§ 2112. Certificate of appointment of an insurance producer to act as\nan agent and notice of termination of an insurance producer. (a) Every\ninsurer, fraternal benefit society or health maintenance organization\ndoing business in this state shall file a certificate of appointment in\nsuch form as the superintendent may prescribe in order to appoint\ninsurance agents or, in the case of a title insurance corporation, title\ninsurance agents, to represent such insurer, fraternal benefit society\nor health maintenance organization.\n (b) To appoint a producer, the appointing insurer shall file, in a\nformat approved by the superintendent, a notice of appointment within\nfifteen days from the date the agency contract is executed or the first\ninsurance application is submitted.\n (c) Certificates of appointment shall be valid until (1) terminated by\nthe appointing insurer or title insurance agent after a termination in\naccordance with the provisions of the agency contract; (2) the license\nis suspended or revoked by the superintendent; or (3) the license\nexpires and is not renewed.\n (d) Every insurer, fraternal benefit society or health maintenance\norganization or insurance producer or the authorized representative of\nthe insurer, fraternal benefit society, health maintenance organization\nor insurance producer doing business in this state shall, upon\ntermination of the certificate of appointment as set forth in subsection\n(a) of this section of any insurance agent, or title insurance agent\nlicensed in this state, or upon termination for cause for activities as\nset forth in subsection (a) of section two thousand one hundred ten of\nthis article, of the certificate of appointment, of employment, of a\ncontract or other insurance business relationship with any insurance\nproducer, file with the superintendent within thirty days a statement,\nin such form as the superintendent may prescribe, of the facts relative\nto such termination for cause. The insurer, fraternal benefit society,\nhealth maintenance organization, insurance producer or the authorized\nrepresentative of the insurer, fraternal benefit society, health\nmaintenance organization or insurance producer shall provide, within\nfifteen days after notification has been sent to the superintendent, a\ncopy of the statement filed with the superintendent to the insurance\nproducer at his, or her or its last known address by certified mail,\nreturn receipt requested, postage prepaid or by overnight delivery using\na nationally recognized carrier. Every statement made pursuant to this\nsubsection shall be deemed a privileged communication.\n (e) The insurer, fraternal benefit society, health maintenance\norganization, insurance producer or the authorized representative of the\ninsurer, fraternal benefit society, health maintenance organization or\ninsurance producer shall promptly notify the superintendent in a format\nacceptable to the superintendent if, upon further review or\ninvestigation, the insurer, fraternal benefit society, health\nmaintenance organization or insurance producer or the authorized\nrepresentative of the insurer, fraternal benefit society, health\nmaintenance organization or insurance producer discovers additional\ninformation that would have been reportable to the superintendent had\nthe insurer then known of its existence. Every statement made pursuant\nto this subsection shall be deemed a privileged communication.\n (f)(1) Within fifteen days after making the notification required by\nsubsection (e) of this section the insurer, fraternal benefit society,\nhealth maintenance organization or insurance producer or the authorized\nrepresentative of the insurer, fraternal benefit society, health\nmaintenance organization or insurance producer shall mail a copy of the\nnotification to the insurance producer at his, her or its last known\naddress by certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid or\nby overnight delivery using a natio
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