508.13 Annual certificate of authority.
1. On receipt of an application for a certificate of authority or renewal of a certificate of authority, fees, the deposit provided in section 511.8, subsection 16, and the statement, and the statement and evidence of investment of foreign companies, the commissioner of insurance shall issue a certificate or a renewal of a certificate setting forth the corporate name of the company, its home office, that it has fully complied with the laws of the state and is authorized to transact the business of life insurance for the ensuing year, which certificate shall expire on the first day of June of the ensuing year, or sooner upon thirty days’ notice given by the commissioner, of the next annual valuation of its policies.
2. A company shall submit annually on or before March 1 a completed application for renewal of its certificate of authority. A certificate of authority shall expire on the first day of June next succeeding its issue and shall be renewed annually so long as the company transacts business in accordance with all legal requirements of the state.
3. A company that fails to timely file an application for renewal of its certificate of authority shall pay an administrative penalty of five hundred dollars to the treasurer of state for deposit as provided in section 505.7.
4. A copy of a certificate of authority, when certified by the commissioner, shall be admissible in evidence for or against a company, with the same effect as the original.
[C73, §1170; C97, §1775; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §8657; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §508.13]
88 Acts, ch 1112, §103; 2006 Acts, ch 1117, §31; 2009 Acts, ch 181, §66
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