The general provisions of law relating to the duties, obligations, prohibitions, or penalties which appertain to insurance companies not incorporated under the authority of this state, and defining the powers and duties of the insurance commissioner in reference to those companies, shall be and are applicable to all corporations, companies, and associations not incorporated under the authority of this state, and to all partnerships and individuals, doing, as principals or otherwise, in this state, any insurance business of any name, kind, or description.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 27-2-2