C.R.S. Section 10-2-601
Financial institutions may sell insurance

  • where
  • regulation

(1)

For the purposes of this part 6:

(a)

and (b)(Deleted by amendment, L. 97, p. 426, § 1, effective April 24, 1997.)(c) “Credit insurance” has the same meaning as set forth in section 10-10-103 (2).

(d)

“Credit life insurance” means insurance on the life of a debtor pursuant to or in connection with a specific loan or other credit transaction.

(e)

“Financial institution” means a state bank, including a bank and trust company chartered by a state, a trust company, a savings and loan association, a credit union, or a national bank and the financial institution is located in this state. “Financial institution” includes federally chartered savings and loan associations and credit unions located in this state.

(2)

No financial institution or employee thereof shall be licensed or admitted, directly or indirectly, to sell insurance in this state; except that:

(a)

A financial institution or employee thereof may engage in the activities of an insurance producer, an insurance agency, or a business entity in this state and shall be licensed pursuant to this article. Such producers, agencies, and business entities shall be subject to the provisions of this title and rules promulgated pursuant thereto.

(b)

Unlicensed employees of financial institutions shall not sell insurance or annuities. Such employees may direct customers to licensed persons.

(c)

A financial institution, or any subsidiary, affiliate, or employee thereof, may be licensed to sell insurance, credit insurance, and fixed and variable annuity contracts in accordance with regulations promulgated by the commissioner.

(d)

Any financial institution, or any subsidiary, affiliate, or employee thereof, may be permitted to own an insurance company authorized to sell, and that insurance company’s employees may be licensed to sell, insurance to guarantee the payment of any amounts due in connection with any securities or obligations described in section 11-57-101, C.R.S.; except that no financial institution, or any subsidiary or affiliate subject to the supervision of the banking board created in section 11-102-103, C.R.S., shall own such an insurance company without the consent of the banking board, and no financial institution subject to the supervision of the financial services board created in section 11-44-101.6, C.R.S., shall own such an insurance company without the consent of the financial services board, and no financial institution shall invest more than ten percent of its capital and surplus in such an insurance company.

(e)

Any financial institution, or any subsidiary or affiliate thereof, may own, directly or indirectly, a captive insurance company operating under article 6 of this title.

(f)

Any trade association organized primarily to promote the common interests of financial institutions, or an affiliate or subsidiary of such association, may hold stock or other interests in an insurance company, or an affiliate or subsidiary thereof.

(3)

and (4)(Deleted by amendment, L. 97, p. 426, § 1, effective April 24, 1997.)(5) The commissioner shall promulgate such rules as are necessary to implement this part 6.

Source: Section 10-2-601 — Financial institutions may sell insurance - where - regulation, 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
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Current through Fall 2024

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