Delaware Code Title 18 Sec. 5809 – Supplemental provisions, rules, exemption
(a) The provisions of this chapter are supplemental to any other provisions of the laws of this State, and shall not preclude or limit any other powers or duties of the Commissioner under such laws, including, but not limited to, Chapter 59 of this title.
Terms Used In Delaware Code Title 18 Sec. 5809
- Domestic insurer: means any insurance company domiciled in this State, except insurers not doing business with citizens or residents of the United States or organized or located within the United States. See Delaware Code Title 18 Sec. 5801
- Property and casualty insurer: means any insurance company licensed under § 516 of this title, but shall not include monoline mortgage guaranty insurers, financial guaranty insurers and title insurers. See Delaware Code Title 18 Sec. 5801
- State: means the State of Delaware; and when applied to different parts of the United States, it includes the District of Columbia and the several territories and possessions of the United States. See Delaware Code Title 1 Sec. 302
(b) The Commissioner may adopt reasonable rules necessary for the implementation of this chapter.
(c) The Commissioner may exempt from the application of this chapter any domestic property and casualty insurer which:
(1) Writes direct business only in this State;
(2) Writes direct annual premiums of $2,000,000 or less; and
(3) Assumes no reinsurance in excess of 5 percent of direct premium written.
(d) The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to any domestic insurer transacting insurance in foreign countries only, as defined in § 103 of this title; and negotiation and issuance of insurance on objects of insurance resident, located or to be performed in such foreign jurisdictions, and changes in, communications concerning, and collection of premiums and payment of proceeds on insurance so issued, shall not be deemed to constitute the transaction of insurance in any such state.