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HRS §432:2-605

Foreign societies need a license to do business here

A foreign or alien society cannot do business in Hawaii without a license from the insurance commissioner. To get one, it must file certain documents and show its assets are invested according to the rules. The commissioner decides if the application is complete.

businesses

The statute, as written — Foreign or alien society, admission

No foreign or alien society shall transact business in this State without a license issued by the commissioner. Any such society desiring admission to this State shall comply substantially with the requirements and limitations of this article applicable to domestic societies. Any such society may be licensed to transact business in this State upon filing with the commissioner: (1) A duly certified copy of its articles of incorporation; (2) A copy of its bylaws, certified by its secretary or corresponding officer; (3) A power of attorney to the commissioner as prescribed in section 432:2-701; (4) A statement of its business under oath of its president and secretary or corresponding officers in a form prescribed by the commissioner, duly verified by an examination made by the supervising insurance official of its home state or other state, territory, province or country, satisfactory to the commissioner of this State; (5) Certification from the proper official of its home state, territory, province or country that the society is legally incorporated and licensed to transact business therein; (6) Copies of its certificate forms; and (7) Such other information as the commissioner may deem necessary; and upon a showing that its assets are invested in accordance with the provisions of this article.
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗as published Jan 6, 2026our copy taken Aug 20, 2026

Sections this one refers to

§432:2-701 How legal papers are delivered to an insurance society

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