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HRS §431:3-208

Extra money insurers must keep to sell more insurance types

This section tells insurers how much extra money they must keep in a bank in Hawaii to sell more types of insurance. The amount depends on the classes they want to add, and they need the insurance commissioner's approval to take money out. There is a maximum amount they need to keep.

The statute, as written — Funds required of existing and new insurers for transacting additional classes of insurance

(a) An insurer otherwise qualified may be authorized to transact combinations of classes of insurance while having on deposit in a federally insured financial institution within the State, additional paid-up capital stock in the case of a stock insurer, or additional unimpaired surplus in the case of a mutual or reciprocal insurer, subject to subsection (c) as to domestic mutual or reciprocal insurers, and subject to section 431:3-203(a)(2). An insurer wanting to transact additional classes of insurance must: (1) Maintain at all times, in a federally insured financial institution within the State, capital if a stock insurer, or surplus, if a mutual or reciprocal insurer, equal to the sum required of each individual class of insurance it desires to transact, as listed in Schedule "A" of section 431:3-205; (2) Maintain a sum total not to exceed $2,500,000; and (3) Obtain first the approval by the commissioner for any withdrawals from this deposit. (b) An insurer while possessing in a federally insured financial institution within the State, $2,500,000 of capital in the case of a stock insurer, or of unimpaired surplus in the case of a reciprocal or mutual insurer, may be authorized to transact all classes of insurance, subject to sections 431:3-204 to 431:3-206. (c) To qualify for authority to transact a combination of classes of insurance, a domestic mutual or reciprocal insurer shall deposit in a federally insured financial institution within the State, surplus in an amount equal to the paid-up capital stock required of stock insurers for authority to transact a like combination of classes of insurance.
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗as published Jan 6, 2026our copy taken Aug 20, 2026

Sections this one refers to

§431:3-203 Rules for getting an insurance license in Hawaii

§431:3-204 Which insurance types an insurer can sell

§431:3-205 New insurers must deposit money to do business

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