An insurer incorporated outside the United States is called what?

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In insurance terminology, classification by jurisdiction uses domestic, foreign, and alien. When an insurer is organized under the laws of a country outside the United States, it is labeled an alien insurer. This distinguishes it from domestic insurers (incorporated in the same state) and foreign insurers (incorporated in another U.S. state). The term alien specifically applies to being outside the United States, not just outside a particular state. Reinsurers are a separate concept related to reinsurance arrangements, not the country of incorporation.