For purposes of the Insurers Examination Act:

Terms Used In Nebraska Statutes 44-5903

  • Assessment association: shall mean a company that meets its losses and expenses from assessment levied upon its members. See Nebraska Statutes 44-103
  • Company: shall include any corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint-stock company, joint venture, or association. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
  • Company shall: include any corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint-stock company, joint venture, or association. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Department: shall mean the Department of Insurance. See Nebraska Statutes 44-103
  • Director: shall mean the Director of Insurance. See Nebraska Statutes 44-103
  • Insurer shall: include all companies, exchanges, societies, or associations whether organized on the stock, mutual, assessment, or fraternal plan of insurance and reciprocal insurance exchanges. See Nebraska Statutes 44-103
  • Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
  • Person: shall include bodies politic and corporate, societies, communities, the public generally, individuals, partnerships, limited liability companies, joint-stock companies, and associations. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
  • Person shall: include bodies politic and corporate, societies, communities, the public generally, individuals, partnerships, limited liability companies, joint-stock companies, and associations. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801

(1) Company shall mean any person engaging in or proposing or attempting to engage in any transaction or kind of insurance or surety business and any person or group of persons who may otherwise be subject to the administrative, regulatory, or taxing authority of the director;

(2) Department shall mean the Department of Insurance;

(3) Director shall mean the Director of Insurance;

(4) Examiner shall mean any individual having been appointed by the director to conduct an examination under the act;

(5) Insurer shall mean any person authorized to transact the business of insurance, including any fraternal benefit society, reciprocal exchange, advisory organization, assessment association, unincorporated mutual association, hospital or physicians mutual insurance association, and professional association mutual insurance company; and

(6) Person shall mean any individual, aggregation of individuals, trust, association, partnership, limited liability company, or corporation or any affiliate thereof.