It is unlawful for any insurance company doing the business of insurance as defined in subdivisions (3) to (22), inclusive, of N.C. Gen. Stat. § 58-7-15 and employing an insurance producer representing another such company, either directly or through any organization or association, to enter into, make or maintain any stipulation or agreement in anywise limiting the compensation such insurance producer may receive from any such other company or forbidding or prohibiting reinsurance of the risks of any such domestic company in whole or in part by any other company holding membership in or cooperating with such organization or association. The penalty for any violation of this section shall be a fine of not less than one thousand dollars ($1,000) nor more than five thousand dollars ($5,000), and the forfeiture of license to do business in this State for a period of 12 months following conviction. ?(1905, c. 424; Rev., ss. 3491, 4768; 1915, c. 166, ss. 2, 3; C.S., s. 6432; 1945, c. 458; 1985, c. 666, s. 26; 2022-46, s. 14(iii).)

Terms Used In North Carolina General Statutes 58-43-30

  • Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
  • following: when used by way of reference to any section of a statute, shall be construed to mean the section next preceding or next following that in which such reference is made; unless when some other section is expressly designated in such reference. See North Carolina General Statutes 12-3
  • state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, shall be construed to extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories, so called; and the words "United States" shall be construed to include the said district and territories and all dependencies. See North Carolina General Statutes 12-3