20-223 - Arizona Statutes

20-223. Annual statement; payment of fees; penalty for failure to file or pay A. Each authorized domestic insurer shall annually on or before March 31 and each other authorized insurer shall annually on or before March 1 file with the director, or a repository designated by the director, a true statement of its financial condition, transactions and affairs as of the December 31 preceding. The statement shall be completed pursuant to the instructions and accounting practices and procedures that are approved by the national association of insurance commissioners. The statement shall be in such general form and context as approved by the national association of insurance commissioners for the kinds of insurance to be reported upon, and as supplemented for additional information required by the director. Coincident with the filing of its annual statement, each such insurer shall pay such fees prescribed by section 20-167 for filing the annual statement and renewal of its certificate of authority. B. The statement of an alien insurer shall relate only to its transactions and affairs in the United States unless the director requires otherwise. The statement shall be verified by the insurer's United States manager or other officer duly authorized. C. The director may refuse to renew, or may suspend or revoke, the certificate of authority of any insurer failing to file its annual statement or pay its fees when due or within any extension of time therefor which the director, for good cause, may have granted. D. Any insurer failing to file an annual statement or to pay its fees pursuant to this section is subject to payment of a penalty fee not to exceed twenty-five dollars for each day of delinquency.