(a) A domestic insurer may not knowingly solicit insurance business in a reciprocating state in which it is not then licensed as an authorized insurer.
(b) This section does not prohibit advertising through publication and radio, television, and other broadcasts originating outside the reciprocating state, if the insurer is licensed in a majority of the states in which the advertising is disseminated, and if the advertising is not specifically directed to residents of the reciprocating state.
(c) This section does not prohibit insurance covering persons or risks located in a reciprocating state under contract solicited and issued in states in which the insurer is then licensed. This section does not prohibit insurance effectuated by the insurer as an unauthorized insurer in accordance with the laws of the reciprocating state.
(d) The director shall suspend or revoke the certificate of authority of a domestic insurer found by the director, after a hearing, to have violated this section.
(e) In this section a "reciprocating" state is one that imposes a similar prohibition upon insurers domiciled in that state.
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