(b) A business entity acting as an insurance producer is required to obtain an insurance producer license. Application shall be made using the uniform business entity application. Before approving the application, the commissioner shall find that: (1) The business entity has paid all applicable fees;(2) The business entity has designated a licensed producer who is a natural person responsible for the business entity's compliance with the insurance laws and rules of this State; and(3) Any licensed producer so designated or empowered by a corporation or partnership may not be so designated or empowered by more than one corporation or partnership, except when the corporations or partnerships are affiliates of each other. As used herein:
"Control" has the same meaning as in section 431:11-102.
"Corporation or partnership" includes an affiliate of another corporation or partnership, if the same person, directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls both corporations or partnerships.