C.R.S. Section 10-2-103
Definitions


As used in this article, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1)

“Catastrophic disaster” means an event, as declared by the president of the United States or the governor, or both, which results in large numbers of deaths or injuries; causes extensive damage or destruction of property or facilities that provide and sustain human needs; produces an overwhelming demand on state and local response resources and mechanisms; causes a severe long-term effect on general economic activity; or severely affects state, local, and private sector capabilities to begin and sustain response activities.

(1.5)

“Commissioner” means the commissioner of insurance.

(2)

“Health coverage” means accident and health or sickness and accident policies or contracts including other health coverages provided by insurers, health maintenance organizations, or nonprofit hospital and surgical plans.

(2.5)

“Home state” means the District of Columbia and any state or territory of the United States in which an insurance producer meets the following:

(a)

Maintains the producer’s principal place of residence or principal place of business; and

(b)

Is licensed to act as an insurance producer.

(3)

“Individual” means any private or natural person as distinguished from a partnership, corporation, association, or any foreign or domestic entity as defined in section 7-90-102, C.R.S.

(4)

“Insurance” means any of the lines of authority set forth in section 10-2-407 (1).

(5)

“Insurance agency” or “business entity” means a corporation, partnership, association, or foreign or domestic entity as defined in section 7-90-102, C.R.S., or other legal entity that transacts the business of insurance.

(6)

“Insurance producer” or “producer”, except as otherwise provided in section 10-2-105, means:

(a)

A person who solicits, negotiates, effects, procures, delivers, renews, continues, or binds:

(I)

Policies of insurance for risks residing, located, or to be performed in this state;

(II)

Membership in a prepayment plan as defined in parts 2 and 3 of article 16 of this title; or

(III)

Membership enrollment in a health-care plan as defined in part 4 of article 16 of this title; and

(b)

A public adjuster.

(6.5)

“Insurer” means every person engaged as principal, indemnitor, surety, or contractor in the business of making contracts of insurance.

(7)

“License” means a document issued by the commissioner that authorizes a person to act as an insurance producer for the lines of authority, specified in such document. The license itself does not create any authority, actual, apparent, or inherent, in the holder to represent or commit an insurance carrier to a binding agreement.

(7.1)

“Limited line insurance” means those lines of authority other than those defined in section 10-2-407 (1)(a) to (1)(e) or any other line of insurance that the commissioner may deem necessary to recognize for the purpose of complying with section 10-2-502.

(7.3)

“Limited line producer” means a person authorized by the commissioner to sell, solicit, or negotiate limited lines of insurance.

(7.5)

“Limited lines credit insurance” includes credit life, credit disability, credit property, credit unemployment, involuntary unemployment, mortgage life, mortgage guaranty, mortgage disability, guaranteed automobile protection insurance, and any other form of insurance offered in connection with an extension of credit that is limited to partially or wholly extinguishing the insured credit obligation that the commissioner determines should be designated a form of limited line credit insurance.

(7.7)

“Limited lines credit insurance producer” means a person who sells, solicits, or negotiates one or more forms of limited lines credit insurance coverage to individuals through a master, corporate, group, or individual policy.

(7.9)

“Negotiate” means the act of conferring directly with or offering advice directly to a purchaser or prospective purchaser of a particular contract of insurance concerning any of the substantive benefits, terms, or conditions of the contract, if the person engaged in that act either sells insurance or obtains insurance from insurers for purchasers or acts as a public adjuster.

(8)

“Person” includes any individual or a business entity.

(8.5)

“Public adjuster” means any person who, for compensation or any other thing of value on behalf of the insured:

(a)

Acts or aids, solely in relation to first-party claims arising under insurance contracts that insure the real or personal property or allied lines of the insured, on behalf of an insured in negotiating for, or effecting, the settlement of a claim for loss or damage covered by an insurance contract;

(b)

Advertises for employment as a public adjuster of insurance claims or solicits business or represents himself or herself to the public as a public adjuster of first-party insurance claims for losses or damages arising out of policies of insurance that insure real or personal property or allied lines; or

(c)

Directly or indirectly solicits business, investigates or adjusts losses, or advises an insured about first-party claims for losses or damages arising out of policies of insurance that insure real or personal property or allied lines for another person engaged in the business of adjusting losses or damages covered by an insurance policy for the insured.
(9)(Deleted by amendment, L. 2001, p. 1190, § 3, effective January 1, 2002.)(10) “Sell” means to exchange a contract of insurance by any means, for money or its equivalent, on behalf of an insurance company.

(11)

“Solicit” means attempting to sell insurance, asking or urging a person to apply for a particular kind of insurance from a particular company, or asking or urging a person to use the services of, or services in connection with activities as, a public adjuster.

(12)

“Terminate” means the cancellation of the relationship between an insurance producer and the insurer or the termination of a producer’s authority to transact insurance.

(13)

“Uniform business entity application” means the current version of the national association of insurance commissioners’ uniform business entity application for resident and nonresident business entities.

(14)

“Uniform application” means the current version of the national association of insurance commissioners’ uniform application for resident and nonresident producer licensing.

Source: Section 10-2-103 — Definitions, https://leg.­colorado.­gov/sites/default/files/images/olls/crs2023-title-10.­pdf (accessed Oct. 20, 2023).

10‑2‑101
Short title
10‑2‑102
Scope - applicability
10‑2‑103
Definitions
10‑2‑104
Authority of commissioner - rules
10‑2‑105
Insurance producer - exemptions from definition
10‑2‑201
Prelicensure education - when required
10‑2‑202
Exemption from prelicensure education requirements
10‑2‑203
Course certification, registration, and review by commissioner
10‑2‑301
Continuing education requirement - rules
10‑2‑401
License required
10‑2‑402
License examination requirement
10‑2‑403
Exemption from license examination
10‑2‑404
Application for license
10‑2‑405
Residency - individuals - agencies
10‑2‑406
Licensing of agencies
10‑2‑407
License - definitions of lines of insurance - authority
10‑2‑408
License - contents - continuation due date
10‑2‑409
License - amendment - reissuance
10‑2‑410
Temporary licensing
10‑2‑411
Duplicate license
10‑2‑412
Change of address - notification
10‑2‑413
Fees
10‑2‑414
Additional lines of authority - application for license
10‑2‑414.5
Travel insurance - limited lines license - travel insurance producers - definitions
10‑2‑415.5
Appointment of insurance producer - continuation - renewal - exceptions
10‑2‑415.7
Termination of insurance producer bail bonding agent - notice - penalty
10‑2‑416
Notification to the commissioner of termination
10‑2‑416.5
Required availability to commissioner of list of producer appointees for enforcement purposes
10‑2‑417
Public insurance adjusters - license required - financial responsibility - standards of conduct - rules
10‑2‑418
Bail bonding authority
10‑2‑501
Reciprocity
10‑2‑502
Nonresident licensing - qualification
10‑2‑503
Commissioner as agent for service of process
10‑2‑601
Financial institutions may sell insurance - where - regulation
10‑2‑602
Sale of annuities and insurance by financial institutions - certain tying arrangements prohibited
10‑2‑603
Bank sale of annuities - disclosure requirements
10‑2‑604
Disclosures
10‑2‑605
Misleading advertising
10‑2‑606
Discrimination against affiliated agents
10‑2‑607
Location of sales
10‑2‑701
Assumed names - registration - rules
10‑2‑702
Commissions
10‑2‑704
Fiduciary responsibilities
10‑2‑705
Bail bond documents - requirements - rules
10‑2‑706
Insurance producer designee - responsibility
10‑2‑707
Business practices - price limits - collateral
10‑2‑801
Licenses - denial, suspension, revocation, termination - reporting of actions - definitions
10‑2‑802
Surrender of license
10‑2‑803
Notice of penalty, suspension, termination, revocation, or denial
10‑2‑804
Investigation by commissioner
10‑2‑901
Short title
10‑2‑902
Definitions
10‑2‑903
Licensure
10‑2‑904
Required contract provisions - reinsurance intermediary-producers
10‑2‑905
Books and records - reinsurance intermediary-producers
10‑2‑906
Duties of insurers utilizing the services of a reinsurance intermediary-producer
10‑2‑907
Required contract provisions - reinsurance intermediary-managers
10‑2‑908
Prohibited acts
10‑2‑909
Duties of reinsurers utilizing the services of a reinsurance intermediary-manager
10‑2‑910
Examination authority
10‑2‑911
Penalties and liabilities
10‑2‑912
Rules and regulations
10‑2‑1001
Short title
10‑2‑1002
Definitions
10‑2‑1003
Licensure
10‑2‑1004
Required contract provisions
10‑2‑1005
Duties of insurers
10‑2‑1006
Examination authority
10‑2‑1007
Penalties and liabilities
10‑2‑1008
Rules and regulations
10‑2‑1101
Effective date - applicability
Green check means up to date. Up to date

Current through Fall 2024

§ 10-2-103’s source at colorado​.gov