(a) If any fire, fire marine, or marine insurance company or association violates or fails to observe and comply with any or all of the provisions of § 56-2-409, this section and § 56-2-411 applicable to it, it immediately shall become the duty of the commissioner to investigate the company’s or association’s conduct, and if the commissioner is satisfied as to the guilt of the insurance company or association, it shall be the commissioner’s duty to revoke the license of the company or association to transact business in this state, and the revocation shall continue for at least one (1) year from the date of revocation.(b) No insurance company or association whose authority to transact business in this state has been so revoked shall be again authorized or permitted to transact business until it has filed in the office of the commissioner a certificate, signed by its president or other chief officer, to the effect that the terms and obligations of § 56-2-409, this section and § 56-2-411 are accepted by it as a part of the condition of its right and authority to transact business in this state.
