(a) Each licensed surplus lines broker shall keep in the broker’s office in this State a full and true record of each surplus lines contract placed by the broker including a copy of the policy, certificate, cover note, or other evidence of insurance including, as applicable:

Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 431:8-312

  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Home state: means , with respect to an insured, the state in which an insured maintains the insured's principal place of business or, in the case of an individual, the state in which the individual maintains the individual's principal residence; provided that if one hundred per cent of the insured risk is located out of the state where the insured maintains the insured's principal place of business or the state where the individual maintains the principal residence, the home state shall be the state where the greatest percentage of the insured's taxable premium for that insurance contract is allocated. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 431:8-102
  • Surplus lines broker: means any person licensed under section 431:8-310 to place insurance on risks resident, located, or to be performed in this State with unauthorized insurers. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 431:8-102
(1) Amount of the insurance and perils insured;
(2) Brief description of the property insured and its location;
(3) Gross premium, taxes, and fees charged;
(4) Any return premium, taxes, and fees paid;
(5) Rate of premium charged upon the several items of property;
(6) Effective date of the contract and its terms;
(7) Name, address, and home state of the insured;
(8) Name and address of the insurer;
(9) Amount of tax and other sums to be collected from the insured; and
(10) Any additional information required by the commissioner.
(b) For each contract of insurance placed by a surplus lines broker, the broker shall maintain a written statement as to the diligent efforts by the surplus lines broker or the producer to place the insurance with authorized insurers.
(c) The record of each contract shall be kept open at all reasonable times to examination by the commissioner without notice for a period not less than five years following the termination of the contract.