PURPOSE OF EXCHANGE; SPECIFIC AUTHORIZATION FOR CERTAIN INSURANCE

(a) The exchange shall provide a facility for underwriting: (1) reinsurance of any kind of insurance; (2) direct insurance of any kind of risk located entirely outside the United States; (3) direct insurance of any kind of risk that: (A) is located in another state; and (B) qualifies for placement under the excess and surplus lines requirements of the jurisdiction in which the risk is located; and (4) a risk located in this state that has been submitted to and certified as rejected by a committee representing at least three and not more than seven insurers authorized to engage in the business of insurance in this state and subject to conditions imposed by rules adopted by the commissioner. (b) For purposes of Chapter 101, insurance or reinsurance a member writes to cover a risk described by Subsection (a)(4) is considered to be specifically authorized by the laws of this state.