North Dakota Century Code Title 26.1. Insurance § 26.1-25-02. Scope of chapter

1. This chapter applies to fire, marine, inland marine, hail, windstorm, cyclone, tornado, explosion, water damage, and all other forms of insurance on property, and the loss of use and occupancy thereof, and to casualty insurance, including fidelity, surety, and guaranty bonds, and all other forms of motor vehicle insurance, as defined and set forth in subsections 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, and 7 of section 26.1-12-11 and in subsections 1, 2, 5, 6, and 7 of section 26.1-05-02, except as hereinafter excluded. Inland marine insurance is deemed to include insurance now or hereafter defined by statute, or by interpretation thereof, or if not so defined or interpreted, by ruling of the commissioner or as established by general custom of the business, as inland marine insurance. This chapter does not apply to:

2. This chapter applies to every insurer, including every stock or mutual company, reciprocal or interinsurance exchange, authorized by any provision of the laws of this state to transact any of the kinds of insurance. However, except with respect to policies issued pursuant to section 26.1-13-15 in any incorporated city with a population over ten thousand, this chapter does not apply to county mutual insurance companies organized under chapter 26.1-13.

3. If any kind of insurance, subdivision, or combination thereof, or type of coverage, subject to this chapter, is also subject to regulation by another rate regulatory act of this state, an insurer to which both acts are otherwise applicable shall file with the commissioner a designation as to which rate regulatory act is applicable to it with respect to the kind of insurance, subdivision, or combination thereof, or type of coverage.