New Jersey Statutes 17:22-6.37. Acting for unauthorized companies; prohibition; exceptions
Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 17:22-6.37
- Annuity: A periodic (usually annual) payment of a fixed sum of money for either the life of the recipient or for a fixed number of years. A series of payments under a contract from an insurance company, a trust company, or an individual. Annuity payments are made at regular intervals over a period of more than one full year.
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- person: includes corporations, companies, associations, societies, firms, partnerships and joint stock companies as well as individuals, unless restricted by the context to an individual as distinguished from a corporate entity or specifically restricted to one or some of the above enumerated synonyms and, when used to designate the owner of property which may be the subject of an offense, includes this State, the United States, any other State of the United States as defined infra and any foreign country or government lawfully owning or possessing property within this State. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
- State: extends to and includes any State, territory or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia and the Canal Zone. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
This section does not apply to:
(a) Matters authorized to be done by the commissioner under the unauthorized insurers process law, (N.J.S.A. 17:51-1 et seq.);
(b) Surplus lines insurance when written pursuant to the surplus lines law;
(c) Transactions as to which a certificate of authority is not required of an insurer under the insurance laws of the State of New Jersey;
(d) Reinsurance effectuated in accordance with the laws of New Jersey;
(e) Railroad or aviation risks engaged in interstate or international commerce;
(f) Insurances of vessels, crafts or hulls, cargoes, marine builders’ risks, marine protection and indemnity or other risks including strikes and war risks commonly insured under ocean or wet marine forms of policy.
No insurance contract entered into in violation of this section shall be deemed to have been rendered invalid thereby.
L.1960, c. 32, p. 105, s. 3. Amended by L.1963, c. 189, s. 1.