled thereto under this Code, he shall issue to the insurer a proper certificate of authority; if he does not so find, the Insurance Commissioner shall issue his order refusing such certificate. The Insurance Commissioner shall not issue a certificate of authority to any domestic insurer incorporated after January 1, 1970, unless each of the shareholders of the common capital stock thereof is entitled at the shareholders meetings to one vote for each share standing in his name in the books of the corporation. The Insurance Commissioner shall act upon an application for a certificate of authority within thirty (30) days after its completion. |B. The certificate, if issued, shall specify the kind or kinds of insurance the insurer is authorized to transact in Oklahoma. At the insurer's request, the Insurance Commissioner may issue a certificate of authority limited to particular types of insurance included within a kind of insurance as defined in this code.Laws 1957, p. 234, § 616; Laws 1969, c. 289, § 1; Laws 1970, c. 109, § 1, emerg. eff. April 1, 1970.
36 OK Stat § 36-617 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 36. Insurance|§36-617. Renewal and amendment of certificate.

|A. All certificates of authority shall, beginning November 1, 2002, be perpetual and automatically renewed as of March 1 of each year, unless the insurer fails to qualify for renewal pursuant to the requirements of the Insurance Code. |B. The Insurance Commissioner may amend a certificate of authority at any time to accord with changes in the insurer's charter or insuring powers.Added by Laws 1957, p. 235, § 617, operative July 1, 1957. Amended by Laws 2002, c. 307, § 9, eff. Nov. 1, 2002.
36 OK Stat § 36-618 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 36. Insurance|§36-618. Mandatory revocation or suspension.

|The Insurance Commissioner shall refuse to renew or shall revoke or suspend an insurer's certificate of authority: |1. If such action is required by any provision of this Code, or2. If the insurer no longer meets the requirements for the authority originally granted, on account of deficiency in assets or otherwise.Laws 1957, p. 235, § 618.
36 OK Stat § 36-619 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 36. Insurance|§36-619. Discretionary revocation or suspension; civil fines.

|A. The Insurance Commissioner may after opportunity for a hearing refuse to renew, or may revoke or suspend an insurer's certificate of authority, in addition to other grounds in this Code, if the insurer: |1. Violates any provision of this Code other than those as to which refusal, suspension, or revocation is mandatory;2. Knowingly fails to comply with any lawful rule or order of the Insurance Commissioner;3. Is found by the Insurance Commissioner to be in unsound condition or in such condition as to render its further transaction of insurance in this state hazardous to its policyholders or to the people of this state;4. Without reasonable cause compels claimants under its policies to accept less than the amount due them or to bring suit against it to secure full payment;5. Refuses to be examined or to produce its accounts, records, and files for examination by the Insurance Commissioner when required;6. Fails to pay any final judgment rendered against it in this state within thirty (30) days after the judgment becomes final; or7. Is affiliated with and under the same general management or interlocking directorate or ownership as another insurer which transacts direct insurance in this state without having a certificate of authority therefor, except as permitted to a surplus line insurer pursuant to Sections 1101 through 1120 of this title.B. In addition to or in lieu of any applicable revocation or suspension of an insurer's certificate of authority, any insurer who knowingly and willfully violates this Code may be subject to a civil penalty of not more than Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) for each occurrence.C. In addition to or in lieu of any sanction, the Commissioner may require an insurer to restrict its insurance writings, obtain additional contributions to surplus, withdraw from the state, reinsure all or part of its business, increase capital, surplus, deposits or any other account for the security of policyholders or creditors, or provide independent actuarial review.Added by Laws 1957, p. 235, § 619. Amended by Laws 1980, c. 182, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 1980; Laws 1986, c. 251, § 6, eff. Nov. 1, 1986; Laws 1997, c. 418, § 25, eff. Nov. 1, 1997; Laws 2010, c. 222, § 5, eff. Nov. 1, 2010.
36 OK Stat § 36-619.1 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 36. Insurance|§36-619.1. Availability of coverage without regard to geographic location.

|All insurers, as a condition of their authority to transact insurance in this state, shall make available all of the kinds of insurance coverage that they are transacting in this state to all Oklahoma residents, without regard to geographic location, but subject to the insurers' underwriting standards. |Added by Laws 1986, c. 134, § 2, emerg. eff. April 17, 1986.
36 OK Stat § 36-619.2 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 36. Insurance|§36-619.2. Workers' Compensation Fraud Unit of Office of Attorney General - Notification of certain violations.

|Any insurer which has reason to believe that a person has engaged in or is engaging in an act or practice that violates any workers' compensation fraud statute or administrative rule of this state shall immediately notify the Workers' Compensation Fraud Unit of the Office of the Attorney General. |Added by Laws 1993, c. 349, § 30, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.
36 OK Stat § 36-619.3 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 36. Insurance|§36-619.3. Motor vehicle liability insurer compliance.

|All insurers, as a condition of writing motor vehicle liability policies in this state, shall comply with the requirements of Section 7-600.2 of Title 47 of the Oklahoma Statutes. |Added by Laws 2009, c. 340, § 1, emerg. eff. May 27, 2009.
36 OK Stat § 36-620 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 36. Insurance|§36-620. Name of insurer.

|A. No insurer shall be authorized to transact insurance in Oklahoma which has or uses a name so similar to that of any insurer already so authorized as to cause uncertainty or confusion; except, that in case of conflict of names between two insurers the Insurance Commissioner may permit or require the newly-authorized insurer to use in Oklahoma such supplementation or modification of its name as may reasonably be necessary to avoid such conflict. |B. No insurer shall be authorized to transact insurance in Oklahoma which has or uses a name which tends to deceive or mislead as to the type of organization of the insurer.Laws 1957, p. 235, § 620.
36 OK Stat § 36-621 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 36. Insurance|§36-621. Service of legal process on foreign or alien insurers.

|A. Each authorized foreign or alien insurer shall appoint the Insurance Commissioner as its agent to receive service of legal process, other than a subpoena, issued against it in this state upon any cause of action arising from its transaction of business in this state. The appointment shall be irrevocable, shall bind any successor and shall remain in effect as long as there is in force in this state any contract made by the insurer or obligations arising therefrom. |B. Service of such process against a foreign or alien insurer shall be made only by service of process upon the Insurance Commissioner. Service of process against a domestic insurer may be made upon the insurer in the manner provided by laws applying to business entities generally, or upon the insurer's attorney-in-fact if a reciprocal insurer or a Lloyds association.C. Each such insurer at time of application for a certificate of authority shall file with the Insurance Commissioner designation of the name and address of the person to whom process against it served upon the Insurance Commissioner is to be forwarded. The insurer may change such designation by a new filing.Added by Laws 1957, p. 235, § 621. Amended by Laws 1997, c. 418, § 26, eff. Nov. 1, 1997; Laws 1997, c. 418, § 26, eff. Nov. 1, 1997.
36 OK Stat § 36-622 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 36. Insurance|§36-622. Manner of service of process.

|A. Triplicate copies of legal process against an insurer for whom the Insurance Commissioner is agent shall be served upon the Commissioner at the principal offices of the Insurance Department. When legal process against an insurer for whom the Insurance Commissioner is agent is issued, it shall be served in triplicate by any manner now provided by law or in lieu thereof by mailing triplicate copies of such legal process in the United States mails with postage prepaid to the Insurance Commissioner with return receipt requested, in which event service shall be sufficient upon showing of proof of mailing to the Commissioner with the return receipt attached. At the time of service the plaintiff shall pay to the Insurance Commissioner Twenty Dollars ($20.00), taxable as costs in the action. Upon receiving service, the Insurance Commissioner shall promptly forward a copy thereof by mail with return receipt requested to the person last so designated by the insurer to receive the same. |B. Process served upon the Insurance Commissioner and copy thereof forwarded as provided in this section shall constitute service upon the insurer.Added by Laws 1957, p. 236, § 622, operative July 1, 1957. Amended by Laws 1983, c. 68, § 6, eff. Nov. 1, 1983; Laws 1984, c. 215, § 3, operative June 30, 1984; Laws 1986, c. 251, § 7, emerg. eff. June 13, 1986; Laws 1997, c. 418, § 27, eff. Nov. 1, 1997; Laws 2009, c. 432, § 7, eff. July 1, 2009.
36 OK Stat § 36-624.1 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 36. Insurance|§36-624.1. Tax credit for taxes paid by domestic insurer in foreign state.

|If, by the laws of any state other than this state, or by the action of any public official of another state, any insurer or company, as defined in Section 624 of this Code, organized or domiciled in this state, shall be required to pay taxes for the privilege of doing business in such other state, and such amounts are imposed or assessed so that the taxes which are or would be imposed against Oklahoma domestic insurance companies are greater than those taxes required of insurers organized or domiciled in such other states, to the extent such amounts are legally due to such other states, an insurer or company organized or domiciled in this state may claim a credit against the tax payable pursuant to this article for any calendar year prior to 1989 of a sum not to exceed one hundred percent (100%) of such amount. Provided, for the tax attributed to premiums collected prior to July 1, 1988, the credit shall not be greater than the tax payable for such premiums; for the tax attributed to premiums collected on or after July 1, 1988 through December 31, 1988, the credit authorized by this section and the investment credit authorized by Section 625 of this title shall not reduce the tax payable for such premiums to less than one percent (1%). |Beginning with the taxes payable for calendar year 1989, the premium tax levied by Section 624 of this title shall not be reduced by the credit provided for in this section.Added by Laws 1985, c. 328, § 6, emerg. eff. July 29, 1985. Amended by Laws 1988, c. 83, § 6, emerg. eff. March 25, 1988.
36 OK Stat § 36-624.2 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 36. Insurance|§36-624.2. Refund of erroneously paid premium tax – Filing – Demand for hearing.

|A. Any taxpayer who has paid to the State of Oklahoma, through error of fact, or computation, or misinterpretation of law, any premium tax collected by the Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner may, as hereinafter provided, be refunded the amount of such tax so erroneously paid, without interest. |B. Any taxpayer who has so paid any such premium tax may, within three (3) years from the date of payment thereof, file with the Insurance Commissioner a verified claim for refund of such tax so erroneously paid. The Insurance Commissioner may accept an amended premium report or return as a verified claim for refund if the amended report or return establishes a liability less than the original report or return previously filed.C. Said claim so filed with the Insurance Commissioner, except for an amended report or return, shall specify the name of the taxpayer, certificate of authority or license number of the taxpayer, the time when and period for which said premium tax was paid, the nature and kind of premium tax so paid, the amount of the premium tax which said taxpayer claimed was erroneously paid, the grounds upon which a refund is sought, and such other information or data relative to such payment as may be necessary to an adjustment thereof by the Insurance Commissioner. It shall be the duty of the Insurance Commissioner to determine what amount of refund, if any, is due as soon as practicable, but no later than ninety (90) days after such claim has been filed, and advise the taxpayer about the correctness of the taxpayer's claim, and the claim for refund shall be approved or denied by written notice to the taxpayer.D. If the claim for refund is denied, the taxpayer may file a demand for hearing with the Insurance Commissioner. The demand for hearing must be filed on or before the thirtieth day after the date the notice of denial was mailed. If the taxpayer fails to file a demand for hearing, the claim for refund shall be barred.E. Upon the taxpayer's timely filing of a demand for hearing, the Insurance Commissioner shall set a date for hearing upon the claim for refund which date shall not be later than sixty (60) days from the date the demand for hearing was mailed. The taxpayer shall be notified of the time and place of the hearing. The hearing may be held after the sixty-day period provided by this subsection upon agreement of the taxpayer.Added by Laws 2003, c. 124, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2003.
36 OK Stat § 36-624.3 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 36. Insurance|§36-624.3. Refund of adverse economically targeted and home office credit deductions.

|A. As used in this section: |1. “Economically targeted credits” means any credit against the insurance premium tax other than the home office credits;2. “Home office credits” means the credits against insurance premium tax authorized pursuant to Section 625.1 of this title;3. “Insurance premium tax” means those levies imposed pursuant to Sections 624 and 628 of this title; and4. “Insurance premium tax liabilities” means the total liability of any insurance company created by the insurance premium tax.B. Any taxpayer adversely affected by a requirement of the Oklahoma Insurance Department for deducting home office credits after the deduction of economically targeted credits in computation of the taxpayer’s insurance premium tax liabilities for the period January 2003, through December 2006, shall be granted a refund, pursuant to the provisions of Section 624.2 of this title, for the difference between the insurance premium tax liability as it would have been computed had the home office credit been deducted prior to economically targeted credits and the insurance premium tax liability as it was actually computed for such periods.C. The provisions of this section shall be deemed sufficient grounds for the granting of a refund claim pursuant to subsection C of Section 624.2 of this title.D. No refund otherwise payable pursuant to the provisions of this section shall be paid to a claimant prior to July 1, 2007.E. Refunds paid on or after July 1, 2007, pursuant to the provisions of this section shall only be paid from those insurance premium taxes and fees that would be apportioned to the General Revenue Fund of the State Treasury. No refund otherwise payable pursuant to the provisions of this section shall be paid from insurance premium taxes or fees that would be apportioned to the Oklahoma Firefighters Pension and Retirement Fund, the Oklahoma Police Pension and Retirement System or the Law Enforcement Retirement Fund.F. Any and all premium tax credits to be utilized or recovered in a subsequent year are fully admitted as an asset to the insurer owning or generating said credits.Added by Laws 2005, c. 381, § 3, eff. July 1, 2006. Amended by Laws 2006, 2nd Ex. Sess., c. 44, § 1, eff. July 1, 2007.
36 OK Stat § 36-625.2 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 36. Insurance|§36-625.2. Premium tax credit - Applicable insurers.

|A. The tax credits set forth in Section 1 of this act shall apply to insurers who take action after November 1, 1987, to: |1. Establish new regional home offices; or2. Expand existing regional home offices, and hire new employees.B. An insurer in either category of the requirements of paragraph A of this section must also meet the hiring minimum requirements for the applicable tax credit bracket in Section 1 of this act.Added by Laws 1987, c. 137, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 1987.
36 OK Stat § 36-625.3 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 36. Insurance|§36-625.3. Insurance companies - Home office - Tax credit.

|An insurance company that has operated a regional home office in this state that has qualified for the tax credit provided for in Section 625.1 of Title 36 of the Oklahoma Statutes and that redomiciles and moves its home office to this state shall continue to receive such tax credit under the terms for which is was originally allowed. |Added by Laws 2000, c. 315, § 10, eff. July 1, 2000.
36 OK Stat § 36-625.4 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 36. Insurance|§36-625.4. Credit against premium tax.

|A. One hundred percent (100%) of any assessment paid by an insurer under the Oklahoma Property and Casualty Insurance Guaranty Association Act shall be allowed to that insurer as a credit against its premium tax levied under Section 624 of Title 36 of the Oklahoma Statutes. The tax credit referred to in this section shall be allowed at a rate of ten percent (10%) per year for ten (10) successive years following the date of assessment and, at the option of the insurer, may be taken over an additional number of years. The balance of any tax credit not claimed in a particular year may be reflected in the books and records of the insurer as an admitted asset of the insurer for all purposes. |B. Available credit against premium tax allowed under subsection A of this section may be transferred or assigned among or between insurers if:1. A merger, acquisition, or total assumption of reinsurance among or between the insurers occurs; or2. The Insurance Commissioner by order approves the transfer or assignment.Added by Laws 2002, c. 307, § 11, eff. Nov. 1, 2002.
36 OK Stat § 36-626 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 36. Insurance|§36-626. Collection proceedings.

|If any entity such as is referred to in this article fails to pay the annual premium tax levied by Section 624 of this Code, it shall be the duty of the Attorney General to institute proceedings in the name of the State of Oklahoma on the relation of the Insurance Commissioner in a court of competent jurisdiction to collect said amount. |Amended by Laws 1985, c. 179, § 3, emerg. eff. June 21, 1985.
36 OK Stat § 36-628 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 36. Insurance|§36-628. Retaliation.

|When by or pursuant to the laws of any other state or foreign country any premium or income or other taxes, or any fees, fines, penalties, licenses, deposit requirements or other material obligations, prohibitions or restrictions are imposed upon Oklahoma insurers doing business, or that might seek to do business in such other state or country, which in the aggregate are in excess of such taxes, fees, fines, penalties, licenses, deposit requirements or other obligations, prohibitions or restrictions directly imposed upon similar insurers of such other state or foreign country under the statutes of this state, so long as such laws continue in force or are so applied, the same obligations, prohibitions and restrictions of whatever kind shall be imposed upon similar insurers of such other state or foreign country doing business in Oklahoma. All insurance companies of other nations shall be held to the same obligations and prohibitions that are imposed by the state where they have elected to make their deposit and establish their principal agency in the United States. Any tax, license or other obligation imposed by any city, county or other political subdivision of a state or foreign country on Oklahoma insurers or their agents shall be deemed to be imposed by such state or foreign country within the meaning of this section. The provisions of this section shall not apply to ad valorem taxes on real or personal property or to personal income taxes. |Added by Laws 1957, p. 239, § 628, operative July 1, 1957. Amended by Laws 1990, c. 258, § 80, operative July 1, 1990; Laws 2001, c. 363, § 7, eff. July 1, 2001; Laws 2010, c. 222, § 6, eff. Nov. 1, 2010; Laws 2011, c. 278, § 3; Laws 2011, c. 360, § 3.