Section 1320. Deposits by alien insurers; statutory deposits  


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  • (a) No alien
      insurer authorized to do an insurance business in this  state  shall  do
      such business unless it shall have securities deposited (for the benefit
      of all its policyholders, or all its policyholders and creditors, in the
      United  States) with the superintendent or with proper state officers of
      other states, or held as trusteed assets, in an amount at least equal to
      one hundred fifty per centum of the capital required to be maintained by
      a domestic stock insurer licensed to do the same kinds of insurance.  In
      any event the deposit with the superintendent shall at least equal:
        (1)  if  such insurer is licensed in this state to do only one kind of
      insurance, five hundred thousand dollars;
        (2) if such insurer is licensed in this state to do two or more  kinds
      of  insurance,  an amount equal to the lesser of the capital required to
      be maintained by a domestic stock insurer licensed to do the same  kinds
      of insurance, or one million dollars.
        (b)   Notwithstanding  the  foregoing,  any  alien  insurer  initially
      licensed to do an insurance business in this state prior to July  first,
      nineteen  hundred  eighty-two shall have securities deposited or held as
      trusteed assets, as provided in subsection (a) hereof in  an  amount  at
      least  equal  to fifty percent of the deposit requirements applicable to
      an alien insurer initially authorized to do  an  insurance  business  in
      this state on or after July first, nineteen hundred eighty-two.
        (c)  Any  licensed alien insurer may make additional deposits with the
      superintendent in order to comply  with  this  section  or  section  one
      thousand three hundred twelve of this article.
        (d)  In  any financial statement of a United States branch of any such
      alien insurer the item corresponding to  capital  stock  of  a  domestic
      stock  corporation  shall be termed its "statutory deposit" and shall be
      in an amount equal to the deposit required to comply with the provisions
      of subsection (a) or (b) hereof.