{"data":{"id":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-23-65-320","jurisdiction":"us-ar","citation":"Ark. Code Ann. § 23-65-320","heading":"Domestic surplus lines insurers","body":"(a) A domestic insurer possessing policyholder surplus of at least twenty million dollars ($20,000,000) may be: (1) Designated as a domestic surplus lines insurer with the written approval of the Insurance Commissioner; and (2) Allowed to write surplus lines insurance in any jurisdiction in which it is eligible. (b) A domestic surplus lines insurer is: (1) Deemed a nonadmitted surplus lines insurer in the State of Arkansas; and (2) Deemed a nonadmitted surplus lines insurer under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, Pub. L. No. 111-203. (c) A domestic surplus lines insurer is not subject to: (1) The Arkansas Property and Casualty Insurance Guaranty Act, § 23-90-101 et seq.; or (2) The Arkansas Life and Health Insurance Guaranty Association Act, § 23-96-101 et seq. (d) A surplus lines broker that obtains surplus lines insurance from a domestic surplus lines insurer shall comply with § 23-65-315 . (e) Unless specifically exempt, the insurance laws of this state regarding financial and solvency requirements apply to a domestic surplus lines insurer. Amended by Act 2013, No. 157,§ 1, eff. 8/16/2013. Acts 2011, No. 332, § 1.\n\n(a) A domestic insurer possessing policyholder surplus of at least twenty million dollars ($20,000,000) may be: (1) Designated as a domestic surplus lines insurer with the written approval of the Insurance Commissioner; and (2) Allowed to write surplus lines insurance in any jurisdiction in which it is eligible.\n\n(1) Designated as a domestic surplus lines insurer with the written approval of the Insurance Commissioner; and\n\n(2) Allowed to write surplus lines insurance in any jurisdiction in which it is eligible.\n\n(b) A domestic surplus lines insurer is: (1) Deemed a nonadmitted surplus lines insurer in the State of Arkansas; and (2) Deemed a nonadmitted surplus lines insurer under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, Pub. L. No. 111-203.\n\n(1) Deemed a nonadmitted surplus lines insurer in the State of Arkansas; and\n\n(2) Deemed a nonadmitted surplus lines insurer under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, Pub. L. No. 111-203.\n\n(c) A domestic surplus lines insurer is not subject to: (1) The Arkansas Property and Casualty Insurance Guaranty Act, § 23-90-101 et seq.; or (2) The Arkansas Life and Health Insurance Guaranty Association Act, § 23-96-101 et seq.\n\n(1) The Arkansas Property and Casualty Insurance Guaranty Act, § 23-90-101 et seq.; or\n\n(2) The Arkansas Life and Health Insurance Guaranty Association Act, § 23-96-101 et seq.\n\n(d) A surplus lines broker that obtains surplus lines insurance from a domestic surplus lines insurer shall comply with § 23-65-315 .\n\n(e) Unless specifically exempt, the insurance laws of this state regarding financial and solvency requirements apply to a domestic surplus lines insurer.","path":["AR Code","Title 23","Chapter 65","Subchapter 3"],"source_url":"https://oss-data-us.vaquill.ai/v2026.08/us_ar_statutes.parquet","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:41Z","sha256":"9d3fa3c4e0dea149ede5b291c2ebcc7a8e5cf5ba5c12f0849971ed28d633cb5e","source_id":"us-ar","stale":false,"prev":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-23-65-319","next":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-23-65-401"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}