Any domestic life and disability reinsurer, with appropriate powers in its articles of incorporation and with the necessary capital and surplus, and upon application to the director, may become a domestic life and disability insurer free from the restrictions otherwise imposed by this article. Except as provided in subsection B of section 20-1089, domestic life and disability reinsurers shall not have authority to transact insurance directly with the public.
A.R.S. § 20-1090