Section 83-5-303 - Annual filings; hardship exemption; foreign insurers(1)(a) Each domestic, foreign and alien insurer authorized to transact insurance in this state shall annually on or before March 1 of each year, file with the National Association of Insurance Commissioners a copy of its annual statement convention blank, along with such additional filings as prescribed by the Commissioner of Insurance for the preceding year. The information filed with the National Association of Insurance Commissioners shall be in the same format and scope as that required by the Commissioner of Insurance and shall include the signed jurat page and the actuarial certification. Any amendments and addenda to the annual statement filing subsequently filed with the Commissioner of Insurance shall also be filed with the National Association of Insurance Commissioners.(b) The Commissioner of Insurance may grant a hardship exemption to any domestic industrial life company transacting business in Mississippi only. No exemption shall be granted to any industrial life company transacting business across state lines.(2) Foreign insurers that are domiciled in a state which has a law substantially similar to subsection (1) of this section shall be deemed in compliance with this section.Laws, 1994, ch. 646, § 2, eff. 4/8/1994.