Rhode Island § 27-2-9 - Foreign Insurance Companies
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§ 27-2-9. Foreign Insurance Companies
R.I. Gen. Laws § 27-2-9
§ 27-2-9. Statement as to capital, assets, and investments.
Every life insurance company, health insurance company, livestock, or other insurance company, cooperative, or assessment, shall before making any contract of insurance, deposit with the insurance commissioner a statement signed and sworn to by the president and secretary of the company, specifying the amount of its capital and all of its assets and the manner of its investment, designating the amount invested in mortgages, public securities, and in stock of incorporated companies, stating what companies, and also the amount invested in other securities, particularizing each item of investment, the amount insured by existing policies, the amount of liabilities, specifying the amount of outstanding claims, adjusted or unadjusted, due or not due, and the largest sum insured in any one risk; provided, that no more than one statement needs to be filed on behalf of the company.
History of Section.
G.L. 1896, ch. 182, § 13; G.L. 1909, ch. 220, § 13; G.L. 1923, ch. 256, § 13; G.L.
1938, ch. 151, § 13; P.L. 1953, ch. 3174, § 4; G.L. 1956, § 27-2-9.
Source: official Rhode Island text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 27-2-9 ("Foreign Insurance Companies") is part of the Rhode Island General Laws, the codified statutory law of Rhode Island. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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