R.I. Gen. Laws § 27-8-3

Any insurance company of another state or country authorized to transact the business of fire or marine insurance, or both, in this state may, if, by the provisions of its charter or act of incorporation or articles of association, it has the power, and if similar companies of this state may transact the classes of insurance enumerated in § 27-8-1 and this section in the state or country of that company’s domicile, be authorized by the insurance commissioner to transact in this state the like classes of insurance.