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Excess and surplus lines
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Declinations
Before placing a risk with a surplus-lines company, Section 405:24 of the New Hampshire Insurance Law requires producers to satisfy the insurance commissioner that the producer cannot procure such insurance in an admitted company. How are producers expected to ’satisfy the insurance commissioner’ in the context of this statute?
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Massachusetts surplus-lines fees
What is the law on the maximum surplus-lines fee that can be charged in Massachusetts?
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Declinations due to deficient coverage
Can I consider an authorized insurer’s failure to provide all aspects of the coverage requested by the applicant to be a declination, or does the applicant have to settle for inferior coverage?