(a) The commissioner shall collect, in advance, the following fees:
Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 431:7-101
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
Issuance on or after July 1, 2014 …………….$500
(24) Life settlement provider’s license: Issuance before July 1, 2014 …………………$150
Issuance on or after July 1, 2014 ……………..$75
(25) Life settlement broker’s license: Issuance before July 1, 2014 …………………$150
Issuance on or after July 1, 2014 ……………..$75
(26) Examination for license: For each examination, a fee to be established by the commissioner.
(b) The fees for services of the department of commerce and consumer affairs subsequent to the issuance of a certificate of authority, license, registration, or other certificate are as follows:
(1) $600 per year for all services (including extension of the certificate of authority) for an authorized insurer;
(2) $50 per year for all services (including extension of the license) for a regularly licensed resident producer;
(3) $75 per year for all services (including extension of the license) for a regularly licensed nonresident producer;
(4) $45 per year for all services (including extension of the license) for a regularly licensed independent adjuster;
(5) $45 per year for all services (including extension of the license) for a regularly licensed public adjuster;
(6) $45 per year for all services (including extension of the license) for a claims adjuster’s limited license;
(7) $150 per year for all services (including extension of the license) for an administrator’s license;
(8) $60 per year for all services (including extension of the license) for a regularly licensed independent bill reviewer;
(9) $45 per year for all services (including extension of the license) for a producer’s limited license;
(10) $75 per year for all services (including extension of the license) for a regularly licensed managing general agent;
(11) $75 per year for all services (including extension of the license) for a regularly licensed reinsurance intermediary;
(12) $45 per year for all services (including extension of the license) for a licensed surplus lines broker;
(13) $140 per year for all services (including renewal of registration) for a pharmacy benefit manager;
(14) $75 per year for all services (including renewal of registration) for a service contract provider;
(15) $65 per year for all services (including extension of the certificate) for an approved course provider;
(16) $20 per year for all services (including extension of the certificate) for an approved continuing education course;
(17) $75 per year for all services (including renewal of registration) for a vehicle protection product warrantor;
(18) A fee to be established by the commissioner for each criminal history record check and fingerprinting;
(19) $600 per year for all services (including extension of the license) for a regularly licensed limited line motor vehicle rental company producer;
(20) $2,500 per year for all services (including extension of the license) for a regularly licensed limited lines portable electronics producer;
(21) $45 per year for all services (including extension of the license) for a regularly licensed limited lines self-service storage producer;
(22) $1,000 per year for all services provided before July 1, 2014, (including extension of the certificate) for an authorized legal service plan;
(23) $500 per year for all services provided on or after July 1, 2014, (including extension of the certificate) for an authorized legal service plan;
(24) $1,200 per year for all services (including extension of the license) for a regularly licensed life settlement provider; and
(25) $150 per year for all services (including extension of the license) for a regularly licensed life settlement broker.
The services referred to in paragraphs (1) to (25) shall not include services in connection with examinations, investigations, hearings, appeals, and deposits with a depository other than the department of commerce and consumer affairs.
(c) The commissioner shall notify the holder of a certificate of authority issued under article 3 by written notice at least thirty days prior to the extension date of the certificate of authority or other certificate. The annual fee for all services shall be due and payable by electronic payment via the National Association of Insurance Commissioners’ Online Premium Tax for Insurance or an equivalent service approved by the commissioner. If the fee is not paid before or on the extension date, the fee shall be increased by a penalty in the amount of fifty per cent of the fee. The commissioner shall provide notice in writing of the delinquency of extension and the imposition of the authorized penalty. If the fee and the penalty are not paid within thirty days immediately following the date of notice of delinquency, the commissioner may revoke, suspend, or inactivate the certificate of authority or other certificate, and may not reissue, remove the suspension of, or reactivate the certificate of authority or other certificate until the fee and penalty have been paid.
(d) The commissioner shall notify licensees and registrants by written notice at least thirty days prior to the extension date of the license or registration. If the fee is not paid before or on the renewal date for a license or registration, the fee shall be increased by a penalty in the amount of double the unpaid renewal fee.
(e) Failure to pay the fee before or on the renewal or extension date for a license, registration, or other certificate shall cause the automatic inactivation of the license, registration, or other certificate .
(f) All fees and penalties are nonrefundable and shall be deposited to the credit of the compliance resolution fund.
