Impaired Insurers — Notice To Agents — Penalty

TITLE 41 INSURANCE CHAPTER 3 AUTHORIZATION OF INSURERS AND GENERAL REQUIREMENTS 41-330. Impaired insurers — Notice to agents — Penalty. (1) Upon suspension, revocation or refusal to continue the certificate of authority of an insurer on account of deficiency of assets (if a foreign insurer) or failure to cure an impairment of the capital stock (if a stock insurer) or surplus (if a mutual or reciprocal) of a domestic insurer, as provided under section 41-326 (1)(b), every officer and director of the insurer must, either separately or jointly with one or more of the others and within four (4) days after notice of such suspension, revocation or refusal was given to the insurer by the director, notify by any available means every person authorized by the insurer, as of immediately prior to such suspension, revocation or refusal, to write business for the insurer in Idaho, immediately to cease such writing; and each such person so notified shall immediately cease to write any further business for the insurer in Idaho. (2)  Each individual made responsible for such notification under the foregoing subsection, who fails so to notify, and every person so authorized who, after being so notified or otherwise being informed as to such impairment or suspension, revocation, or refusal, solicits or writes further business for the insurer, is guilty of a felony and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine of not exceeding ten thousand dollars ($10,000) or by imprisonment in the Idaho state penitentiary for a term of not exceeding ten (10) years, or by both such fine and imprisonment. (3)  This section does not apply to any person or persons, whomsoever, who has been appointed as and is acting as rehabilitator or receiver of the insurer in judicial proceedings in a court of the United States or of the state of Idaho.