83-21-27 - Permissible acts of agents.
§ 83-21-27. Permissible acts of agents.
Nothing contained in Sections 83-21-17 to 83-21-31 shall authorize any person, firm, association, or corporation to guarantee or otherwise validate or secure the performance or legality of any agreement, instrument, or policy of insurance of any insurer not licensed to do business in this state, nor to permit or authorize any nonlicensed insurer to do any insurance business by or through any person or agent acting within this state; but agents licensed hereunder acting pursuant to the cited sections may issue and deliver to their clients, the insured, binders, policies, and other confirmation of direct insurance so lawfully placed, and shall not be personally liable to the holder of any policy of insurance so issued or delivered for any loss covered thereby.
Sources: Codes, 1906, § 2609; Hemingway's 1917, § 5072; 1930, § 5195; 1942, § 5705-03; Laws, 1954, ch. 307, § 3; Laws, 1958, ch. 448, § 2.