(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) hereof, any insurance broker licensed under subparagraph (B) of paragraph one of subsection (b) of section two thousand one hundred four of this article may negotiate a contract of insurance, or place insurance, in an insurer not authorized to do business in this state, as follows:

1. (1) a contract of reinsurance on risks produced by such broker;
2. (2) insurance against loss of or damage to property having a permanent situs outside of this state; and

3. (3) marine insurance of the following kind or kinds, where it is reasonable so to do with due regard to the interests of all concerned and whether or not, at the time of such negotiation, the subject matter of such insurance is within or without this state:

   1. (A) insurance against perils of navigation, transit or transportation upon hulls, freights or disbursements, or other shipowner interests, goods, wares, merchandise and all other personal property and interests therein, in course of exportation from or importation into any country, or transportation coastwise, including transportation by land or water from point of origin to final destination and including war risks and marine builders' risks; and
   2. (B) insurance in connection with ocean going vessels against any of the risks specified in paragraph twenty-one of subsection (a) of section one thousand one hundred thirteen of this chapter.

(c) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) hereof, any insurance broker licensed under subparagraph (B) of paragraph one of subsection (b) of section two thousand one hundred four of this article may negotiate a contract of insurance or place insurance in an unauthorized insurer as follows:

1. (1) insurance against legal liability arising out of the ownership, operation or maintenance of any motor vehicle or aircraft which is neither principally garaged nor principally used in this state, arising out of any activity carried on wholly outside of this state or arising out of the ownership, operation or maintenance of any property having a permanent situs outside of this state, but in case such property or risk is located in any other state, then only in an insurer authorized to do such business in such state or in an insurer in which a licensed insurance broker of such state may lawfully place such insurance; and
2. (2) fidelity bonds guaranteeing the fidelity of persons holding or exercising positions of public or private trust wholly outside of this state, and surety bonds guaranteeing or assuming the performance of any contract or other obligation of the kind included under subparagraphs (B) and (C) of paragraph sixteen of subsection (a) of section one thousand one hundred thirteen of this chapter, to be performed wholly outside of this state; but if such positions are held or exercised in another state or if such contract or other obligation is to be performed wholly or partly in another state, then only if such insurance is placed in an insurer authorized to do such business in such state, or in which a licensed broker of such state may lawfully place such insurance.

(h)

1. (1) This section shall not prohibit any person, firm, association or corporation from acting within the scope of the authority conferred by section two thousand one hundred five of this article.
2. (2) Notwithstanding subsection (a) of this section, a licensed insurance broker may deliver to the insured an insurance policy or contract procured by any person, firm, association or corporation acting pursuant to the authority conferred by section two thousand one hundred five of this article.
3. (3) Notwithstanding subsection (a) of this section and any other provision of law to the contrary, any excess line broker licensed pursuant to section two thousand one hundred five of this article may exercise binding authority and execute an authority to bind coverage on behalf of an insurer not licensed or authorized to do business in this state pursuant to the provisions of subsection (f) of section two thousand one hundred eighteen of this article.