Table of Contents TITLE 33. INSURANCE AND INSURANCE COMPANIES CHAPTER 2. REGULATION OF INSURANCE COMPANIES Part 1. Authorization of Insurers
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Mont. Code Ann. § 33-2-101

(1997)

Certificate of authority required

(1) No person shall act as an insurer and no insurer shall transact insurance in this state except as authorized by a subsisting certificate of authority issued to it by the commissioner, except as to such transactions as are expressly otherwise provided for in this code.

(2) No insurer shall have or maintain in Montana any office, representative, or other facilities for the solicitation or servicing of any kind of insurance in any other state unless it is then authorized to transact the same kind of insurance in this state.

Opinions construing this section

3 opinions
2022 MT 62 Mar 29, 2022 Opinion issued in a DA case, outcome unknown
Norval Electric Coop v. Lawson
Majority by Laurie McKinnon · 5 to 0
88) (citation omitted). An insurer transacting insurance in Montana must have a certificate of authority issued by the Montana Insurance Commissioner. Section 33-2-101(1), MCA. The process for applying for this certificate of authority is governed by § 33-2-115, MCA, which enumerates the documentation that applicants, including fore
2021 MT 71 Mar 23, 2021 Affirmed
Dannels v. BNSF
Concurring by Dirk M. Sandefur · 4 to 2 with 1 concurring
y issued by the [insurance] commissioner” in accordance with the requirements of §§ 33-2-106 and -115 through -117, MCA. Sections 33-1-201(1)-(4), (9), and 33-2-101, MCA. See also § 33-1-201(10), MCA (defining the term “unauthorized insurer”). ¶46 Against that precisely-defined statutory backdrop, the concept of “self
2011 MT 229 Sep 14, 2011 Affirmed in part, reversed in part
Shattuck et al., v. Kalispell Regional Center
Majority by Jim Rice · 7 to 0
pursuant to § 2-15-2201, MCA. Undisputed evidence indicates that DPHHS does not have a certificate of authority from the insurance commissioner pursuant to § 33-2-101, MCA. DPHHS’ duties include: to “administer and supervise public assistance,” “assist and cooperate with other state and federal departments . . . by perfor
Official Annotations archive.org, 1997 edition
History:
En. Sec. 46, Ch. 286, L. 1959
R.C.M. 1947, 40-2801.
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