Definitions.

As used in the Broker Controlled Insurer Law: A. "accredited state" means a state in which the insurance department or regulatory agency has qualified as meeting the minimum financial regulatory standards promulgated and established from time to time by the national association of insurance commissioners; B. "control" or "controlled" has the meaning ascribed in The Insurance Holding Company Law [Chapter 59A, Article 37 NMSA 1978]; C. "controlled insurer" means an authorized insurer which is controlled, directly or indirectly, by a broker; D. "controlling broker" means a broker who, directly or indirectly, controls an insurer; E. "authorized insurer" or "insurer" means any person, firm, association or corporation duly authorized to transact a property or casualty insurance business in this state. The following are not authorized insurers for the purposes of the Broker Controlled Insurer Law: (1) all risk retention groups as defined in: the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986, Pub. L. No. 99-499, 100 Stat. 1613 (1986); the Risk Retention Amendments of 1986, 15 U.S.C. Section 3901 et seq. (1982 & Supp. 1986); and Article 55 of the Insurance Code; (2) all residual market pools and joint underwriting authorities or associations; and (3) all captive insurers; for the purposes of the Broker Controlled Insurer Law, captive insurers are insurance companies owned by another organization whose exclusive purpose is to insure risks of the parent organization and affiliated companies or, in the case of groups and associations, insurance organizations owned by the insureds whose exclusive purpose is to insure risks to member organizations or group members and their affiliates; and F. "broker" means an insurance broker or brokers or any other person, firm, association or corporation, when, for any compensation, commission or other thing of value, such person, firm, association or corporation acts or aids in any manner in soliciting, negotiating or procuring the making of any insurance contract on behalf of an insured other than the person, firm, association or corporation.